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Cinema Guild's North American acquisition of Hong Sangsoo's Nowhere to Lay My Eyes ahead of its Locarno debut highlights continued buyer interest in auteur-driven international titles, with festival premieres acting as primary acquisition catalysts.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has secured North American rights to genre debut Bagworm, which won the Panorama Audience Award at Sitges before SXSW and...
Netflix secured a three-year MLB pact for premium events including the Home Run Derby, marking its push into live sports as part of MLB's new media...
Midwinter Break completes its four-month Peacock run before moving to Netflix US on August 10 for exactly ten months, demonstrating Universal/Focus...
Obsession's Peacock debut arrives just over two weeks after its PVOD launch, demonstrating how breakout indies are compressing traditional windows to capture streaming urgency while securing early digital revenue.
Disney Plus is exploring a free ad-supported tier to compete with YouTube and other no-paywall platforms.
Netflix, Sony Pictures and Paramount Skydance are exploring a $250 million acquisition of Letterboxd, whose 30 million users provide granular data on...
U.S. distributors are moving underperforming titles to streaming faster than traditional windows.
Indie horror hit Obsession follows a structured U.S. windowing strategy under Universal's licensing deal:
Star Wars: A New Hope returns to theaters February 19, 2027 in a restored original 1977 cut for the 50th anniversary, bypassing the 1997 Special...
A24 extended Backrooms' theatrical window to seven weekends (45 days) before its July 14 PVOD debut, departing from the studio's typical five-weekend...
Disney's bundling dispute resolution with YouTube TV and DirecTV resolves claims of forced carriage of expensive channels as free streaming platforms gain traction, pointing to evolving U.S. streaming negotiations.
Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting acquired U.S. VOD/streaming rights to the Slamdance/Frightfest horror-comedy “Portal to Hell,” with a limited...
EKKL Entertainment sets exclusive U.S. theatrical release for faith-based drama Elijah Peel on August 14.
