‘Clueless’ TV reboot confirmed to land on NBC’s Peacock streaming service

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Handler has sold two half-hour comedies — Blair, based on the comic strip by Mo Welch to HBO Max, and Wiped Out from Charles Morris, to Peacock.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorVix, one of the world’s largest free streaming services dedicated to Latino-focused films and TV shows, has struck a deal with SoniFi’s guest entertainment platform that will put its content in 500,000 U.S. hotel rooms.It is the first Hispanic-focused content partner to launch on SoniFi’s platform, and the pact will also allow VIX mobile app users to stream content to SoniFi’s hotel room TVs via SoniFi’s Staycast technology.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorBroadcast tech entrepreneur Jack Perry, CEO of Syncbak, along with Gray Television and partner stations, is launching VUit, a new ad-supported streaming service banking on the appeal of local live content to grow audiences and capture ad revenue that’s migrating to digital.VUit will have 200 stations at launch.

Scream has been confirmed for a 2022 release date.Sharing the news in a tweet, Spyglass Media Group and Paramount Pictures have revealed that the upcoming film will arrive on January 14, 2022.Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the new Scream film’s screenplay has been written by James Vanderbilt (Amazing Spider-Man) and Guy Busick (Ready or Not).Earlier this month, Courteney Cox confirmed that she will appear in the Scream reboot, reprising her role as reporter Gale Weathers in

Dade Hayes Finance EditorAs streaming becomes ever more ubiquitous, new findings from Leichtman Research Group suggest consumers are more willing to stack up subscriptions to multiple services.In its 14th annual study of streaming, using a sample of 1,990 households, the company found that 78% of them have a subscription to Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu, up from 69% in 2018 and 52% in 2015.The increase is even steeper in terms of homes subscribing to more than one of the three, with 55% now in

Alicia Silverstone’s yellow plaid skirt suit in Clueless.The 43-year-old actress spoke with Vogue about how the memorable look came to be. “In the early ’90s, fashion was heavily influenced by Nirvana and Kurt Cobain,” she says, explaining the idea behind the pattern.

EnlargeFor most respondents, it usually boiled down to convenience and quality.

Aaliyah's music is coming to streaming services soon, the late singer's estate has confirmed. 

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor years, several high-profile artists — including Prince, Metallica, Bob Seger and others — held back their music from streaming services, due usually to the comparatively low royalty rates compared with physical product.However, in some cases, the holdout was due to disarray within the artist’s rights-holders — which has long been the case with Aaliyah, the R&B star who died in a plane crash in 2001 at the age of just 22.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJames Corden may be back to shooting “The Late Late Show” in his Los Angeles studio, but he insists that he’s not thinking about resuming production of “Carpool Karaoke” any time soon.“I love that segment.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAtari, for those who are unaware, is launching a new gaming entertainment system in November, the Atari VCS.The new PC/console hybrid, will be inspired by the classic 2600 that launched in 1977, and will feature several new games, classic and remastered favorites, streaming media and personal apps. One of the apps being offered will be Plex, which has free-on-demand movies and shows from Warner Bros.

Carly Rae Jepsen celebrated the fifth anniversary of her third album ‘EMOTION’ this week, releasing a deluxe edition of the record with the surprise inclusion of two previously unreleased bonus tracks.‘Never Get To Hold You’ and ‘Love Again’ were originally included on the physical Japanese edition of the album, but hadn’t hit streaming services until now.The two tracks didn’t make the 2016 offcuts collection, ‘EMOTION Side B’, but fans uploaded the songs to YouTube around the release of the

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: American Black Film Festival creators/producers Jeff and Nicole Friday have launched ABFF Play, streaming service and digital movie theater platform to showcase Black and Brown content, culture and creativity.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAMC Networks’ speciality SVOD service Shudder launched Monday in Australia and New Zealand with titles including breakout hits “Creepshow” and “Cursed Films.”Shudder offers a menu of on-demand horror, thriller, and suspense programming and originally rolled out in the U.S. It has since expanded to Canada, the U.K.

6 Underground and Deadpool actor took to Twitter on Wednesday (August 12) to share news of a new online movie hub he called Mint Mobile +.“Every tech company needs a streaming service. So… introducing Mint Mobile +.

The Streaming Wars just got a new fighter — Ryan Reynolds.