Streaming Into the Void

Weekly podcast for all the important news in the streaming business.

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Episodes

Friday Aug 09, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 10, 2024.
Hulu
Solar Opposites, season 5 (Aug. 12)
Netflix
Romance in the House, season 1 (Aug. 10)
Matt Rife: Lucid (Aug. 13)
Daughters (Aug. 14)
Emily in Paris, season 4, part one (Aug. 15)
Kengan Ashura, season 3 (Aug.15)
I Can’t Live Without You (Aug. 16)
The Union (Aug. 16)
Disney+
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, season 2 (Aug. 14)
Max
Industry, season 3 (Aug. 11)
Rick and Morty: The Anime (Aug. 16)
Paramount+
SEAL Team, season 7 (Aug. 11)
RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars, season 1 (Aug. 16)
Peacock
Mr. Throwback, season 1 (Aug. 8)
Olympic Closing Ceremony (Aug. 11)
Bel-Air, season 3 (Aug. 15)
Amazon Prime Video
Jackpot! (Aug. 15)
MGM+
Hollywood Black (Aug. 11)
Apple TV+
Bad Monkey, season 1 (Aug. 14)

Monday Aug 05, 2024

This week, Venu Sports announces their pricing, someone submits a competing bid for Paramount Global, the NFL is off the hook, and Peacock just can't get it right.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
New Paramount Bidder Apex Capital Trust Enters Fray With All-Cash Offer
Edgar Bronfman Jr. Still Mulling Bid For Paramount Control During Skydance "Go-Shop" Period
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery's Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99 per Month
NFL 'Sunday Ticket' judge - Jury didn't follow instructions - ESPN
The sperm donor at the center of 'The Man with 1000 Kids' says he plans to sue Netflix. Here's where Jonathan Jacob Meijer is now.
Recommendations
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin
Deadpool and Wolverine
Fallout: London on GOG.com
The Olympics

Friday Aug 02, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of August 3, 2024.
Hulu
Dance Moms: A New Era, season 1 (Aug. 7)
Netflix
Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (Aug. 3 at 10 p.m. EDT)
Gabby’s Dollhouse, Season 10 (Aug. 5)
The Influencer, season 1 (Aug. 6)
Rising Impact, Season 2 (Aug. 6)
Lolo and the Kid (Aug. 7)
Love Is Blind UK, season 1 (Aug. 7)
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough (Aug. 7)
Fuchsia Libre (Aug. 8)
Shahmaran, season 2 (Aug. 8)
The Umbrella Academy, season 4 (Aug. 8)
Blue Ribbon Baking Championship (Aug. 9)
Inside the Mind of a Dog (Aug. 9)
Pokémon Horizons: The Series Part 3 (Aug. 9)
Max
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (Aug. 3)
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears (Aug. 6)
Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth? (Aug. 8)
Paramount+
PD True, Season 1 (Aug. 6)
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, season 1 (Aug. 9)
Amazon Freevee
Judy Justice, season 3.5 (Aug. 5)
Apple TV+
The Instigators (Aug. 9)
Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, season 1 (Aug. 9)
 

Monday Jul 29, 2024

This week, Warner Bros. Discovery sues the NBA.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
TNT Sports Matches Amazon's NBA Rights Bid, Setting Up Showdown (hollywoodreporter.com)
TNT Launches an A-List Marketing Blitz to Save ‘Inside the NBA’
TNT Sports Sues the NBA Over Decision to Sell Games to Amazon (hollywoodreporter.com)
Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav's struggles extend to a lost NBA contract - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
TNT host Charles Barkley dunks on NBA's new broadcast deal: "It just sucks." - CBS News
Comcast Q2 Earnings Report: Peacock Loss, Advertising, NBCUniversal (hollywoodreporter.com)
Comcast Q2 Upset by Shortfalls at Theme Parks, Movie Studios (variety.com)
‘The Boys’ Prequel Series With Jensen Ackles Ordered By Prime Video
'American Rust' Canceled By Prime Video After Streamer Had Rescued Showtime Series
BBC & Disney+ Order ‘Doctor Who’ Spinoff Starring Russell Tovey & Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Tessa Thompson To Headline & EP 'His & Hers' Limited Series Ordered By Netflix
'Bioshock' Film Adaptation Still in the Works With Scaled Down Budget; It's a 'More Personal' Movie, Says Producer Roy Lee
Recommendations
Deadpool & Wolverine
Shogun
Fallout: London on GOG.com
College Football 25

Friday Jul 26, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 27, 2024.
Hulu
Futurama, season 12 (Jul. 29)
Betrayal: A Father’s Secret (Jul. 30)
Netflix
Love of My Life, season 1 (Jul. 31)
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (Jul. 31)
Unsolved Mysteries, volume 4 (Jul. 31)
Borderless Fog (Aug. 1)
Breaking and Re-Entering (Aug. 1)
G-1.0/c (Aug. 1)
kimi ni todoke: From Me to You, season 3 (Aug. 1)
Love Is Blind Mexico (Aug. 1)
Mon Laferte, te amo (Aug. 1)
Tarot (Aug. 1)
Unstable, season 2 (Aug. 1)
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, season 1 (Aug. 1)
Modern Masters: S.S. Rajamouli (Aug. 2)
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (Aug. 2)
Peacock
Gold Zone (Jul. 27)
An Ice Palace Romance (Jul. 28)
Watch With Alex Cooper (Jul. 28)
Amazon Prime Video
Batman: Caped Crusader, season 1 (Aug. 1)
MGM+
Challengers (Jul. 29)
Apple TV+
Women in Blue, season 1 (Jul. 31)
Tubi
Hustlers Take All (Jul. 27)

Monday Jul 22, 2024

This week, the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO WILL NOT BE IGNORED.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Bank of America Analysts: Warner Bros. Discovery “Is Not Working,” Should Explore Strategic Options
David Zaslav Declines to Endorse Biden or Trump, Says It's More Important That Next U.S. President Supports M&A Deregulation
Warner Bros. Discovery Mulling Split To Boost Stock Price
Warner Bros. Discovery Starts New Round Of Layoffs
Discovery Shareholders Win $125M Settlement Of Lawsuit Alleging AT&T Merger "Wasn't Entirely Fair" To Most Investors
Max Originals ‘The Penguin’ & ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Moving To HBO
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver acknowledges there's still work to be done after ratifying media deal (sportsbusinessjournal.com)
Warner Bros. Discovery Intends To Match Amazon's NBA Rights Deal
Emmy Nominations: FX Eclipses HBO, Trails Only Netflix With Record TurnoutNetflix Q2 2024 Earnings: Subscriber Tally Again Beats Wall Street Expectations (deadline.com)
‘Presumed Innocent’ Renewed for Second Season at Apple TV+
Emilia Clarke to Star in Amazon Crime Drama Series 'Criminal' (EXCLUSIVE)
Richard E. Grant & Tom Ellis Among Latest Cast To Join Netflix & Amblin's Star-Studded Richard Osman Adaptation 'The Thursday Murder Club'
Netflix Orders Horror Series From The Duffer Brothers Created By Haley Z. Boston
'Poker Face' Season 2 Adds Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Gaby Hoffmann to Cast
'Halo' Canceled at Paramount+ After 2 Seasons
Dan Stevens To Headline & EP 'The Terror: Devil In Silver' AMC Series
Recommendations
Antimatter Blues
Hit Monkey
Horizon Zero Dawn
Bubbleball

Friday Jul 19, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 20, 2024.
Hulu
Dress My Tour, season 1 (Jul. 23)
Sleeping Dogs (Jul. 24)
Netflix
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam (Jul. 24)
Resurrected Rides, season 1 (Jul. 24)
The Decameron, limited series (Jul. 25)
Kleo, season 2 (Jul. 25)
Tokyo Swindlers, season 1 (Jul. 25)
The Dragon Prince: Mystery of Aaravos, season 6 (Jul. 26)
Elite, season 8 (Jul. 26)
House of Ga’a (Jul 26)
Non Negotiable (Jul. 26)
Disney+
NFL Flag Football Championship (Jul. 21)
Max
Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose, limited series (Jul. 24)
Knox Goes Away (Jul. 26)
Peacock
A Very Vermont Christmas (Jul. 21) 
Olympics Opening Ceremony (Jul. 26, 12 p.m. E.T. and 7:30 p.m. ET)
Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart and Keenan Thompson (Jul. 26)
Amazon Prime Video
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net (Jul. 25)
Troppo, season 2 (Jul. 25)
Apple TV+
Time Bandits, season 1 (Jul. 24)
AMC+
Snowpiercer, season 4 (Jul. 21)
Tubi
Twin Lies (Jul. 20)

Monday Jul 15, 2024

This week, Paramount finds a buyer, the NBA makes a deal, and Redbox shuts down.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
David Ellison Set as Chairman-CEO, Jeff Shell as President of Paramount; Shari Redstone to Sell Family Empire to Skydance Media in $8 Billion Deal
Paramount Global Will Pay Skydance $400 Million Breakup Fee if It Lands a Better Offer
David Ellison Meets the Press, Talks Paramount and CBS Vision With Gerry Cardinale, Jeff Shell
The Skydance Vision for a New Paramount: Cash Injection, 'Stability' for Creatives and Tech Savvy
Paramount Stock Downgraded on Lack of Breakup, "Lofty" Cost Cut Target (hollywoodreporter.com)
Skydance Targets $2 Billion-Plus in Cuts After Paramount Merger (variety.com)
Sun Valley: Paramount, AI, and Disney -- and why Warren Buffett won't be there (nypost.com)
NBA finalizes TV deals with ESPN, NBC, Amazon, but TNT could still match: Sources - The Athletic (nytimes.com)
Redbox Owner Chicken Soup For The Soul To Liquidate; Fate Of Workforce Unclear (deadline.com)
Hallmark+ Streaming Service to Launch in Fall, Will Include First Holiday Limited Series, Original Movies and More
Kevin Costner’s next ‘Horizon’ film pulled from August theatrical release schedule | CNN
Recommendations
Clipped
Good Omens, Season 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
Detroit: Become Human
Death Must Die
A Family Affair
The Beekeeper

Friday Jul 12, 2024

Highlights of what's new in streaming for the week of July 13, 2024.
Hulu
Hit-Monkey, season 2 (Jul. 15)
UnPrisoned, season 2 (Jul. 17)
How I Caught My Killer, season 2 (Jul. 18)
Netflix
LaLiga: All Access (Jul. 15)
Overlord, season 4 (Jul. 15)
Wonderoos, season 1 (Jul. 15)
Chad Daniels: Empty Nester (Jul. 16)
Homicide New York, season 2 (Jul. 16)
The Yara Gambirasio Case: Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Jul. 16)
The Green Glove Gang, season 2 (Jul. 17)
Simone Biles Rising, limited series (Jul. 17)
T・P BON, season 2 (Jul. 17)
Cobra Kai, season 6, part 1 (Jul. 18)
Land of Bad (Jul. 18)
Master of the House, season 1 (Jul. 18)
Find Me Falling (Jul. 19)
Skywalkers: A Love Story (Jul. 19)
Sweet Home, final season (Jul. 19)
Too Hot to Handle, season 6 (Jul. 19)
Disney+
EPCOT Becoming: Inside the Transformation (Jul. 19)
Max
Faye (Jul. 13)
Wild Wild Space (Jul. 17)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, season 1 (Jul. 18)
The Commandant’s Shadow (Jul. 18)
Love Lies Bleeding (Jul. 19)
Paramount+
Mafia Spies, limited series (Jul. 16)
Peacock
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters (Jul. 13)
Rescuing Christmas (Jul. 14)
Watershed (Jul. 16)
Those About To Die, season 1 (Jul. 18)
Amazon Prime Video
My Spy The Eternal City (Jul. 18)
Uninterrupted’s Top Class Tennis, season 1 (Jul. 18)
Betty la Fea: The Story Continues, season 1 (Jul. 19)
MGM+
Emperor of Ocean Park, season 1 (Jul. 14)
Apple TV+
Lady in the Lake, limited series (Jul. 19)

Monday Jul 08, 2024

This week, the Paramount drama turns absurdist, while Redbox and Bally Sports struggle in bankruptcy.
Nielsen Ratings
Show Notes
Paramount seeks streaming partner. Warner Bros. Discover is interested (cnbc.com)
Barry Diller Explores Bid to Take Control of Paramount
Paramount in Talks to Sell BET Network for $1.6 Billion - Bloomberg
Bally Sports RSNs Go Dark After Optimum Carriage Deal Expires (sportico.com)
Bankrupt Redbox Parent Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Gets Judge's Preliminary OK For Plan Restoring Employee Pay And Benefits
Why Redbox has been powering down - The Verge
After Suing Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Over Sports Venture, Fubo Inks Deal With NBCUniversal
TKO Invests In NFL, RedBird Joint Venture As It Inks Sunday Ticket Deal
Arkham Asylum TV Series Not Moving Forward at Max (EXCLUSIVE)
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin Renewed for Season 2
'Make Or Break' Canceled After 2 Seasons At Apple TV+
The Big Door Prize Not Returning for Season 3 at Apple TV+
'Outer Range,' Starring Josh Brolin, Canceled at Amazon
Netflix's Horizon Zero Dawn series reportedly scrapped after allegations against Umbrella Academy showrunner
'The Umbrella Academy' Showrunner Accused of 'Toxic, Bullying, Manipulative, and Retaliatory Behavior'
Recommendations
The Left Right Game
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
AEW Forbidden Door
The Bear

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