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Joe Otterson TV ReporterDiscovery Plus is venturing into scripted development, with the streamer acquiring the TV rights to the book “Girls with Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman,” Variety has learned exclusively.The move to develop the series, which is in the very early stages, is significant given that Discovery Plus is largely made up of original unscripted programming and library content from channels like HGTV, TLC, Discovery Channel, and Food Network among others.

Amazon Prime Video is running a hurry-up offense on its NFL push. The streaming giant said it will begin exclusive carriage of Thursday Night Football in 2022, a year ahead of schedule.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAmazon Prime Video has once again put a pause on its annual in-person Emmy FYC pop-up events space due to the pandemic.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon knocked the cover off the ball again in the first quarter of 2021 — and released a new data point: More than 175 million Prime members have streamed TV shows and movies in the past year.Founder Jeff Bezos revealed the new figure in announcing the Q1 results, adding that Prime Video streaming hours are up more than 70% year over year.

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UPDATED, 9 AM: The previously unaired third season of Loudermilk premieres today, Tuesday, April 27 on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S.

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Amazon Prime Video says it "understands and shares the concerns" of European football fans as it weighs in on plans for a breakaway Super League. "We believe part of the drama and beauty of European football comes from the ability of any club to achieve success through their performances on the pitch," Amazon said in a statement issued through its official Twitter account.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced that the Complete Edition of Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn is now free to play on PlayStation consoles.The game has now been added to Sony’s Play At Home roster of games intended to entice gamers into spending more time at home amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterApple TV Plus has ordered to series the bilingual drama “Now and Then” from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira.

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It’s been a decade since Mila Kunis and Macaulay Culkin broke up, as the former Home Alone child star was retiring from acting while the That 70s Show star was breaking big into movies with films like Black Swan and Friends With Benefits. After eight years as a couple, it was a tough split.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon spent a cool $11 billion on TV series, movies and music for its Prime services last year, an increase of 41% from $7.8 billion in 2019, the ecommerce giant disclosed in its annual report.The total content spending includes licensing and production costs associated with video and music offered to Amazon’s Prime members, as well as costs associated with digital subscriptions and content that the company sells or rents.Amazon also reported that the total

Jordan Moreau Brand new, never-before-seen footage from “Borat 2” is coming to Amazon Prime Video.Announced on Thursday, “Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved From Floor of Stable Containing Editing Machine” is a multi-part special with behind-the-scenes footage from the Oscar-nominated comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Maria Bakalova.Some of the new and extended scenes show Borat living in lockdown with two conspiracy theorists during the coronavirus pandemic, his daughter Tutar

Arcade Fire have shared a new 45-minute song titled ‘Memories of the Age of Anxiety’ for a meditation and sleep app.The instrumental was created for the Headspace app, which offers meditation and mindfulness skills “on everything from managing stress and everyday anxiety to sleep, focus and mind-body health”.Arcade Fire have contributed ‘Memories of the Age of Anxiety’ for a new Headspace ‘Focus’ playlist which has been curated by John Legend.Described as “meditative vibes to help you focus and