Prime Video’s 11-year, $11 billion investment in “NFL Thursday Night Football” appears to be paying off. The Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks game on Sept. 25 was the seventh-highest rated TV program across U.S. households for the week ended Sept. 28, according to new data from Nielsen. The game, which Seattle won 23-20, generated 13.24 … Continue reading "Nielsen: Prime Video’s ‘NFL Thursday Night Football’ No. 7 Most-Watched Household TV Show For Week Ended Sept. 28" The...| Media Play News
“Peacemaker” regained the top spot on the Whip Media chart of streaming originals among U.S. consumers for the week ended Sept. 28. The superhero series rose from No. 2 on the chart the previous week. Season two of “Peacemaker,” based on the DC Comics characters and starring John Cena, debuted on HBO Max Aug. 21. Falling from … Continue reading "‘Peacemaker’ Regains Top Spot on Weekly Whip U.S. Streaming Originals Chart Through Sept. 28" The post ‘Peacemaker’ Regains Top S...| Media Play News
Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps topped all movies on the Official Film Chart, the weekly U.K. sales chart through Oct. 1. The title, which generated $521.4 million at the global box office, including $274 million across North American screens, kept Sony Pictures’ 28 Years Later in the runner-up position for a second week. … Continue reading "Marvel’s ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Tops U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart Through Oct. 1" The post Marvel’s ‘Th...| 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
Netflix chief product officer Eunice Kim is exiting the company after five years. Kim was named chief product officer in October 2023. She previously led the company’s global consumer product innovation team. Kim joined Netflix in early 2021 after having spent 10 years in product leadership roles at Google Play and YouTube. Prior to joining … Continue reading "Chief Product Officer Eunice Kim Exiting Netflix"| 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
Skydance Media, the new owner of Paramount Global, says it “fully complied” with all anti-bribery laws closing the $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global, the corporate parent to Paramount Pictures, Paramount+ streaming, Pluto TV, CBS, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, among other assets. That was the reported response to three Democratic U.S. Senators looking to … Continue reading "Skydance Says It Followed Anti-Bribery Laws Closing the $8 Billion Paramount Merger"| Media Play News
