Amazon Fire TV Adds Hulu, YouTube, Sling Packages To Its Live Streaming Offering

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has come onboard the BBC One series “The Pursuit of Love” from Emily Mortimer. Filming on the series has now begun after it was delayed in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic.Written and directed by Mortimer, the three-episode series adaptation of the Nancy Mitford novel of the same name is set in Europe between the two World Wars.

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Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has acquired a package for a film biopic of iconic C&W singer Merle Haggard. Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell is circling to play Haggard, and he will do his own singing of Haggard’s standards, recorded during the ‘60s when the picture is set.Robin Bissell will direct the film, and he will write the script with Merle’s widow, Theresa Haggard, based on the Haggard memoir Sing Me Back Home.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorMulti-media streaming platform Plex is rolling out a free live TV offering, a package of more than 80 channels of customizable programming.The elements in the offering range from news on Reuters and Yahoo Finance, to kids’ shows like Toon Goggles; lifestyle fare on Tastemade; sports and gaming with Fubo Sports Network and IGN1;and two new LGBTQ+ channels from Revry:.Cinedigm is launching eight of its streaming channels on the Plex live package, including The Bob Ross

Coldplay, BTS and Miley Cyrus are among the acts confirmed to perform at this year’s iHeartRadio Festival.As Variety reports, the event will go ahead despite the coronavirus crisis – with performances being filmed in both Los Angeles and Nashville between September 18 and 19.An audience will not be present at the 10th-anniversary event, however, with those onstage and behind the scenes also required to adhere to social distancing guidelines in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.“We do have

Westburn. The country music performer was taking part in one of the weekly Thursday night Clap for the NHS events when she started singing Bridge Over Troubled Water.When her neighbours showed their appreciation, Fiona decided to arrange a performance from her garden.She explained: “I’d been singing from my house and streaming it online but I hadn’t planned on doing anything from the garden.“It ended up being a really nice afternoon.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterAndrew Scott will star in new lockdown play Three Kings, live-streamed from London’s Old Vic theatre July 29 – August 1.Stephen Beresford has written the show for the Fleabag and Sherlock actor.

The Prodigy have announced plans to mark the 10 year anniversary of their Milton Keynes Bowl performance by live streaming the landmark show in full.They will share the full 2010 ‘World On Fire’ gig via their YouTube channel for 48 hours from next Friday (July 24) at 9pm BST, exactly a decade to the hour of the original performance.

NBCUniversal's new video service, Peacock, rolled out nationally Wednesday but was unavailable for a key segment of the U.S. population: people who stream on Roku or Amazon devices.

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launched nationwide Wednesday, but if you use Roku or Amazon Fire as your streaming device of choice (and many do) you will have to find another way to watch NBCUniversal’s new streaming service.That’s because Peacock has not inked carriage deals to be offered on those two platforms, a major obstacle in its quest to get to its goal of 30-35 million subscribers in four years.The impasse between NBCUniversal and Roku and Amazon Fire TV is indicative of the evolving fight between those who make the

Peacock, the new Comcast-backed streaming service, is not available on either of those devices just yet, despite the service widely launching on Wednesday, July 15.

Peacock, the new Comcast-backed streaming service, won't be available on either of those devices when it launches on July 15.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNBCUniversal has upped the amount of content to be available in Peacock for the U.S. national launch on Wednesday, July 15, in both its free and paid tiers.

James Bay has announced that he’ll play a live-streamed gig later this week, with all profits going towards the Save Our Venues campaign.Marking the release of his latest single ‘Chew On My Heart’, the gig from London’s Omeara will be broadcast to James Bay’s official YouTube channel on July 16, benefitting UK grassroots music venues at risk of permanent closure due to Covid-19.He said: “Big or small, spending time honing your craft and performing in venues is vital on the journey to becoming a

star and three-time NBA champion tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on Saturday evening, which was live streamed for family and friends. Gutierrez and Scott were set to have a large wedding, but had to alter their plans due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, they still made sure the night was one to remember. The reality star and registered nurse gushed about her nuptials on Instagram late Saturday night.

The Streets‘ Mike Skinner has stated he’s not a fan of live-streamed concerts, claiming the “technology isn’t there” to present them as a real alternative to live music.Speaking to Sky News in an interview published yesterday (July 11), Skinner said he wasn’t averse to technology becoming a part of the live music experience. “I don’t think it’s changed people at all.

Live At The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre, from 1976. The weekly concerts began on Friday 3rd July at 5pm BST (9am PST, 12pm EST).