Music
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Season 7 of ‘The Flash’ Running to Blu-ray and DVD Oct. 12
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season on Blu-ray Disc and DVD Oct. 12. The collection includes all 18 episodes from the 2021 season of the CW series that chronicles the adventures of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), who uses his super-speed powers to become the superhero known as the Flash, … Continue reading “Season 7 of ‘The Flash’ Running to Blu-ray and DVD Oct. 12”
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Nielsen: Amazon’s ‘The Tomorrow War,’ Netflix’s ‘Manifest’ Top Weekly At-Home Streaming Through July 4.
Licensed Netflix series “Manifest” continued its strong run on the SVOD pioneer, generating 1.86 billion minutes of streaming minutes across 29 episodes. The former NBC TV primetime series has ranked atop the Nielsen SVOD chart for three consecutive weeks. Amazon Prime Video’s The Tomorrow War, starring Chris Pratt (Jurassic World) topped weekly streamed movies on … Continue reading “Nielsen: Amazon’s ‘The Tomorrow War,’ Netflix’s ‘Manifest’ Top Weekly At-Home Streaming Through July 4.”
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Amazon Ups Q2 Online Sales 16% to $53.1 Billion
Amazon July 29 said it saw a 16% increase in online sales to $53.1 billion, from online revenue of $45.8 billion in the previous-year period. Online sales include product sales and digital media products available in both a physical and digital format, such as books, videos, games, music, and software. Product sales include digital products … Continue reading “Amazon Ups Q2 Online Sales 16% to $53.1 Billion”
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Spotify Lifts Q2 Global Users 22% to 365 Million — Below Company Projections
Music streaming service Spotify July 28 disclosed it generated 365 million total global monthly users in the second quarter, ended June 30. That compared with 299 million MAUs in the previous-year period. The user growth fell below company projections despite adding 9 million MAUs from the first quarter. “COVID-19 continued to weigh on our performance … Continue reading “Spotify Lifts Q2 Global Users 22% to 365 Million — Below Company Projections”
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Billie Eilish Concert Film to Premiere Exclusively on Disney+ Sept. 3
The Billie Eilish concert film Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles will premiere globally Sept. 3 on Disney+. Off the heels of her new album Happier than Ever, the Disney+ original will feature a performance of every song in the album’s sequential order — for the first and only time — from … Continue reading “Billie Eilish Concert Film to Premiere Exclusively on Disney+ Sept. 3”
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Cinedigm Launching Elvis Presley Streaming Channel
Elvis has re-entered the building through a new streaming deal with Cinedigm, in partnership with Elvis Presley Enterprises. Cinedigm June 30 announced the upcoming launch of an ad-supported (AVOD) and linear streaming service, The Elvis Presley Channel, featuring archival content and specials, as well as musical content from other rock ‘n roll artists that inspired … Continue reading “Cinedigm Launching Elvis Presley Streaming Channel”
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Disney+ to Stream Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Doc Over Three-Day Thanksgiving Weekend
The Walt Disney Studios June 17 announced that Disney+ will bring “The Beatles: Get Back,” a Disney+ Original documentary series directed by Lord of the Rings helmer and three-time Oscar winner Peter Jackson, exclusively to the platform over the Thanksgiving weekend. The Jackson doc, which the director has spent the past three years restoring and … Continue reading “Disney+ to Stream Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Doc Over Three-Day Thanksgiving Weekend”
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Amazon Announces ‘The Prime Day Show’ Featuring Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Kid Cudi in a Three-Part Musical Event
To jumpstart the upcoming Prime Day e-commerce event, Amazon June 3 announced that multi-award-winning music artists Billie Eilish, H.E.R., and Kid Cudi will star in the “Prime Day Show,” a three-part immersive musical event presented by Amazon Music. All three episodes will premiere globally starting June 17 on Prime Video, and will be available to … Continue reading “Amazon Announces ‘The Prime Day Show’ Featuring Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Kid Cudi in a Three-Part Musical Event”
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Punk Rock Documentary ‘Punk the Capital’ Heads to DVD, Blu-ray June 12
A documentary chronicling the rise of punk music in Washington, D.C., in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Punk the Capital, will be released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in the United States on June 12 and in the United Kingdom on July 12. The U.S. release coincides with Record Store Day, an annual promotion … Continue reading “Punk Rock Documentary ‘Punk the Capital’ Heads to DVD, Blu-ray June 12”
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‘Almost Famous’ Due on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray in Paramount Presents Line July 13
Director Cameron Crowe’s 2000 coming-of-age film Almost Famous turns 21 and will arrive for the first time on 4K Ultra HD in a limited-edition Steelbook, as well as in a new limited-edition Blu-ray in the Paramount Presents line, on July 13 from Paramount Home Entertainment. In addition, UMe has compiled multiple iterations of the film’s … Continue reading “‘Almost Famous’ Due on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray in Paramount Presents Line July 13”
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Shout! Celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility With June 1 Release of ‘The Sound of Identity’ Doc
In honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility, Shout! Studios on June 1 will give home viewers the chance to watch The Sound of Identity, a groundbreaking feature documentary from director James Kicklighter (Angel of Anywhere) that profiles opera star Lucia Lucas’ historic performance at the Tulsa Opera. The documentary will be available digitally and … Continue reading “Shout! Celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility With June 1 Release of ‘The Sound of Identity’ Doc”
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Grammy-Winning Doc on Pop and Soul Icon Sam Cooke Returns to DVD April 30
Sam Cooke: Legend, the Grammy Award-winning feature documentary from ABKCO Films, will be reissued on DVD April 30. The 66-minute film, which examines the life and music of Sam Cooke, soul’s first superstar, was originally released in 2003 and has long been out of print. Advance orders can be made here. The film was made … Continue reading “Grammy-Winning Doc on Pop and Soul Icon Sam Cooke Returns to DVD April 30”