Digital Stream: Television News

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https://www.darkhorizons.com/witcher-rings-orville-all-halt-production/

Filming has been suspended on The Witcher: Season 02, Peaky Blinders: Season 06, Line of Duty: Season 06, Amazon's The Lord of the Rings and The Orville: Season 03

https://www.darkhorizons.com/birds-of-prey-gentlemen-go-early-on-vod/

Additionally, the movies The Gentlemen and Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn will be early released on streaming VOD services on 24 March

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https://www.darkhorizons.com/netflixs-she-ra-to-end-with-season-5/

She-Ra and the Princess of Power: Season 05 will launch on Netflix on 15 May 2020 and will be the final season

https://www.darkhorizons.com/westworld-s3-premiere-ratings-fall-57/

Contrary to the TV viewing boosts that we're seeing due to the virus, one show that hasn't enjoyed that same uplift was the debut of Westworld: Season 03. Figures were down by a huge 57% but it's hoped it will see big gains as self-isolation sets in.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/network-shows-unlikely-to-resume-filming/

As we're hearing about TV shows shutting down production it is being said by Execs that it is highly unlikely that most will resume filming due to the costs and issues involved meaning current seasons will simply abruptly end. This obviously causes issues for shows that are already in their final season meaning they are unable to finish their runs. Reportedly, faced with this issue the crew of The 100 have decided to continue filming and are expected to complete the season within a week. Supernatural: Season 15 has ended filming with around 2 unfilmed episodes remaining and no decision made about their future. Personally, given the history of the show and past comments from the head of CW I'd be surprised if the final episodes weren't ultimately made even if it means pushing them to the 2021 schedule making them effectively a short run event TV Movie/Season 16.

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sony-release-bloodshot-demand-early-1285261

Sony have announced that the Vin Diesel film Bloodshot that opened at cinemas last weekend will launch on VOD services... in 6 days time

[Dogg Thang]

Isn’t the new Trolls movie now bypassing cinema completely and going VOD? I think I read that. That would have made good money in the cinema under normal circumstances so it will be interesting to see how VOD compares.

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Yep and with Pixar's Onward getting all its screens cut at just $100m made there's already rumours it could be forced to go Disney+

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https://www.darkhorizons.com/friends-tokyo-vice-more-tv-shows-halted/

The Friends reunion has been delayed

https://www.darkhorizons.com/warner-teases-mercy-birds-vod-releases/

The Jamie Foxx/Michael B Jordan movie Just Mercy is being moved to a VOD release on 24 March

[Dogg Thang]

Here’s a little oddity of our current situation - The European Union is calling on streaming services including Netflix and YouTube to scale back their offering in order to keep broadband networks from crashing.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3553373-europe-urges-streamers-to-limit-service-amid-network-pressure?utm_medium=email&utm_source=seeking_alpha&mail_subject=nflx-europe-urges-streamers-to-limit-service-amid-network-pressure&utm_campaign=rta-stock-news&utm_content=link-3

[QualityChimp]

The missus says I can't have Disney+, but I really don't need it.

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Turns out Netflix has agreed, if you have a 4K subscription keep an eye on that picture quality

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I can't find a linked news story as yet but I read on Era this morning that Onward may be hitting VOD services this weekend

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It's good! Harley Quinn has also hit VOD.

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https://www.darkhorizons.com/exhibitor-chief-universal-we-wont-forget/

With the current pandemic leading to the closure of cinemas and the heavy push of movies to VOD services well ahead of their time the Head of the Exhibitor Trade Association says that he understands the big studios needs to protect themselves during this time even though his usual role to protect cinemas and the usual exclusivity window they enjoy. However, he says there is one exception which is Trolls: World Tour.

Studios have quickly released films that briefly saw a cinema release and heavily delayed those that didn't. Trolls: World Tour is a sole exception because it hasn't been released in cinemas but is still coming to VOD on its theatrical release date. First he says that Universal are still advertising it as coming to VOD and cinemas on 10 April which is lying to the consumer but also that this move is effectively a betrayal of the usual agreed model and that the Exhibitors Trade Association will not forget it when cinemas reopen and Universal are seeking to reestablish their slate.

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https://www.darkhorizons.com/pornhub-premium-goes-free-worldwide/

The Hub are opening up their Premium Access to all users worldwide for a month

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Nice!

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https://www.darkhorizons.com/tv-news-messiah-mandalorian-blackaf-john/

Netflix have cancelled the show Messiah

https://www.darkhorizons.com/batman-matrix-4-more-delay-releases/

Not a TV update but it's wide reaching. Essentially most major films for 2021 and 2022 are looking likely to see extensive delays across the board.