VarietyStreaming ‘Stranger Things 3’ Is Most-Watched Season to Date, Netflix SaysVariety - Todd Spangler The Upside Down delivered upside for Netflix in the third quarter: “Stranger Things” season 3 was the most-watched season of the series to date, …
VarietyStreaming Netflix: Hulu Didn’t Hurt Us, Disney and Apple Streaming Services Will Create ‘Modest Headwind’Variety - Janko Roettgers Netflix tried to downplay any pressure it may be feeling from the launch of Disney’s and Apple’s upcoming video subscription services Wednesday, …
VarietyNetflix Netflix Undershoots U.S. Subscriber Adds for Q3, Beats Profit ForecastVariety - Todd Spangler Netflix fell a little short of its subscriber forecast in the third quarter in the U.S., and projected lower Q4 subscribers than Wall Street was …
VarietyStreaming ‘Despacito’ Tops Vevo’s Most-Watched Videos of the Past Decade ChartVariety - Jem Aswad In celebration of its 10-year anniversary, Vevo today announced its Top 10 lists of the decade’s most-watched music videos. Not surprisingly, the …
VarietyCalifornia Streaming Shows Nearly Doubled in Last Year, Boosting Los Angeles TV ProductionVariety - Dave McNary Television production in Los Angeles has received a major boost from streaming shows, according to a new report from the permitting organization …
VarietyShonda Rhimes Shonda Rhimes Inks Podcast Deal With iHeartMediaVariety - Todd Spangler Hit-making TV producer Shonda Rhimes is getting into the podcast game. Rhimes’ Shondaland production company announced a pact with iHeartMedia to …
VarietyStreaming Thrillist Taps Helen Hollyman, Founding Editor of Vice’s Munchies, for Top Editorial Post (EXCLUSIVE)Variety - Todd Spangler Thrillist, part of Discovery-backed Group Nine Media, has named food writer and journalist Helen Hollyman its new editor-in-chief. Hollyman will be …
VarietyHoward Stern Live From Hollywood: SiriusXM Unveils New West Coast Complex, Domination PlanVariety - Malina Saval It’s early on a Monday morning in Hollywood, and Howard Stern is sitting behind a desk sipping hot water in the airy revamped performance space of …
VarietyStreaming Rome MIA Director Lucia Milazzotto Talks Linear TV And Theatrical ComebackVariety - Nick Vivarelli MIA market director Lucia Milazzotto is the main architect of Rome’s new format post-Mipcom, pre-AFM confab launched five years ago to serve as a …
VarietyTwitter Twitter Explains What It Would Take for Trump’s Account or Tweets to Be DeletedVariety - Todd Spangler Twitter grants special exemptions to Donald Trump and other “world leaders” from its code of conduct, including rules that apply to everyone else. …
VarietyStreaming Listen: The NBA Playbook for Changing How Games Are WatchedVariety - Andrew Wallenstein With the new NBA season scheduled to tip off Oct. 22, basketball fans have no shortage of options for how they take in the action on the court. But …
VarietyStreaming ‘The Addams Family,’ ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Top Studios’ TV Ad SpendingVariety - iSpot.tv In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, MGM …
VarietyWill Arnett Quibi Picks Up Animated Daily Horoscope Series From Will Arnett and ATTN:Variety - Todd Spangler When Quibi launches next spring, it will have a daily adult-animation horoscope show from Will Arnett and digital media company ATTN:, starring 12 …
VarietyStreaming ProSiebenSat.1 Boss Max Conze Unfazed By the Invasion of the Digital Streaming GiantsVariety - Leo Barraclough Max Conze, CEO of German broadcast company ProSiebenSat.1 since June last year, appeared relatively relaxed about the prospect of the coming invasion …
VarietyMusic Videos Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ Becomes First ’80s Music Video’s to Hit 1 Billion YouTube ViewsVariety - BreAnna Bell “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” Guns N Roses’ smash single from 1987, has joined YouTube’s billion views club. It is not only the first music video from the …
VarietyNetflix Netflix Q3 Preview: The Calm Before the Streaming-Wars Storm?Variety - Todd Spangler Wall Street is expecting Netflix to hit or slightly beat subscriber and financial targets when it reports third quarter 2019 results on Wednesday …
VarietyApps Apple Takes Down Viral ‘Countdown’ Horror App, STX Brings It to Android InsteadVariety - Janko Roettgers An app that can predict the date and time of your death may have been too much for Apple to stomach: The iPhone maker removed a viral app inspired by …
VarietyGear VR Google’s New Pixel 4 Phone Doesn’t Support Daydream VRVariety - Janko Roettgers Google is effectively phasing out its Daydream VR platform: The company’s latest flagship Pixel 4 flagship phone, which Google unveiled at a press …
VarietyGoogle WiFi The New Google Wifi Ships in 3 Colors Because Good-Looking Routers Work BetterVariety - Janko Roettgers When Google revamped its Wifi router product, it extended the devices reach and doubled their speed, while also adding a full-blown smart speaker …
VarietyGoogle Nest Google Introduces New $49 Nest Mini Speaker With On-Board Machine Learning, Stereo PairingVariety - Janko Roettgers Google introduced a revamped version of its entry-level smart speaker at a press event in New York Tuesday: The new $49 Nest Mini speaker effectively …
VarietyStreaming Google’s Stadia Game Streaming Service Will Launch November 19Variety - Janko Roettgers Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh gave us an update on the company’s game streaming service Stadia during the company’s fall hardware event in New …
VarietyStreaming LeEco Founder Jia Yueting Files for Bankruptcy in the U.S.Variety - Patrick Frater Jia Yueting, the colorful Chinese entrepreneur who founded the LeEco electronics-to-video streaming group, has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Jia, …
VarietySmart TV Roku Adds Apple TV App, Just in Time For Apple TV Plus Streaming LaunchVariety - Todd Spangler Starting today, Roku device users will be gain free access to the Apple TV app. Under the companies’ agreement — for the first time — Roku users can …
VarietyStreaming Eurosport Strikes Content and Ad Deal with Twitter for Tokyo Olympic GamesVariety - Tim Dams Discovery-owned Eurosport has inked a content and ad sales deal with Twitter for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Eurosport has rights to the Tokyo …
VarietyAdam Rippon Quibi Orders Adam Rippon Celebrity Throwback Daily Show From Hearst (EXCLUSIVE)Variety - Todd Spangler Adam Rippon will serve up a daily dish of “useless” throwback celebrity moments for Quibi, the short-form mobile TV streaming service set to hit …
VarietyWill Ferrell Will Ferrell Forms Comedy Podcast Company With iHeartMediaVariety - Todd Spangler Will Ferrell wants to grab more people by the ears. The actor, comedian and producer has formed Big Money Players Network, a podcast company focused …
VarietyStreaming TV Time Acquires Mediamorph, Merging TV and Film Analytics With Content Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)Variety - Todd Spangler TV Time, whose app provides user-reported data about TV and movie engagement, has acquired Mediamorph, a provider of entertainment content …
VarietyStreaming Crackle’s New Owner Invests in Creation of Landmark Studios, Headed by David OzerVariety - Todd Spangler Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment — the company that acquired a controlling stake in Sony Picture Television’s Crackle streaming service — is …
VarietyFortnite ‘Fortnite’ Emerges From Black Hole With All-New Island in Chapter 2Variety - Todd Spangler After its previous world was sucked into a black hole, “Fortnite” is back — with an all-new island featuring a map with 13 different locations. The …
