Starz Launching Lionsgate Play Streaming Service in Indonesia

Lionsgate on Thursday posted a smaller third-quarter loss on lower overall revenue as the Hollywood studio continues to drive into the streaming space with Starz. The studio saw its global streaming subscriber base for Starz, Starzplay Arabia and Pantaya grow to 14.6 million, up another 900,000 subscribers compared to the end of its second quarter.

late former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.Documentary+ currently has a library of over 200 feature-length and short documentary films, including classics, cult favorites, true crime stories, sports films and rock docs. Some of the films in the initial catalog include “The Imposter,” “Life, Animated,” “Born Into Brothels,” “Cartel Land” and more.

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IMDb TV, Amazon’s free and ad-supported streaming service, is now available as its own app on Roku platforms in the U.S. after the companies reached a distribution deal.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn a classic case of co-opetition, Roku inked a deal with Amazon to bring the IMDb TV free, ad-supported streaming service to the Roku platform in the U.S.The IMDb TV service competes for viewers — and ad dollars — with the Roku Channel, a similar ad-supported VOD service.

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.

Starz is expanding its reach into the growing market of Indonesia with the launch of premium streaming service Lionsgate Play. The company has brought on a pair of executives to manage its new operations in the populous Southeast Asian country.

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Digital media company Cinedigm Corp. is to acquire the Fandor indie film streaming service as it expands its presence in the online space.

ViacomCBS will launch its rebranded streaming service under the new Paramount+ brand in the U.S. and in Latin America on March 4, the company said on Tuesday.

Cinedigm has acquired Fandor, a 10-year-old streaming home for independent films, and plans to update and expand its offerings with a goal of acquiring millions of subscribers.

28 movies and television shows are being removed from Netflix throughout the month of February.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCinedigm continues its rollup of niche streaming brands: The company has acquired the assets of Fandor, a subscription-streaming service with a catalog of 4,600 films that has been in hibernation mode for the last two years.In late 2018, Fandor laid off nearly all of its employees and reorganized as a new entity that was seeking a buyer for the Fandor assets.Terms of Cinedigm’s acquisition of Fandor aren’t being disclosed.

Aaliyah's estate is trying to give fans what they want.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn observance of what would have been Aaliyah’s birthday on Saturday, her estate posted an update on its progress in the long-overdue process of bringing her music to streaming services.Much of the influential R&B singer’s catalog, who died in a plane crash in 2001 at the age of 22, has never appeared legally on streaming services due to legal issues with her estate.

Today would have been the 42nd birthday of Aaliyah, the late singer who tragically died almost 20 years ago in a plane crash.

As BBC Studios America gets set to enter North America's streaming wars with BBC Select, former TiVO exec Tara Maitra has been named to fill the new role of chief commercial officer. And Jennifer Ball, formerly with Univision and Promax, becomes senior vp of marketing at the BBC's U.S.-based commercial arm.

Fox News Media has tapped Jason Klarman to be president of its Fox Nation streaming service. Klarman will also continue in his existing role of executive vp of marketing, and will continue to report to Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott.