CNET reveals 2020’s most popular show among video pirates: It probably won’t come as a surprise that Disney Plus smash hit series The Mandalorian has won the (unfortunate) title of most-pirated TV show of 2020 — using popular torrenting site BitTorrent. According to analysis from TorrentFreak (via IndieWire), Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV show seven years running. But the…
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Ahsoka Tano Standalone Star Wars Series Coming To Disney Plus
Ahsoka Tano, the popular character from The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels, is finally getting her own series starring Rosario Dawson. It’s set within the timeline for The Mandalorian and will debut on Disney Plus around Christmas of 2021. CNET reports: Disney revealed the news Thursday during an investor presentation, where the company also announced its…
Netflix Ends Free Trials In the US
Netflix has ended free trials for new customers in the U.S., after years of giving away the first month of its service free. CNET reports: The streaming service’s U.S. sign-up page said trials are no longer available, with Netflix instead touting how it lets you cancel anytime at not cost. “We’re looking at different marketing promotions in the United States to…
After ‘No Time To Die’ Postponement, Hundreds of US and UK Movie Theatres Postpone Reopening
An anonymous reader quotes the Hollywood Reporter: Following the delay of more Hollywood tentpoles — including James Bond film No Time to Die — mega-movie theater chain Cineworld is planning to keep all of its locations in the U.K. and the U.S. closed for the time being, The Sunday Times reported on Saturday. The British-based company is the largest circuit in…
HBO Max Takes on Netflix With Human Curation Instead of Solely Relying on Algorithms
Just like nearly everything else on the internet, streaming services are ruled by recommendation algorithms that are designed to predetermine what people want before they ask for it. WarnerMedia is trying to accomplish the opposite with HBO Max. From a report: The company’s new streaming service, which will allow for three concurrent streams, is positing itself as a human-first platform –…
Mild Disney+ Censorship ‘Hides a Much Bigger Problem’
There’s a scene in the 1984 Tom Hanks movie Splash “showing a brief glimpse of a naked butt…” notes the Verge, “but people watching the movie on Disney Plus are greeted with an entirely different version of the scene.” And the Verge sees a larger issue: Disney used CGI hair to cover actress Daryl Hannah’s body. A Disney representative confirmed to…
Quibi is Giving People a 90-day Free Trial in Hopes They’ll Actually Sign Up
Quibi, a streaming service that has already raised more than $1.6 billion, is finally almost here, and in an effort to entice people who are probably already spending too much on content every month, the short form video streaming service is giving people a 90-day free trial for a limited time. From a report: The company is also planning to pump…
AT&T TV Will Be a Tough Sell in a World of Endless Streaming TV Options
AT&T has launched its newest video service brand, called AT&T TV, and it could be the beginning of the end for AT&T’s DirecTV offering. From a report: That’s because AT&T TV is like DirectTV in many ways: It allows you to watch more than 100 live TV channels, but whereas DirecTV requires you to have a satellite dish, AT&T TV only…
Disney CEO Bob Iger Steps Down, Capping His Career With Disney Plus’ Epic Launch
Disney CEO Bob Iger stepped down as CEO today, effective immediately. “Iger — who spent his entire career at the company and will leave with Disney’s titanic transition to streaming with Disney Plus as the legacy capping his tenure — will remain chairman of the Walt Disney Company until the end of next year, and Disney’s head of parks, Bob Chapek,…
Apple TV Plus Reportedly Has More Subscribers Than Disney Plus
If a report from The Wall Street Journal is correct, Apple’s TV Plus service that launched late last year has 10 million more subscribers than Disney Plus, which launched at a similar time but with access to almost every TV show and movie Disney owns the rights to. For comparison, Apple TV Plus launched with only 11 titles. Fast Company reports:…