Netflix Explores Live TV, Shifting Strategy in Response to Market Trends Netflix, a pioneer of on-demand streaming, is expanding its programming to include live events, from cooking shows to wrestling and football. Among its new live offerings is Dinner Time Live With David Chang, a cooking show where Chang prepares dishes in front of viewers without retakes, adding spontaneity and freshness to the traditional cooking show format. This move marks a shift for Netflix, which has traditionally focused on content [...]

Samsung is positioning itself for a breakthrough in the free ad-supported streaming (FAST) market with Samsung TV Plus. The tech giant revealed that its platform now reaches 88 million monthly active users (MAUs) globally—a significant milestone, surpassing Tubi’s reported 80 million MAUs as of Q1 2024. Samsung TV Plus, built directly into Samsung smart TVs, benefits from its prime placement and ease of access. The platform saw over a 50% increase in global viewership year-over-year, though details on how this [...]

Hollywood is banking on Thanksgiving weekend to rekindle the year’s flagging box office. With the highly anticipated releases of Wicked, Gladiator II, and Moana 2, studios are hoping to emulate some of the buzz that drove the Barbenheimer phenomenon this summer, though the odds of replicating that unique synergy seem slim. As Fandango’s director of movie analytics, Shawn Robbins, observes: “It won’t happen in the same way, but the conversation around Wicked and Gladiator is reminiscent of Barbie and Oppeheimer. [...]

The American Film Market (AFM) has embarked on a new journey. After 43 years in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, AFM is now hosted at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino Resort from November 5-10. This change redefines the event: exhibitor offices, conference rooms, panels, Location Expo, and screenings are all centralized in one location, making shuttles a thing of the past. The Brenden Theatres Las Vegas 14, complete with IMAX, is right inside the Palms, a highlight of the resort’s $600 [...]

Take-Two Interactive, known for producing popular video games like “Grand Theft Auto,” has sold its game development studio, Private Division, which created “Tales of the Shire.” This sale was mentioned in Take-Two’s earnings report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025. The details of who bought the studio and the sale price were not revealed. Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two, said that the company decided to sell Private Division to focus more on its main areas of business for [...]