Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Vampire Film & More Peacock Releases This Week
Peacock is rolling out a varied slate of titles from April 20‑26, 2026, beginning with the animated "Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken" and culminating in the horror‑drama "Nosferatu" starring Aaron Taylor‑Johnson and Bill Skarsgård. The platform also adds the uplifting true‑story film "Ordinary Angels" and the season‑2 finale of the original comedy "Happy’s Place." Additional genre‑bending entries include the game‑inspired "Five Nights At Freddy’s." This mix aims to broaden Peacock’s appeal across horror, family drama, comedy and animation audiences.
After Gilligan's Island, Bob Denver Starred In A Western Series With The Exact Same Concept
Sherwin Schwartz repurposed his hit Gilligan’s Island into a Western sitcom called Dusty’s Trail (1973‑74). Bob Denver returned as a bumbling lead mirroring Gilligan, while the supporting cast duplicated the original’s archetypes. The series failed to secure network backing, aired...
NAB 2026: Blackmagic Design Announces ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP Switchers
Blackmagic Design unveiled two SMPTE 2110‑native live production switchers at NAB 2026: the ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP priced at $7,995 and the higher‑spec ATEM 4 M/E Constellation IP Plus at $14,295. Both models use bi‑directional 100 Gb Ethernet to replace traditional SDI cabling, offering up to 64...
Netflix Signals Interest in More NFL Games, Eyes Bigger Role in Live Sports
Netflix reaffirmed its interest in the NFL during its Q1 2026 earnings call, but it is targeting high‑profile, event‑style games rather than full‑season packages. The streaming giant is weaving the NFL into a broader live‑content strategy that includes concerts, talent shows...
SportsTechBuzz at NAB 2026, Day 1: Live Reports From the Show Floor in Vegas
The NAB Show 2026 opened with a wave of cloud‑first and AI‑driven announcements, highlighted by Amazon Web Services debuting AWS Elemental Inference for video workloads and showcasing generative‑AI production demos. Broadcasters saw hybrid‑IP solutions from Appear, which streamlined satellite‑to‑IP distribution...
Roku vs Apple TV vs Fire TV vs Google TV – What Is The Best Streaming Player For Cord Cutting?...
Roku emerged as the clear favorite in a Cord Cutters News survey of over 3,000 streaming‑device users, capturing 58% of the vote. Apple TV, Google TV and Fire TV followed with 17%, 13% and 12% respectively. Respondents praised Roku’s simple,...
Another Streaming Service Is Raising Its Price in May 2026
Acorn TV, the British‑focused streaming service offered through DIRECTV, announced a $1 monthly price increase effective May 2026. The adjustment adds $12 to an annual subscription for customers who bundle the service with their TV packages. The modest hike comes amid...
After 55 Years as a Broadcaster in L.A., Randy Rosenbloom Is Leaving Town
Veteran sportscaster Randy Rosenbloom is ending a 55‑year Los Angeles broadcasting career as he relocates to Greenville, South Carolina. His résumé includes play‑by‑play for John Wooden’s UCLA teams, volleyball at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, rowing in 2004, and more than 100...
The Problem With Hasan Piker’s Einstein Story
Hasan Piker appeared on the "Pod Save America" podcast and claimed Albert Einstein’s views on Zionism mirrored his own, asserting Einstein opposed the Israeli state. Historical records show Einstein actively supported the creation of Israel, fundraising for Hebrew University, and...
AI Company Known for Teen Suicides Launches New Feature to Turn Books Into Roleplaying Experiences
Character.AI, the chatbot platform criticized for teen suicides, unveiled c.ai Books, a feature that converts public‑domain titles from Project Gutenberg into interactive, choose‑your‑own‑adventure experiences. Users can follow the original plot, diverge in “go off script” mode, or remix stories entirely....
"Chaotic" Sitcom with a "Strong Ensemble of Characters" Lands New UK Streaming Home
US sitcom DMV, created by *Friends* producer Dana Klein, has found a new home on the UK streaming service ITVX, where the first ten episodes are available for free. The series, starring Harriet Dyer, Tony Cavalero, Tim Meadows and Molly...
Bigg Boss Marathi Season 6 Winner LIVE Updates: Tanvi Kolte Lifts Trophy, Takes Home Rs 15 Lakh
Tanvi Kolte emerged as the winner of Bigg Boss Marathi Season 6, hosted by Riteish Deshmukh, taking home a ₹15 lakh cash prize (≈$18,000), an electric scooter and a ₹10 lakh jewellery voucher (≈$12,000). Runner‑up Raqesh Bapat delivered an emotional farewell but received...
AI-Generated Influencers Flood Social Media with Pro-Trump Content Ahead of Midterms
A wave of AI‑generated pro‑Trump influencer accounts has flooded TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Researchers identified at least 304 such TikTok accounts since January, with some videos garnering half‑a‑million views and 35,000 followers. Production...
The Petrillo Complications
Eighty years ago union leader James Petrino reshaped the music business by forcing two strikes that redirected power from session musicians to vocalists and instituted a royalty stream paid to the union rather than individual players. The system created a...
NAB 2026: Encompass Digital Media and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Expand Partnership for Cloud-Native Broadcast Operations
Encompass Digital Media announced an expanded partnership with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to deliver cloud‑native broadcast solutions. The collaboration integrates Encompass’s Altitude Cloud platform and its Master Control in the Cloud SaaS offering with OCI’s scalable infrastructure. Together they aim to...
NAB 2026: Oracle and Partners to Demo MoQ-Based Streaming Ecosystem
Oracle will showcase a Media over QUIC (MoQ) streaming ecosystem at NAB 2026, demonstrating end‑to‑end live video delivery using its Oracle Video @ Edge (OVE) relay network. The demo integrates Ateme encoders, Broadpeak packaging, Cloudflare and Broadpeak CDN distribution, and Bitmovin’s MoQ‑native Player Web X....
What's on TV This Week—Half Man, Stranger Things: Tales From '85, and Running Point
This week’s TV lineup features a mix of new premieres and season continuations across major networks and streaming platforms. HBO debuts the limited series "Half Man" starring Richard Gadd, while Netflix rolls out the animated spin‑off "Stranger Things: Tales From...
NAB 2026: MediaKind Outlines Growth of Multiview Deployments as Charter Rollout Expands in North America
MediaKind announced at NAB 2026 that its Multiview service is expanding rapidly across North America, highlighted by Charter’s rollout for the 2026 NCAA basketball tournament. The deployment generated hundreds of thousands of viewing hours within days, building on earlier Comcast pilots...
Abbott Elementary Season 5 Episodes 21 & 22 Release Date, Time, Where to Watch
ABC will drop the final two episodes of Abbott Elementary Season 5 on April 22, 2026, airing back‑to‑back at 5:30 p.m. PT (8:30 p.m. ET). Episode 21 hints at a chaotic "Ava Fest," while Episode 22 continues the teachers’ personal storylines. The sitcom, a workplace comedy set...
Chicago Fire Season 14 Episode 18 Release Date, Time, Where to Watch
Chicago Fire’s Season 14 returns with Episode 18, titled “Instinct,” scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, 2026. The episode will air at 9 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Pacific) on NBC and become available the same night on the Peacock streaming service. In the plot, firefighters Violet and...
Stabbings, Kidnap Threats and Arson Attacks: How the Iranian Regime Targets UK Journalists
Iranian state actors have escalated transnational repression against exiled journalists in the UK, highlighted by an attempted arson at Iran International's London office and the stabbing of TV presenter Pouria Zeraati in Wimbledon. Journalists report threats of kidnapping, death sentences...
'Yellowstone' Actor Joins 'Baywatch' Reboot
Fox’s upcoming Baywatch reboot has tapped Yellowstone alum Hassie Harrison for a lead role. Harrison will portray Nat, a former foster child turned Olympic‑level lifeguard, joining Stephen Amell’s Hobie Buchannon and a mix of legacy and new cast members. The...
Octavia Spencer On Docuseries ‘Lost Women Of Alaska’: “There Are So Many Voices That Need To Be Restored” – Contenders...
Investigation Discovery’s three‑part docuseries “Lost Women of Alaska,” narrated and executive‑produced by Oscar‑winner Octavia Spencer, examines the murders of Indigenous women by serial killer Brian Steven Smith. The series reveals that more than 1,300 Alaska Native women are missing and...
‘Mr. Scorsese’ Director Rebecca Miller Got Martin Scorsese To Open Up, Then Covid Gave Him Time – Contenders TV Documentary
Apple TV+’s five‑part documentary "Mr. Scorsese" was directed by Rebecca Miller, who secured Martin Scorsese’s participation after a cold‑call to his documentary partner and a personal meeting. The COVID‑19 shutdown unexpectedly freed Scorsese’s schedule, allowing a four‑hour porch interview that...
Heartstopper Confirms Olivia Colman's Character Has Been Recast for the Netflix Movie
Netflix’s Heartstopper Forever will recast Olivia Colman’s role as Sarah Nelson with Anna Maxwell Martin. The decision, explained by creator Alice Oseman, reflects the character’s importance to Nick’s emotional arc, prompting a “difficult” but necessary change. The film, directed by Wash Westmoreland and...
Calrec and Grass Valley Unveil ImPulseV and AMPP Integration
Calrec and Grass Valley announced a long‑term partnership to embed Calrec's ImPulseV virtual DSP into Grass Valley's AMPP cloud‑native production platform, debuting the integration at the 2026 NAB Show. The joint solution creates a single software‑defined environment that unifies audio...
Renewed: Father Brown
The BBC has renewed the beloved UK cosy‑crime series Father Brown for two more seasons, taking the show through series 15 and 16. Production on series 14 is already underway in the Cotswolds, with Mark Williams reprising the titular priest and...
Spain Refusing to Broadcast Eurovision 2026
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE announced it will not air the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, marking the first time the event will be absent from Spanish television since the country first competed in 1961. The decision stems from a boycott over...
Michigan LPFM Ends Decade of Service to Catholic Community
WNOA(LP), a low‑power FM station serving Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Catholic community, shut down on April 6, 2026 after its board voted to cease operations. The station, owned by Claves Regni Ministries and broadcasting EWTN talk programming, had been operating at...
Dexter: Resurrection's Uma Thurman Confirms Season 2 Return — Plus, Everything Else We Know So Far
Uma Thurman has confirmed she will reprise her role as Charley in the second season of Paramount+’s "Dexter: Resurrection." The revival also adds Emmy‑winner Brian Cox as the New York Ripper and Dan Stevens as the Five Borough Killer, expanding...
Advanced HDR by Technicolor to Showcase New HDR Workflows at 2026 NAB Show
Advanced HDR by Technicolor will unveil new HDR workflows at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas, highlighting dynamic HDR conversion, single‑stream delivery and bandwidth‑efficient formats. The company argues that static LUT‑based pipelines and parallel SDR/HDR workflows dilute creative intent and...
DOJ Refuses to Help French Authorities in Criminal Probe of X
The U.S. Department of Justice has declined France’s request for assistance in a criminal probe of X, Elon Musk’s social‑media platform. French prosecutors, who raided X’s Paris office and summoned Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino, allege algorithm manipulation, fraudulent...
Smart Architecture Saves Time and Expense
Radio broadcasters in 2026 are consolidating sprawling, mixed‑technology facilities into unified remote‑control architectures to offset shrinking engineering staff. Centralized monitoring platforms, such as Burk Technology’s AutoPilot and Arcadia, aggregate data from legacy transmitters, IP‑based processors and smart edge controllers, delivering...
Netflix Comedy Branded "One of the Funniest and Most Inventive Shows of the Year" Jumps up Top 10
Netflix’s crime‑comedy series "Big Mistakes," created by Dan Levy and Rachel Sennott, launched on April 9 with all eight episodes. Within two weeks it rose to #6 on the UK Netflix TV chart after peaking at #4, and currently holds a...
Elitist Critics Condemn Literary “Slop,” But in 50 Years They May Write Redemptive Theories of Such Slop and Cut the...
The article examines the clash between elite literary judgment and the rise of mass‑market "slop"—romantasy, fan‑fiction, and AI‑generated prose—within publishing, academia, and criticism. It highlights how editorial assistants, scholars like Mark McGurl, and independent presses navigate pressures to favor commercially...
Amagi Inks FAST Technology Agreement With Latin American Ole Interactive Group
Amagi has signed a reseller agreement with Adams, a unit of Ole Interactive Group, to bring its FAST (free ad‑supported streaming TV) technology to Latin America. The partnership gives Adams access to Amagi’s cloud‑based automation, scheduling and ad‑insertion platform for...
The Battle of Kings Mountain in Outlander, Explained
The Battle of Kings Mountain, fought on October 7, 1780 in the Carolinas, was a pivotal militia victory in the American Revolution. Patriot Over‑mountain men surrounded and defeated Loyalist forces led by Major Patrick Ferguson, killing him and capturing roughly 670 enemies...
New Documentary Traces the Origins of Bitcoin, Searches for Satoshi
"Finding Satoshi," a new documentary debuting April 22, 2026, chronicles a four‑year probe by journalist William D. Cohan and private‑investigator Tyler Maroney into Bitcoin’s elusive creator. The film stitches together 25‑30 interviews with crypto luminaries—Gary Gensler, Michael Saylor, early cypherpunks—and deep data‑forensics not used by mainstream...
Help Shape CRS: 2027 Agenda Committee Apps Now Open
Country Radio Broadcasters (CRB) has opened applications for the Country Radio Seminar (CRS) 2027 Agenda Committee, inviting volunteers from across the country‑radio sector. The committee, chaired by Brittani Johnson with Krista Hayes and Kevin Callahan as vice chairs, will design...
‘Euphoria’: Sam Levinson on Season 3’s Western Connection and Why They Shot on 65mm Film Stock
HBO’s *Euphoria* is stepping into a new visual era with Season 3, shooting the first ever TV episodes on 65 mm film stock. Creator Sam Levinson and cinematographer Marcell Rév chose the large‑format celluloid to achieve wider, more objective frames that echo...
HBO's Groundbreaking Prison Series Oz Has A 'Sequel' Most Fans Missed
HBO’s groundbreaking prison drama “Oz” returned in 2024 with an unofficial sequel titled “ZO,” a YouTube short that follows former inmates Tobias Beecher and Ryan O'Reily after their release. The five‑minute film has drawn roughly 159,000 views and sparked mixed...
Akshay Kumar Likely to Return as Host for Wheel Of Fortune India Season 2; Industry Buzz Suggests Renewal
Akshay Kumar is poised to return as host of Wheel of Fortune India as the game show has reportedly been greenlit for a second season. The Indian adaptation debuted on January 27, 2026, and delivered stable ratings and strong audience...
NBC News Now Is Taking Over MSNBC’s Old Studio
NBC News Now is moving into the former MSNBC Studio 3A and adjacent spaces at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, consolidating its operations in the iconic newsroom. The transition will allow the streaming service to expand its live news output to 14 hours a day,...
Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies and Yash Raj Films Eye Micro Drama Boom: Report
Yash Raj Films (YRF) and Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment are reportedly evaluating entry into India’s fast‑growing micro‑drama segment. YRF appears further ahead, leveraging its streaming arm YRF Entertainment and the recent hire of SonyLIV veteran Saugata Mukherjee to...
The Best TV Antenna of 2026: Expert Tested
ZDNet’s 2026 guide identifies the ClearStream 2Max as the top overall TV antenna, praised for its dual indoor‑outdoor capability and roughly 70‑mile reception range. The article also highlights budget and mid‑range alternatives, including the Best Buy Essentials Thin (35‑mile range) and Winegard...
Roku Adds 22 New Free Channels On Roku TVs & Roku Players, YouTube TV’s Major Update & More – The...
Roku bolstered its free tier by adding 22 new ad‑supported live channels to The Roku Channel, giving cord‑cutters more genre‑wide options without subscription fees. YouTube TV rolled out a major app refresh that forced temporary sign‑outs, requiring users to re‑authenticate...
Beloved Comedy Show Last One Laughing to Get Major Rule Shakeup in New Special
Prime Video confirmed a Halloween‑themed special for the UK version of Last One Laughing, adding a rule that bans contestants from screaming. The twist intensifies the silent‑laugh challenge as jump‑scares are introduced. Season 2 concluded with David Mitchell edging out Sam...
Even Netflix Is Getting in on Vertical Videos, Mobile App Redesign Gets Discussed
Netflix announced in its Q1 2026 earnings that it will redesign its mobile app to feature vertical videos in a new discovery feed, rolling out the change by the end of April. The move follows a 16% year‑over‑year revenue increase and...
K-Drama Casting News About Lee Hye-Ri, Choi Hyun-Wook, Kim Da-Mi and More
South Korean drama studios announced a wave of new projects for the spring season, featuring high‑profile casting moves. Lee Hye‑ri and Na In‑woo are in talks to lead the Japanese‑series remake "Caution, Hazardous Wife," while Choi Hyun‑wook eyes the lead...
What To Watch Saturday: WrestleMania 42, Bryan Fuller's Dust Bunny, And More
Saturday’s TV slate blends live sports, premium drama and niche movies, highlighting the evolving media landscape. WWE’s WrestleMania 42 Night 1 streams on the ESPN App at 6 p.m. ET, drawing a global audience and premium ad dollars. At 8 p.m., HBO launches Bryan...