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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterLongtime casting executive Grace Wu has been upped to lead casting across NBCUniversal’s television and streaming entertainment portfolio in the newly established position of executive vice president of casting in the entertainment content division.Wu will be tasked with overseeing scripted and unscripted casting and talent across broadcast network NBC, streamer Peacock and cable networks Bravo, E!, oxygen, Dyfy, Universal Kids and USA, reporting to NBCU entertainment

Also Read: Jennifer Lopez Thriller 'The Cipher' in the Works at NetflixLopez is also attached to star in another Netflix thriller called “The Cipher,” and she’s currently filming the Lionsgate comedy “Shotgun Wedding.” She’ll next be seen in the romantic comedy “Marry Me” alongside Owen Wilson and Maluma.Caro is the director behind the indie “Whale Rider” and films such as “McFarland, USA” and “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” She recently directed the live-action “Mulan” for Disney and she’s next

The presumed dead-and-buried practice of racial passing by light-skinned blacks in the United States decades ago is returned to center-stage in Passing, a delicate, sensitive, intentionally claustrophobic and not entirely limber directorial debut from the protean British stage performer Rebecca Hall.

Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TVAmerican viewers have long had deep appetites for TV shows imported from overseas —  so long as the characters in those shows spoke British-accented English.But with a crush of new streaming services in need of content and American attitudes toward subtitles warming, the market for so-called “tape sales” of local-language programming from abroad has grown more robust than ever.“There’s no question, I think that streaming in general has made U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNBCUniversal’s Peacock soon will be the only place to watch WWE Network in the U.S.WWE and NBCU reached a multiyear agreement giving Peacock exclusive streaming rights to WWE Network for American viewers. The over-the-top wrestling entertainment service’s existing U.S.

coronavirus pandemic began.According to the J.D. Power survey, the rise – from $34 average spend in April 2020, to the latest figures taken from December 2020 – has also seen 49% of viewers subscribing to four streaming services, up from 39% in April.

has been one busy bee from the past few weeks as she not only shot for Matrix 4 and Text For You, will commence shooting for Citadel soon but is also promoting her new film The White Tiger, which released yesterday, i.e. January 23.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Most Americans couldn’t spend the holidays together with their families, and according to Nielsen’s Top 10 data, that translated to a lot of streaming for the week of Dec. 21-27 — more than one billion viewing minutes for five different programs, in fact.Staying in on Christmas Day brought the teariest of eyes to Pixar’s latest masterpiece, the simultaneously jazzy and heart-wrenching dramedy “Soul” on Disney Plus.

Days after the CW premiered a batch of new episodes and officially kicked off its 2021 season, its streaming app has launched on Vizio SmartCast.

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The Office than any other TV show in 2020.That’s according to data released by Nielsen this week (January 12), which shows 57 billion minutes of the adaptation of the original British comedy were watched stateside last year.The next biggest show was Grey’s Anatomy, which was also broadcast via Netflix, with an estimated 39.4 billion minutes streamed.Variety notes that older TV shows such as these generated more streaming volume overall in 2020 owing to them typically comprising more episodes

MF DOOM’s music increased by 870 per cent following news of his death, according to MRC Data.On December 31, it was revealed that the rapper and producer had passed away on October 31. A cause of death is yet to be revealed publicly.This week, MRC Data reported that US listeners streamed MF DOOM’s tracks 25.4million times in the week between December 31 and January 5.

“The Office” shattered 2020 streaming records, unsurprisingly.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmid the acceleration of the streaming wars in 2020, one thing was clear: “The Office” stood head and shoulders above every other TV show available on major subscription-video platforms.Last year, Americans cumulatively streamed more than 57 billion minutes of “The Office,” the comedy favorite that originally aired on NBC, on Netflix, according to figures released Tuesday by Nielsen. But Netflix won’t benefit from the Dunder Mifflin gang catalog this year: As of

Univision is entering the streaming wars. The Spanish-language broadcaster on Tuesday announced it's preparing to launch a free, ad-supported streaming platform called PrendeTV.

EXCLUSIVE: North American casting software company Talent Systems has acquired Spotlight, the United Kingdom’s premier casting platform.

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max unveiled the trailer for the second season of Selena Gomez’s “Selena + Chef,” and the Native American Media Alliance is accepting applications for its 6th Annual Native American TV Writers Lab.HBO Max debuted the trailer for the second season of “Selena + Chef,” set to premiere Jan. 21.