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The Fast Five: It’s a Streaming World As Celebrities Play Poker On Twitch, ‘Parasite’ Releases On Hulu, and ‘Trolls’ Debuts Straight To VOD
I hope everybody had a great Easter holiday considering the circumstances. It was a good time to embrace being home and enjoy the brand-new streaming services, brand-new movies, and brand-new celebrity poker tournaments that are all on offer. As you ...
The Fast Five: The Digital Pitch Era Has Arrived
It’s an interesting time as everybody in the industry begins working from home and meetings shift to the virtual world. Television festivals scramble to adapt as well and have started launching digital marketplaces to still give exhibitors a chance t...
The Fast Five: Censored Articles Find a Home In Videogames As The Industry Hits The $100 Million Mark
I hope everybody’s safe and healthy. Wash your hands. Cough into your sleeve. Make sure you have fourteen days’ worth of supplies, but don’t buy six months’ worth—it means twelve people won’t be able to get their two weeks’ worth and will have to go ...
The Fast Five: The Coronavirus Beats Bond and Netflix Is Still King For First Time Streamers
As more industry events, including South by Southwest (SXSW) and the MIPTV Global Content Market, close down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a major motion picture has decided to play it safe and push back its release date. In lighter news, HBO is ...
The State Of Television Part 4: When Will The Bubble Burst?
When John Landgraf stood onstage at the 2020 TCA Press Tour in January, he had an updated number of scripted shows on American television. That number was 532, a new record. And while Landgraf no longer divides up the number by cable, broadcast and s...
The Fast Five: Netflix and NBC Make Strategic Gambles, While ‘Lizzie McGuire’ Halts Production at Disney+
It's an interesting Fast Five this week. One streamer goes out of its way to launch a word-of-mouth hit just as another cancels one of its most anticipated shows. In other news, audiences will be able to deduce a character’s motives by the phone they...
The State Of Television Part 3: The Rise Of Streamers And The Opening For Niche Programming
House of Cards gets all the credit for building the streaming world we all live in by being the first original show on a streaming network. Too bad that's a filthy lie. Not only was House of Cards not the first, it wasn’t even the first on Netflix. A...
The Fast Five: The Paley Center Shutters Its Doors While Paramount’s ‘Sonic’ Gamble Pays Off
This week, we pour one out for all the introverts who love to sit in cubicles and watch old TV shows that were almost lost to time as The Paley Center has shut down its Beverly Hills museum. On the other hand, we have Pablo Escobar’s pet hippos to lo...
The State Of Television Part 2: Everybody Wants To Be A Madman
When John Landgraf originally said there was too much television, Netflix was only two years into offering original programming. His main focus was the rise in basic cable originals. Every network wanted the prestige that came with a successful premi...