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Jeff Blackburn, who spearheaded Amazon’s push into video, has joined Roku’s board of directors. The election of Blackburn at Roku’s annual shareholder meeting represents an expansion of Roku’s board, an upsizing signaled by the streaming company last April. "Jeff's extensive experience in…

Disney made it official with an SEC filing after the markets closed Friday, confirming it would take $1.5 billion in write-downs associated with removing streaming programming from its platforms. The number came in on the low end of a range provided by the company last month when it released its…

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story was crowned No. 1 on Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week of May 1 to May 7. The Bridgerton prequel series debuted on May 4 and saw an impressive 1.9B viewing minutes in its first few days on Netflix. That’s quite the feat for a title with only six hour-long…

AMC Theatres, which launched an on-demand streaming service just ahead of the Covid pandemic in October 2019, is winding down the service and referring users to Fandango’s platform Vudu. The two companies said a new partnership takes effect today. AMC Theatres On Demand users can transfer their…

DirecTV Stream, the internet pay-TV arm of the satellite provider, has struck a distribution deal with smart-TV startup Telly. New DirecTV customers signing up for the service, whose packages start at $65 a month, will get priority access to Telly’s waiting list for its proprietary dual-screen…

Prime Video is not about to let rival Netflix forget about its previously benevolent attitude toward password sharing. Replying to a blissed-out 2017 tweet by Netflix (“Love is sharing a password”), the UK Twitter handle of Prime Video delivered a jab embedded in a graphic. (See the exchange…

Mansa, a free, ad-supported streaming service centered on Black culture, has struck a distribution deal with AMC Theatres to have its original features and series exhibited in theaters nationwide. The deal comes as specialty distributors and streamers continue to refine their strategies for…

Netflix’s long-anticipated effort to reclaim revenue it has lost due to password sharing has officially arrived in the U.S., with the company notifying subscribers about its new policy via email this week. After long winking at the practice of passing along log-in credentials during its early…

Comcast is rolling out Now TV, a streaming offering aimed at what it calls “the value-conscious consumer who wants an entertainment product.” For $20 a month, the service includes more than 40 live channels, among them A&E, AMC, Hallmark and selections from Warner Bros. Discovery’s portfolio, along…

Billing it as an industry first, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has launched a reward program across its entire streaming ecosystem in partnership with Italy-based social media and entertainment app TaTaTu. Viewers signing up for the program on Crackle, Redbox or Chicken Soup’s eponymous…

Kino Lorber and First Look Media have formed a joint venture to operate their respective streaming services, MHz Choice and Topic. The new entity will be run by Kino Lorber, which will also take a majority stake. Programming, marketing and technology will be handled by MHz Networks founder Frederick…

UPDATED with latest statement. YouTube TV, hours after resolving an outage that disrupted an NBA playoff game on TNT, issued a self-effacing statement about the frustration viewers experienced. “This is not the Game 1 ‘upset’ we were hoping for,” the company tweeted. “We apologize for the disruption…