Disney’s channels have been removed from the OTT pay-TV platform YouTube TV after the two companies failed to reach a new carriage agreement following a midnight Thursday deadline. The dustup leaves YouTube TV subscribers unable to watch content from Disney networks, including ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, FX, National Geographic and Freeform. “Last week Disney used … Continue reading "YouTube TV Loses Disney Channels in Contract Dispute" The post YouTube TV Loses Disney Channels in Contra...| Media Play News
Universal/Blumhouse horror sequel Black Phone 2 is on tap to hold off the box office return of Netflix’s animated KPop Demon Hunters across a sluggish Halloween theatrical weekend ended Nov. 2. Black Phone 2, again starring Ethan Hawke as the serial killer of young teens, is expected to sell $9.5 million in tickets — enough … Continue reading "Universal’s ‘Black Phone 2’ Looks to Edge Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ at Slow Halloween Box Office Through Nov. 2" The post Univer...| Media Play News
Charter Communications, doing business as Spectrum TV, Oct. 31 reported a loss of 70,000 legacy cable TV subscribers and 109,000 high-speed internet customers in the third quarter, ended Sept. 30. That compared with a loss of 294,000 cable subs and 110,000 broadband customers in the previous-year period. Charter ended the fiscal period with 12.6 million … Continue reading "Charter Narrows Quarterly Video, Broadband Sub Losses" The post Charter Narrows Quarterly Video, Broadband Sub Losses a...| Media Play News
Apple Oct. 30 reported fourth-quarter (ended Sept. 27) services revenue of $28.75 billion, up more than 15% from revenue of $24.9 billion in the previous-year period. It is the highest recorded quarterly services revenue in company history, according to Apple. Services revenue includes sales of movies and TV shows on iTunes, the App Store, Mac … Continue reading "Apple Quarterly Services Revenue Reaches New All-Time High at $28.7 Billion"| Media Play News
Alliance Entertainment Holding Corp., the Plantation, Fla.-based entertainment and collectibles distributor, posted robust fourth-quarter (ended June 30) and full fiscal-year financials Sept. 10. Alliance supplies more than 340,000 unique SKUs across music, video, video games, licensed merchandise, and exclusive collectibles to over 35,000 retail and e-commerce storefronts. The company recently combined its Mill Creek Entertainment … Continue reading "Alliance Entertainment Posts Robust Q4,...| Media Play News
The premiere of part one of season two of Netflix’s “Addams Family” drama “Wednesday” generated 3.75 billion viewing minutes for the week ended Aug. 10 — the second-largest weekly streaming total of 2025 — to take the top spot on the Nielsen charts for the week ended Aug. 10. About half (51%) of its watch … Continue reading "Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ S2 Part 1 Scored Second-Largest Weekly Viewing Total of 2025 With 3.75 Billion Minutes Through Aug. 10"| Media Play News
Lionsgate has named Apple TV+ marketing executive Justin Manfredi EVP of worldwide television marketing, replacing industry veteran Suzy Feldman, who is retiring after 10 years with the studio. In addition to overseeing all original series marketing for the studio, Manfredi will build upon the Lionsgate Television Group’s focus on content licensing that encompasses its traditional … Continue reading "Lionsgate Names Apple TV+ Executive Justin Manfredi EVP of Worldwide Television Marketing"| Media Play News
Antipiracy coalition, Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), in collaboration with Egyptian authorities, Sept. 3 announced the shutdown of the piracy network Streameast. Through its 80 associated domains, the Cairo-based network logged more than 1.6 billion visits in the past year, including 135 million per month, making it the largest illicit live sports streaming operation … Continue reading "World’s Largest Pirate Sports Live Streaming Platform Streameast Shut Down"| Media Play News
Cineverse Sept. 3 announced that The Toxic Avenger Unrated is on pace to be one of the company’s most successful multi-platform releases. The Macon Blair-written-directed horror/comedy movie, based on the Troma Entertainment superhero (played by Peter Dinklage in the latest movie), generated more than $2 million at the North American Labor Day box office through … Continue reading "Cineverse Lauds ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Box Office, Physical, Digital Pre-Orders"| Media Play News
