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Parks: US streamers see 41% churn in Q1

Parks Associates reports that the churn rate for OTT services increased from 35 per cent in Q1 2019 to 41 per cent in Q1 2020. During the Covid-19 crisis, more than two in five US broadband households have trialed an OTT service, and 8 per cent of households have trialed four or more services. “We […]

June 30, 2020

HBO Max acquires streaming rights to David Makes Man

Season One of OWN and Warner Horizon Scripted Television’s Peabody Award-winning series David Makes Man, a one-hour lyrical drama created by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and Tony Award-nominated playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”), will be available to stream on HBO Max starting July 16th. The series centers on David, a 14-year-old prodigy from the projects who […]

June 30, 2020

iHeartMedia companion podcasts for HBO Max

iHeartRadio, the global commercial podcast publisher, and WarnerMedia Entertainment, the WarnerMedia business unit that includes HBO, HBO Max, TNT, TBS, truTV, Rooster Teeth and Crunchyroll, have announced a partnership to co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for HBO Max’s upcoming catalog of original and legacy shows. The first podcasts to debut will include companion podcasts […]

June 23, 2020

HBO Max first look deal with Hayek; Scooby-Doo movie

HBO Max, the new SVoD offering from WarnerMedia, has announced a two year first-look deal with Hollywood actress and executive producer Salma Hayek, founder, and CEO of production company Ventanarosa. As part of the collaboration, Hayek will first bring projects to HBO Max for potential development. Jose Tamez, President of Ventanarosa, serves as her producing partner and […]

June 19, 2020

HBO Max greenlights 10-Year-Old-Tom

HBO Max, the direct-to-consumer offering from WarnerMedia, announced today a greenlight order for adult animated series 10-Year-Old-Tom. Critically acclaimed creator, producer and writer Steve Dildarian (The Life and Times of Tim) will write and executive produce the series and TV animation veteran Nick Weidenfeld (The Boondocks, Rick & Morty) will executive produce. Tom grapples with being corrupted […]

June 18, 2020

DC & HBO Max unveil digital comic series

Three new comic book superheroes feature in a new original digital comic book series titled To The Max, published by DC, in collaboration with HBO Max. To The Max feature stories about ordinary people achieving their maximum potential when they transform into extraordinary superheroes with the help of another new character, Max the dog. These […]

June 16, 2020

WarnerMedia shutters HBO Go; rebrands HBO Now

WarnerMedia has unveiled plans to consolidate its various HBO-branded offerings. The company, which launched its HBO Max SVoD service last month, will phase out HBO Go in July, while HBO Now will be folded into the HBO app in the near future. Current HBO Now subscribers will be able to continue accessing HBO through a […]

June 15, 2020

HBO Max removes Gone with the Wind

US streaming service HBO Max has withdrawn Gone with the Wind from its movie library following calls for it to be removed. HBO Max said the 1939 film, which bagged 10 Oscars, was “a product of its time” and depicted “ethnic and racial prejudices” that “were wrong then and are wrong today”. It added the […]

June 10, 2020

Report: Streaming leads US customer satisfaction

Americans staying home are happier with their Internet and subscription TV service, according to the ACSI Telecommunications Report 2019-2020 from The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Video streaming maintains its status leading customer satisfaction Covid-19 has dramatically changed the way Americans work and how they spend their leisure time. With stay-at-home and work-from-home becoming a […]

June 9, 2020