February 4th, 2020 Conference SMW Staff We face a fundamental shift in the entertainment marketplace and as we turn the page to a new calendar year, the competition continues to steadily play out. Established industry leaders like Hulu, Netflix, HBO Go, and Amazon Prime are seeing the rise of new players that include AT&T’s WarnerMedia, […]
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Apple’s newly redesigned TV app, coming in iOS 12.3, isn’t exactly packed with new features. The layout has changed a little, but it’s really the same TV app we’ve had on our iPhones and Apple TV boxes for a couple years now. The new app is all about access, not features. It’s going to appear on
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The champagne was flowing. HBO had just capped off another triumphant night at the Emmys, and it was time to party in the courtyard of the mammoth Pacific Design Center. At every turn, there was another show celebrating on Sunday night. The cast of “Game of Thrones” convened for one last
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Last night’s Emmy Awards was nothing new. HBO, Amazon, and Netflix took home many awards at TV’s most prestigious event. Yet the most interesting part of the evening wasn’t necessarily who won, but the commercials for major streaming services that played between acceptance speeches, a signal of how stretched out TV is about to become.
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, star of the Amazon comedy series “Fleabag.” (Amazon Photo) It was another historic night for comedy and Amazon Prime Video at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday as the streaming network took home best comedy series for the second year in a row, this time for the critical hit “Fleabag.” Along with
As the streaming wars heat up, consumers are being bombarded with choice. Netflix launched the streaming boom, but has faced competition from Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, as well as the rebirth of premium cable channels like HBO, Showtime, and Starz as standalone streaming apps. And the battle is only going to heat up in
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“Game of Thrones” is a huge success. But now, its producers are looking towards their next project. “Confederate,” HBO’s controversial alternate history series, which will include dramatizations of modern-day slavery and has come under fire since its announcement earlier this month. Now social media users are protesting that new project ahead of tonight’s episode of
Game of Thrones will be entering its final two seasons. While fans are eagerly awaiting the upcoming one, a bit of information may have leaked concerning the run time of the final season’s episodes. The first “Game of Thrones” fan convention, dubbed “Con of Thrones,” wrapped this evening in Nashville just several weeks ahead of
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Just three days after Last Week Tonight host John Oliver spent 24 minutes railing against Robert E. Murray, the CEO of Murray Energy Corporation (a.k.a. the largest privately held coal company in the U.S.), the businessman sued Oliver for defamation. Oliver’s segment on Sunday, June 18, explored the decline of the coal industry, President Trump‘s
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