Common Sense Media Affiliate Sets 2021 Launch Of Sensical, A Free Streaming Service For Kids

BBC risks losing “large parts” of its BAME audience forever due to worse representation than streaming services such as Netflix.Speaking in his new book Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond (via The Times), Henry says the high-profile death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May, which sparked worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, made him realise that “systemic change” is needed in the film and TV industry.“A lot of the time at work, I am lonely.

Brandi Carlile has shared her Soundgarden collaboration ‘A Rooster Says’ on streaming services.The two-track 12″ vinyl was originally shared for the second edition of 2020’s Record Store Day series.The single features versions of Soundgarden tracks ‘Black Hole Sun’ and ‘Searching With My Good Eye Closed’, recorded with the band’s surviving members.Until now, they’ve only been available in physical form, but to welcome 2021, the two tracks are now available to hear online – listen to both

The Office were given a New Year’s Day surprise yesterday (January 1) in the form of a previously unseen cold open.The five-minute unaired cold open, which was originally cut for time from the 2013 series finale, marked the show’s move from Netflix to NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service.In the clip Jim, Pam, a trained black cat, Glenn from the warehouse and his twin brother Ben, and security guard Hank are all in on an elaborate plan to convince Dwight that he’s living in The Matrix.You can

The KLF have added a number of tracks from their back catalogue to streaming services for the very first time.The British electronic duo (made up of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty), who scored a series of global hits in the late 80s and early 90s, famously walked away from the music industry in 1992.Their departure from the business followed an appearance at that year’s BRIT Awards, during which they fired machine gun blanks into the audience and then dumped a dead sheep at the aftershow

FuboTV’s yo-yo action on the New York Stock Exchange continued today as shares in the streaming service fell 14% to $33.25 amid a noisy debate about the stock’s potential.

You can add Pedro Almodóvar to the list of filmmakers not entirely happy with the rise of streaming in the movie industry. The Spanish filmmaker was among a group of filmmakers who signed a letter calling for a levy that would make streaming services re-invest part of their turnover in European countries back into independent cinema.

Daft Punk have released a new deluxe edition of their TRON: Legacy soundtrack on streaming platforms, featuring songs that have never previously been available on services.The dance duo created the soundtrack to the movie, which was released in 2010.While all of the tracks on the new edition have been available in some form, nine of them were only released on vinyl or as exclusives on various digital stores.‘TRON: Legacy – The Complete Edition’ was released on December 18 – 10 years and one day

Balancing work and family life in a pandemic is no easy task.

Rep.-elect Matt Rosendale has a lot of ideas.  In an interview with Fox News, the self-labeled "policy geek" rattled off a laundry list of things he wants to get done in Congress.

Grimes has changed the cover of her album ‘Miss Anthropocene’ on streaming services – see the new artwork below.In April, Claire Boucher shared an Instagram photo of the cover now seen online, calling it the “original” album cover, and her favourite version.“I polled a bunch of ppl and everyone said not to use it (??),” she wrote at the time, “but I wish I trusted my gut. I fucking LOVE this painting.“Maybe there’s a way to utilise it still,” she added at the time.

Bring Me The Horizon‘s 2016 show at The Royal Albert Hall will be available on streaming services as of tomorrow (December 18).‘Live At The Albert Hall’ captures a performance in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, for which they were accompanied by a full orchestra.live at the royal albert hall.

BBC Studios has pulled the curtain back on its latest global streamer, BBC Select, which will go live across the U.S. and Canada early next year and is being characterized as a TV service for “independent thinkers.”

Common Sense Networks, the for-profit media arm of Common Sense Media, plans to launch a streaming service for kids in 2021. Sensical will be a free, ad-supported streaming platform, offering up shortform entertainment programming for children ages 2 to 12.Its library will includes titles from major media partners like ABC Commercial and Sesame Workshop and fromdigital-first creators including Bounce Patrol and Mother Goose Club.

The Office moves to the Peacock streaming service in January 2021, where it will stream exclusively, fans will be able to find more than the 201 produced episodes of the show. There will be Superfan Episodes that include never-before-seen footage and deleted scenes in extended cuts of the series, starting with Season 3, with more coming in March 2021.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced criticism for fundraising off of the #MeToo movement in 2018 after knowingly hiring senior aide Sam Hoyt following Hoyt's extramarital affair with a 19-year-old intern.

Disney+‘s significant expansion announcement last week.The streamer recently confirmed that it would be bringing 10 Marvel series, 10 Star Wars series, alongside a host of other new content, to fans in the next few years.Disney’s increased spending on content will come at a cost to subscribers, with the company announcing that users will have to pay more next year, with US fans paying $1 (£0.75) more from February 23, while UK fans will go from paying £5.99 to £7.99 a month.However, it seems

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Executive Chairman Patrick Whitesell today updated the agents at WME on how egregious he felt last week’s blindside by WarnerMedia was, when the studio announced that Warner Bros’ entire 2021 slate would play HBO Max as the films open in theaters. Here is the note Whitesell sent to staff.

Disney has revealed more details of its international launch of general entertainment streaming service Star.