TV Ads For Streaming Services Soared 205% To Pass $1B In First Half Of 2020; Hulu Leads, Netflix Stays On Sidelines

Also Read: British Import 'Taskmaster' Moves From The CW to Streaming Service CW Seed After Airing Just 1 Episode on Broadcast TVThe premise of the competition show follows five comedians in a house in West London where they are given tasks to complete in wax-sealed slips of paper. Their performance is judged Davies, with show creator Alex Horne playing Davies’ put-upon assistant who administers all the tasks.

Microsoft has announced that Project xCloud will be coming to Android devices earlier than its initial September release date.As reported by The Verge, Project xCloud will enter a beta stage from August 11 as a new version of the Xbox Game Pass app will launch on Android devices.While the full service won’t be available in the beta phase, users will have the ability to test a smaller selection of titles ahead of the launch next month.

Ted Johnson Fox News is launching an international streaming service, to debut in Mexico on Aug. 20 and then Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom on Sept.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox Corp. is joining the parade of big U.S.

Also Read: Inside Podcast Sexism: Why Female Hosts Struggle to Crack the Top 20 Charts EnlargeThis probably doesn’t come as a surprise, with millions of people compelled to stay at home since March due to COVID-19.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAfter unceremoniously pulling “Taskmaster” from it schedule after only a single episode, the CW has found a new home for the U.K.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDraya Michele, famous for her turn in reality TV show “Basketball Wives L.A.,” has inked a deal for a docu-series — all about her life — coming to subscription-streaming service Zeus this fall.The 10-part series, “Doses of Draya,” promises a behind-the-scenes look at the actor-model-entrepreneur-social media influencer’s life as she builds her businesses and lets loose with her close friends.“I’ve been on a pretty incredible journey over the past decade, and I’m

Another day, another Netflix YA teen film announced. Clearly the algorithms indicate that this genre does extremely well for the streaming service because they keep greenlighting them hand over fist.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: VIX, a leading free Latino streaming service, has launched linear versions of two of its owned-and-operated channels on a range of distribution platforms.The channels being added to Roku Channel, Xumo, Redbox, Vizio and Tivo are telenovela specialist Pongalo NovelaClub and Mexican movie outlet Moovimex (Mexican movies).

Naman Ramachandran China/U.S. content aggregator Cinedigm has announced a partnership with Fantawild, one of China’s largest theme park operators and a leading children’s animation producer, to launch a new global streaming channel featuring thousands of hours of the company’s animated series.The Fantawild channel will launch in the second half of 2020 and will be available worldwide for linear and AVOD platforms.

Over the last nine months, four new streaming services have flooded the market with new original programming, but a new report finds that Disney+ drama The Mandalorian generated the most demand. Third-party measurement firm Parrot Analytics has compared the launch weeks of Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max and Peacock, looking at how demand for their original shows stacked up against average demand for U.S.

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), a unit of ViacomCBS, is developing a premium streaming service that will start launching in key international markets next year, targeting "audiences of all ages with a competitively priced and super-sized selection of 'must-see' exclusives, premieres and box sets from ViacomCBS’ much-loved entertainment brands." The new SVOD service, whose branding will be revealed later, will start its international rollout early in 2021, with a focus on fast-growing

CBS All Access rebrand in the United States, though both are expected to begin in 2021.CBS All Access originals, including “Guilty Party” and “The Harper House,” will also premiere exclusively on the new streaming service, ViacomCBS said.

Yesterday, we discussed a rare pandemic highlight: Team Deakins, the podcast that legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins—started with his wife and digital workflow consultant James Ellis Deakins. It’s cinephile mana with terrific guests and the latest is filmmaker Joel Coen, one half of the Coen Brothers.

Also Read: Pete Hamill, Legendary New York Journalist, Dies at 85One factor inhibiting Quibi’s growth is that it’s one of several streaming on-demand services users pay for — Kantar’s data found that the average Quibi subscriber also subscribes to about 5 other SVOD platforms.

Also Read: Disney+ Rushes to 60.5 Million Subscribers, Lapping First-Year Estimates From AnalystsHBO Max’s mid-May launch was a strong start for the new WarnerMedia-owned streaming service. HBO Max grabbed one in ten new SVOD subscriptions taken out over the second quarter, and Kantar noted that 33% of respondents said content was a motivating factor for subscribing.

Rilo Kiley, the cult indie rock band led by Jenny Lewis, are to reissue their rare self-titled debut album for the first time.It will be the first time the album has been released on vinyl, as well as the first time it has been available on streaming services.‘Rilo Kiley’ was the band’s first release, and came out in 1999 on their own label Rilo Records. It was reissued with an extra track in 2000, and then once again as ‘The Initial Friend EP’ with a new tracklisting and cover in 2001.

Spaced and Shaun of the Dead duo Nick Frost and Simon Pegg have reunited for a new TV show, and Amazon Prime Video has now shared a first look at the supernatural comedy drama series.Truth Seekers sees Frost and Pegg star as part-time paranormal investigators Gus and Dave, who team up to uncover and film ghost sightings across the UK for their online channel.The show follows a team of paranormal investigators who take their ghost-detecting gizmos with them as they stake out haunted churches,

Truth Seekers – the new comedy show from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.The series is a supernatural dramedy focusing on a team of part-time paranormal investigators searching the UK for ghost sightings.Truth Seekers stars Frost and Pegg, alongside Malcolm McDowell, Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma and Emma D’Arcy.A virtual panel about the show will be held as part of Comic-Con@Home later this week, a five-day virtual event featuring talks and previews for titles including His Dark Materials, The Walking

Lisa Vanderpump confirmed that her new series, Vanderpump Dogs, is officially coming to NBCUniversal’s streaming platform, Peacock.A surprise commercial for the show aired on Thursday, July 16, during the 30 Rock reunion special on NBC.