Watching Lovers Rock is akin to going to see Romeo and Juliet and only staying through the first act, to departing a basketball game after the first quarter, to sipping the soup and skipping the rest of the meal. A mere wisp of a thing, Steve McQueen's 68-minute feature, the only fictional section of a five-film…
Disney+ has enjoyed “rapid take-up” since launching in the UK on March 24, becoming the country’s third-biggest streaming service in the four months of lockdown, according to a detailed study.
The Media Nations 2020 report by media regulator Ofcom examined audience behavior in the UK during the height of the…
EXCLUSIVE: Above is the first sneak peek of John Boyega in Steve McQueen’s hotly-anticipated series Small Axe, which will drop on the BBC and Amazon later this year.
McQueen’s anthology drama, which has been in the works since 2014, tells five stories from within London's West Indian community between the 1960s and…
The current throwdown between Amazon and HBO Max got pulled into a tech titan hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.
A member of a House subcommittee wondered why the Jeff Bezos company couldn't rightfully be accused of a "structural conflict of interest" in negotiating terms as a video gatekeeper and a video competitor to…
PBS Distribution will launch PBS Documentaries, a subscription channel on Amazon's Prime Video with 900 hours of content from Ken Burns' entire oeuvre to Nova, Frontline, American Masters, American Experience, Nature, Independent Lens and POV.
The channel — which goes live August 4 for $3.99 a month with an Amazon Pri…
Streaming services binged on TV ads in the first half of 2020, even without major events like live sports where they could put their messages, according to a new report by ad-tracking firm iSpot.
Overall spending in the category between January 1 and June 30 exploded past $1 billion, the report said, up 205% from the…
Walmart stock spiked 6% on heavy trading volume Tuesday after a report that the retail giant plans to roll out a subscription service similar to Amazon Prime.
The new offering will cost $98 a year, with subscriber benefits including same-day delivery of groceries and discounted gas, according to an initial report in…
Amy Sherman-Palladino made history by winning Emmys for Comedy Series program, writing and directing — the first woman to ever have that distinction — for Season 1 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She explained during the show’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event how the series came about because of…
My Spywill hit Amazon Prime on June 26. Deadline first told you that STX was selling it to the streamer after theaters closed down due to COVID-19. The pic’s previous theatrical release date was April 17. I hear the movie may also be provided to Drive-Ins and other cinemas that are open should they wish to book.
The…
UPDATED, SUNDAY AM: America’s top media companies continue to show solidarity with those impacted by “senseless violence” as well as their Black employees and talent while protests over George Floyd’s death continue for a fifth straight day.
In their statement, Warner Bros. quoted Bryan Stevenson, the founder of Equal…
ABC’s venerable soap General Hospital leads all shows and CBS and Amazon Prime Video top all networks in nominations for the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which were unveiled Thursday. Winners will be revealed June 26 during a live virtual ceremony on CBS, returning the awards show to broadcast primetime for the…
UPDATED, 10:08 AM: Amazon has moved to clarify reports Wednesday that Brit indie flick God's Own Country had sexual scenes censored on its service, following tweets sent by the film’s director expressing his surprise at discovering the cuts.
The streamer noted that the film is a Prime Video Direct title, and as such…
