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Walmart+ Members Getting Early Access to Black Friday Deals
Walmart has announced the return of its month-long savings event, “Black Friday Deals for Days” — this time with something extra for Walmart+ members. Paying Walmart+ members will receive early access to online Black Friday events throughout November — an opportunity to shop all the deals four hours earlier than the scheduled start times for … Continue reading “Walmart+ Members Getting Early Access to Black Friday Deals”
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Industry Veteran Darcy Antonellis to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from HPA
Veteran media technology executive Darcy Antonellis will receive the Hollywood Professional Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during a gala celebration at the Hollywood Legion on Nov. 18. The Lifetime Achievement Award, given only at the discretion of the HPA Board and Awards Committee, honors the recipient’s dedication to the advancement of the industry. For 16 years, … Continue reading “Industry Veteran Darcy Antonellis to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from HPA”
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Walmart+ Members Getting Early Access to Black Friday Deals
Walmart has announced the return of its month-long savings event, “Black Friday Deals for Days” — this time with something extra for Walmart+ members. Paying Walmart+ members will receive early access to online Black Friday events throughout November — an opportunity to shop all the deals four hours earlier than the scheduled start times for … Continue reading “Walmart+ Members Getting Early Access to Black Friday Deals”
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‘Free Guy’ Scores Three-Peat on Vudu Chart
Free Guy, from Disney-owned 20th Century Studios, for the third consecutive week led the chart of the 10 most popular movies on Fandango’s transactional VOD service Vudu the week ended Oct. 17. The film, which became available for digital purchase Sept. 28 and is newly available for digital rental, stars Ryan Reynolds as a bank teller who … Continue reading “‘Free Guy’ Scores Three-Peat on Vudu Chart”
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Redbox Adding 20 FAST Channels to Streaming Service
Redbox Oct. 18 announced it will begin offering more than 20 new Free Ad Supported Free Live TV (FAST) channels on its streaming service in the coming weeks, including live local news, kids and Spanish language programming. New channels include America’s Funniest Home Videos, three Sony Canal Spanish language channels, Electric Now and the Wu Tang … Continue reading “Redbox Adding 20 FAST Channels to Streaming Service”
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Streaming Video at the Heart of New Hollywood Labor Agreement
Ratification of a new tentative three-year labor agreement over the weekend between the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) not only averted a planned Oct. 18 strike affecting 40,000 film and television workers across 13 unions, the pact underscored the Hollywood’s obsession with streaming … Continue reading “Streaming Video at the Heart of New Hollywood Labor Agreement”
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‘F9,’ ‘Black Widow’ Lead September Disc Sales
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s F9: The Fast Saga earned top honors on the top 10 list of combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales for September 2021 according to the NPD Group’s VideoScan tracking service. The latest “Fast & Furious” sequel was released on disc Sept. 21 and has spent three weeks atop the weekly … Continue reading “‘F9,’ ‘Black Widow’ Lead September Disc Sales”
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‘Halloween Kills’ Domestic Box Office with $50.4 Million Debut
Universal Pictures’ sequel Halloween Kills didn’t disappoint, generating an estimated $50.4 million in opening weekend box office revenue across more than 3,700 North American screens. The sequel to the 2018 reboot from Blumhouse, with Jamie Lee Curtis again reprising her original teen (now grandmother role) as Laurie Strode intent on ending the murderous reign of … Continue reading “‘Halloween Kills’ Domestic Box Office with $50.4 Million Debut”
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HBO Max Releases First Two Episodes of ‘Young Justice: Phantoms’ During DC Fandome
Fans tuning in to the DC Fandome online event Oct. 16 were given an eagerly awaited first look at the fourth season of “Young Justice.” Following the debut of the trailer, it was announced that the first two episodes of Young Justice: Phantoms are now streaming on HBO Max. New episodes of the animated series … Continue reading “HBO Max Releases First Two Episodes of ‘Young Justice: Phantoms’ During DC Fandome”
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Redbox to Launch Third-Party SVOD App Platform
Taking a page from the Amazon Prime Video playbook, Redbox is assembling a branded subscription streaming offering featuring third-party apps on its digital AVOD/FAST platform. The kiosk/digital distributor Oct. 15 announced a multi-faceted agreement with Curiosity Inc., to bring the latter’s subscription video-on-demand service, Curiosity Stream, and select content on its ad-supported VOD and free … Continue reading “Redbox to Launch Third-Party SVOD App Platform”
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‘F9’ Tops Disc Sales Charts for Third Week, ‘Space Jam’ Reboot No. 2
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s F9: The Fast Saga spent a third week as No. 1 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended Oct. 9. The latest “Fast & Furious” film focuses on Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) … Continue reading “‘F9’ Tops Disc Sales Charts for Third Week, ‘Space Jam’ Reboot No. 2”