Redbox, the service that launched thousands of cherry red sentinels standing guard outside convenience stores across America loaded with cheap movie rentals, is moving into the live TV game with Redbox Free Live TV, as reported by Variety. The service, which began rolling out in select markets earlier this month but is available nationwide as of today, offers ad-supported blocks of shows and movies. You know, like TV used to. (And I guess still does? Do people still watch live TV?) Although it’s technically a streaming app, the Redbox service shows scheduled programming rather than allowing users to …
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Hot off the heels of the rough but wildly successful launch of Disney Plus, Hulu announced that it will be increasing the price of its Live-TV bundle to $54.99 per month, effective December 18th. It’s the second time the bundle’s price has jumped up in less than a year - back in January, it increased from $40 to $45. Hulu (which is now owned by Disney, as soon we all will be) recently surpassed Dish Network’s Sling TV as the number one over-the-top TV providers in the U.S. for the first time in …
The Wonderful World of Disney Presents The Little Mermaid Live! will air on ABC later this year and will interweave live-action with scenes from the Disney classic.
It looks like Disney is doubling down on its live-action adaptations of their 1989 animated movie The Little Mermaid. The studio already has a live-action feature-length film remake in the works with Black-ish star Halle Bailey set to play the titular sea creature who is granted the ability to live as a human by a nefarious sea witch in order to be with a man she's fallen in love with. Now, according to Variety, ABC will also put together a Little Mermaid live TV musical. A handful of casting announcements were made to help build …