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‘Batman Beyond’ 20th Anniversary Celebration at Comic-Con Includes Blu-ray Announcement
The popular animated series “Batman Beyond” is being released on Blu-ray for its 20th anniversary. The announcement came July 18 during San Diego Comic-Con International, as cast members and some of the show’s creative forces gathered to celebrate the anniversary. The series, a spinoff of “Batman: The Animated Series,” debuted in January 1999 and ran … Continue reading “‘Batman Beyond’ 20th Anniversary Celebration at Comic-Con Includes Blu-ray Announcement”
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EMA Event Spotlights Digital Delivery
The over-the-top market is exploding, and the Entertainment Merchants Association this year at its annual Los Angeles conference gave it a starring role. The OTT_X conference, focusing on the OTT market, ran July 16-17 concurrent with the eighth annual Los Angeles Entertainment Summit presented by the EMA. In addition to OTT panels and spotlight presentations, … Continue reading “EMA Event Spotlights Digital Delivery”
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‘Batman Beyond’ 20th Anniversary Celebration at Comic-Con Includes Blu-ray Announcement
The popular animated series “Batman Beyond” is being released on Blu-ray for its 20th anniversary. The announcement came July 18 during San Diego Comic-Con International, as cast members and some of the show’s creative forces gathered to celebrate the anniversary. The series, a spinoff of “Batman: The Animated Series,” debuted in January 1999 and ran … Continue reading “‘Batman Beyond’ 20th Anniversary Celebration at Comic-Con Includes Blu-ray Announcement”
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‘Pet Sematary’ Remake Emerges Atop Disc Charts
Paramount’s remake of Pet Sematary topped 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 July 13. The adaptation of the Stephen King novel, which was previously made into a film in 1989, earned $54.7 million at the domestic … Continue reading “‘Pet Sematary’ Remake Emerges Atop Disc Charts”
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HBO Max Announces Original Content Team
WarnerMedia July 18 announced the creative, business operations and strategy teams responsible for original programming and acquisitions for HBO Max – the media company’s pending subscription streaming video service launching in early 2020. The group of veteran executives, who has been involved in developing and producing film and television content for the past 30 years, … Continue reading “HBO Max Announces Original Content Team”
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Disney Names Justin Connolly President, Media Distribution, Combines Units
The Walt Disney Co. will combine all of its media sales and channel distribution into one organization under Justin Connolly, who has been named president, Media Distribution. Based in New York, Connolly will report to Kevin Mayer, chairman of Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer and International segment. Connolly’s appointment comes just days after the abrupt departure of Disney … Continue reading “Disney Names Justin Connolly President, Media Distribution, Combines Units”
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Post Subscriber Hiccup, Netflix Piles Praise … on HBO
After disappointing Q2 subscriber growth numbers, Netflix senior management on the fiscal webcast took the high road deflecting the subscription streaming service’s first domestic quarterly decline (since 2011) while adding only half of projected international subs. CEO Reed Hastings said it might be easy to “over-interpret” the lack of sub growth but that under similar … Continue reading “Post Subscriber Hiccup, Netflix Piles Praise … on HBO”
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EMA Event Spotlights Digital Delivery
The over-the-top market is exploding, and the Entertainment Merchants Association this year at its annual Los Angeles conference gave it a starring role. The OTT_X conference, focusing on the OTT market, ran July 16-17 concurrent with the eighth annual Los Angeles Entertainment Summit presented by the EMA. In addition to OTT panels and spotlight presentations, … Continue reading “EMA Event Spotlights Digital Delivery”
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Netflix Q2 Sub Growth Stalls; Posts First Domestic Sub Loss
In a surprise, Netflix July 17 disclosed it added just 2.7 million subscribers in the second quarter, ended June 30. The sub growth was barely half the 5 million subscribers added in the previous-year period. In the shareholder letter, CEO Reed Hastings said the service expects to grow its sub base by 7 million paid … Continue reading “Netflix Q2 Sub Growth Stalls; Posts First Domestic Sub Loss”
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CTA: Consumer Spending on Video Streaming Services Increasing 25% to $17.7 billion in 2019
The growing popularity of streaming services, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled emerging devices and in-vehicle technology will help drive the U.S. consumer tech industry to a record-breaking $401 billion in retail revenue in 2019 — 2.2% growth year over year — according to new data from the Consumer Technology Association. “Enthusiasm for AI-powered technologies is skyrocketing — … Continue reading “CTA: Consumer Spending on Video Streaming Services Increasing 25% to $17.7 billion in 2019”
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‘Pet Sematary,’ ‘Little’ Top Redbox Rental and Digital Charts
Paramount’s remake of the horror film Pet Sematary debuted at No. 1 on Redbox’s disc rental chart, which tracks DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals at the company’s more than 40,000 red kiosks, the week ended July 14. The comedy Little debuted at No. 2 on the kiosk rental chart. The order was reversed on the … Continue reading “‘Pet Sematary,’ ‘Little’ Top Redbox Rental and Digital Charts”
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Janice Marinelli Leaving The Walt Disney Company
In a surprise move, Janice Marinelli July 16 announced that she will step down from her role as president of Global Content Sales & Distribution for The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International (DTCI) segment, ending a 34-year career at the media giant. Marinelli previously headed Disney’s home entertainment operations, which she continued to oversee … Continue reading “Janice Marinelli Leaving The Walt Disney Company”