Rachel Brosnahan was joined by her younger sister Lydia Brosnahan for a rare night out together at a public event!
05.10.2023 - 00:05 / deadline.com
Xumo, a new 50-50 joint streaming venture between Comcast and Charter Communications, has started rolling out its new devices to customers of Charter’s Spectrum video service.
The announcement was made after senior executives from Comcast and Charter gathered in New York on Wednesday for a presentation and demo of the Xumo Stream Box. The box — built on the technology of Comcast’s Flex devices, which debuted in 2017 — will be given to Spectrum video customers at no cost for the first year. Customers will have the option to pay for additional boxes either as a purchase or via a service fee. Comcast will soon offer Xumo Stream Box to new Xfinity Internet customers.
The joint venture was first announced about 18 months ago. Both companies, which are the two largest cable operators in the U.S., have been looking for ways to retain their significant footholds as the traditional pay-TV ecosystem continues to be transformed by streaming. Charter several weeks ago was involved in a high-profile carriage fight with Disney. During that battle, which resulted in a 10-day period of ESPN, ABC and other networks going dark for 14.7 million Charter customers.
During the impasse, senior Charter executives proclaimed their willingness to consider a secular move away from the video business given steady increases in carriage fees and “leakage” of TV programming into direct-to-consumer streaming. The Xumo venture, which involved Charter paying $900 million in order to benefit from Comcast’s technology, offers what the companies hope will be a new bulwark against cord-cutting, which is reducing the pay-TV bundle by more than 5 million subscribers each year.
“Watching TV was designed to be a relaxing, lean-back experience, but today’s
Rachel Brosnahan was joined by her younger sister Lydia Brosnahan for a rare night out together at a public event!
Saturday Night Live‘s newest episode featured surprise cameos from Mick Jagger and Lady Gaga – watch the footage below.Yesterday’s episode (October 21), which saw Bad Bunny acting as both host and musical guest, aired two sketch cameos featuring the Rolling Stones frontman. In the first sketch, Bad Bunny and SNL cast member Marcello Hernandez starred as actors in a telenovela, filming a scene that ends in a slap.
As if she needed any reason to be any hotter right now, Nashville sensation Lainey Wilson — who leads the nominees for the Nov. 8 Country Music Awards with nine nods — is getting ready to take her show on the road.The 31-year-old singer announced on Friday that she will launch her “Country’s Cool Again” Tour in 2024, beginning with a date at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater on May 31.The highly anticipated trek for the “Yellowstone” star will include a June 26 date at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.“Nothing gets me buzzin’ like putting on a show and singing along with the crowd,” Wilson told the Post.“I want to give a big thank you to all of the fans who have continuously showed up and showed out this year.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music News arrived gradually of the Rolling Stones’ special celebration in New York of their new album, “Hackney Diamonds.” First it was a “Rolling Stones event on the evening of Oct. 19,” then it was an album-release party, and then rumors spread that they were going to perform “a couple of songs, but with the boys, you never know” (yes, the person quoted actually called them “the boys”).
Prince Harry is said to be frustrated with wife Meghan Markle as he eyes up a potential stopgap move to New York since the duchess refuses to relocate back to the UK.
Zach Bryan will have very few days off.The popular country singer recently extended his upcoming ‘The Quittin’ Time Tour’ that will send him to arenas and stadiums all over North America from March through December.As of now, the 27-year-old has a whopping 81 (!) gigs lined up next year; that’s 29 more than when the tour was announced back in late August.And if you’re a Zach Bryan fan based in NY or NJ, you’re in luck.In March, he’ll hit Buffalo, NY’s KeyBank Center on March 10, Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on March 14-15, Brooklyn, NY’s Barclays Center on March 27-28 and Elmont, NY’s UBS Arena on March 30-31.He’ll close the tour with an encore of back-to-back concerts at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Dec.
Kevin Spacey is in the headlines for multiple reasons right now.
Fred Again..again.The rapidly rising house DJ has eight U.S. concerts remaining on his 2023 tour calendar, all of which are set to take place at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall from Oct.
Madonna took to the stage Saturday evening for the first night of her rescheduled tour, and spoke publicly of her recent serious illness, telling her crowd, “I didn’t think I was going to make it.”
Don’t say the ‘M’ word.
Anna Tingley Up until Thursday night, New York Film Festival had never once featured a TV show on its annual premiere lineup, so when Benny Safdie approached NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim with a new series he created alongside Nathan Fielder, the likelihood that it would get a big-screen premiere was low. But Lim gave it a chance, and after he finished the fifth episode he knew he had to figure out how to make something work.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director With “Moonlighting” now available on streaming for the first time thanks to Hulu, series creator Glenn Gordon Caron spoke to the New York Post and confirmed he was able to tell series star Bruce Willis about the show’s streaming resurgence amid the actor’s ongoing frontotemporal dementia (FTP) diagnosis. “Moonlighting,” the Emmy-nominated ABC dramedy that ran for five seasons and 67 episodes in the late 1980s, served as Willis’ acting breakthrough.
Nothing says autumn vibes like spending time in the quaint town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, with Rory (Alexis Bledel), Lorelai (Lauren Graham), Luke (Scott Patterson), and the rest of the quirky citizens. Whether you’re watching Lorelai down countless cups of coffee as she banters with everyone, or Rory as she’s torn between Dean (Jared Padalecki) and Jess (Milo Ventimiglia), or kitschy townwide festivities (such as the 24 hour “dance-a-thon,”) there’s an endlessly cozy fall feel to the show – starting right from the opening credits. Where to stream: Netflix.
Dua Lipa is seemingly preparing to return with new music!
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor It took about 100 days to shoot “Killers of the Flower Moon,” according to director Martin Scorsese and producer Daniel Lupi. That came after an extensive script rewrite, multiple interruptions due to COVID-19 and doing everything they could to ensure justice was done to the story.
“near catastrophic car chase” this past May.The couple will be heading to Manhattan for World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10 for their Archewell Foundation’s first-ever in-person event, People reported today.The organization is set to host “The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Summit: Mental Wellness in a Digital Age” — a platform for families who want to build a “safer online world for children and teens,” according to the publication.The event will showcase parents “who have experienced tragic loss connected to their child’s social media use.”The “Suits” star, 42, and the Invictus Games founder, 39, will participate in a conversation hosted by Carson Daly.The summit’s visit is the royal couple’s first event in New York after attending the Ms.
William Earl Viral cook and bestselling author Alison Roman is launching her own podcast. “Solicited Advice with Alison Roman” is debuting today via the Talkhouse Podcast Network and will be available on all podcast platforms.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor At least one of the big companies that distribute CNN via cable or satellite is unnerved by how closely the company’s new live-streaming service looks like its TV network. Big satellite distributor DirecTV has let executives at Warner Bros. Discovery know via letter that its executives believe the similarities between the two products violate the carriage contract between the two companies, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill giving unemployment benefits to striking workers, which was backed by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. “Now is not the time to increase costs or incur this sizable debt,” he wrote in his veto message Saturday.
Jaden Thompson Patrick Harrison, the top New York executive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has partnered with Clare Anne Darragh and Lina Catalfamo Plath of Frank PR to start a new strategic awards division. This division will hone in on campaigns and events surrounding gold trophy season. “I am excited to join the Frank PR family in partnership with Clare Anne and Lina, two industry professionals I have respected, admired, and worked alongside throughout my career,” Harrison said.