By PHILIP MARCELO | Associated Press NEW YORK — Does signing up for Disney’s popular streaming service mean you have agreed to never sue the entertainment giant over anything forever? That is what Disney argues in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a 42-year-old New York doctor whose family claims had a fatal allergic reaction after … Read more
By Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times The Paris Olympics have brought some joie de vivre to NBCUniversal. For the first 13 days of the Games, the Comcast Corp.-owned media company averaged 32.2 million viewers across its TV and streaming platforms, according to data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. The figure combines the live coverage shown … Read more
By Brandon Truitt | WBZ BOSTON (WBZ) — It is the latest chapter in a near five-year journey for the only Massachusetts man named in the college admissions scandal. John Wilson of Hyannis has filed a civil lawsuit against Netflix for their depiction of him and his family in their documentary on the case, “Operation … Read more
Wendy Lee | Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Four years ago, Netflix was faced with a formidable challenge to its dominance. Competitors including Walt Disney Co. and Warner Bros. Discovery invested billions of dollars to chip away at Netflix’s market share by launching splashy shows on their own streaming services. For a time, it … Read more
By Harmeet Kaur | CNN A British film industry group has raised the age rating for the beloved children’s classic “Mary Poppins” over discriminatory language. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which regulates films and video content in the country, changed the rating of the 1964 Disney musical last week from U (Universal) to … Read more
By Oliver Darcy | CNN Super Bowl LVIII was the most-watched television broadcast in a generation. Sunday’s overtime thriller, which featured the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the San Francisco 49ers, averaged 123.4 million viewers, CBS said Monday, breaking Super Bowl viewership records. The highly anticipated showdown in Las Vegas surpassed the previous most-watched Super Bowl in history, a record set just … Read more
By Jordan Valinsky | CNN New York — Tuning into the Super Bowl used to be easy — flick on the TV and find the broadcast channel or channels it was airing on. It’s still that way, but for cord-cutters that don’t have a TV package or antenna, it’s a little more complicated. This year, … Read more
By Ramishah Maruf | CNN New York — Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour movie will stream exclusively on Disney+ starting on March 15, Disney announced Wednesday. “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)” is a concert film for the show in its entirety. Disney said the stream will include four additional acoustic songs and … Read more
Three of the biggest sports broadcasters are uniting to create a super-platform that will house their sports assets under a single streaming roof, a seismic and once-unthinkable move as the industry rapidly transitions away from linear television to streaming services. Disney’s ESPN, Fox Corporation, and Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN’s parent company) announced Tuesday that they … Read more
By ANDREW DALTON | AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — Actor Gina Carano on Tuesday sued Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her 2021 firing from “ The Mandalorian,” saying she was let go for expressing right-wing views on social media. The lawsuit Carano filed with help from X, formerly Twitter, in … Read more