 Amazon redesigned the Prime Video interface, with a new look that resembles Netflix's basic design. The main navigation bar has moved from the top of the page to a vertical column on the left side of the screen, to make the experience "less busy and overwhelming." More: - The navigation bar includes menus for Search, Home, Store, Live TV, free content, and then a user's personal queue, known as "My Stuff."
- The new Prime Video also includes a Netflix-style "Top 10" list and thumbnails that play previews when you hover over them.
- Amazon apparently spent 18 months working on the redesign; the effort was overseen by Prime Video vice president of product Ben Smith, who also worked on Hulu's 2017 redesign.
- The new Prime Video will roll out to users watching via Android devices this week; iOS and web versions will arrive later on this year.
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Netflix has started testing a new way to limit password sharing in selected Central and South American markets. Users in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic will have the option to pay an additional fee to add a TV or TV-connected device outside their home to their Netflix plan. More: - Each additional home costs 219 pesos per month (around $1.17 US) in Argentina; it's $2.99 in all other markets.
- Subscriber accounts in these markets will now have one primary "home," where Netflix is accessible from any room or device (and up to two weeks of travel); the new system allows users to add additional "homes" to their plan.
- Netflix will use IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity to monitor "homes."
- Netflix is apparently also working on a system that will allow users to track where their account is being used and restrict or control access.
THE VERGE
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- Elon Musk shouted out the Las Vegas-based company calling Boxabl a “cool product.”
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- Strategic partnership and investment from the largest home builder in the USA, D.R. Horton Inc.
- Over 50 patent filings due to considerable innovations in building technology
- Factory 2 is now under construction
- Customer waitlist of over 100,000 pre-orders, indicating potential demand worth billions of dollars
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DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, JULY 19 LOVE ISLAND USA: The American version of the reality dating competition series moves from CBS to Peacock for its new fourth season; the series has already been renewed for Season 5 as well. The format finds a group of singles descending upon a tropical villa, where they form alliances and compete in a string of sexy challenges for a shot at a $100,000 grand prize. [Peacock] EXHUMED: True-crime docuseries from the Oxygen cable network looking back on murder cases in which the victim's body was unearthed during the course of the investigation. Season 2 hits Peacock today. [Peacock] AFTERSHOCK: Documentary from ABC News and Disney's Onyx Collective, profiling health care reform activists Shawnee Benton Gibson and Omari Maynard. Following the 2019 death of Shamony Gibson, their mother and partner (respectively), from complications relating to an emergency c-section, Benton Gibson and Maynard began investigating the maternal health space and fighting for more equity and medical accountability. The film premiered at Sundance and received a Special Jury Award. [Hulu] THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: AMERICAN PIE: Documentary feature in which singer-songwriter Don McLean looks back on his iconic 1971 song -- inspired by a 1959 plane crash that killed rock and roll pioneers Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens -- on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. [Paramount+] DAVID A. ARNOLD: IT AIN'T FOR THE WEAK: The comedian returns to his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, for his latest Netflix special, a follow-up to 2019's "Fat Ballerina." Topics include raising entitled teens and fighting with your spouse. [Netflix] WE BABY BEARS: Animated Cartoon Network series, serving as a prequel to the series "We Bare Bears," following baby versions of Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear as they use a magical teleporting box to search for a new home. Four new episodes, part of the show's ongoing first season, land on HBO Max today. [HBO Max]
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Disney completed its 2022-2023 "upfront" ad sales process, bringing in a record-setting $9 billion haul. 40% of the sales went to streaming and digital platforms, with Disney+ leading the way. More: - Besides Disney+, the company was also selling ads against ABC, Disney Channel, ESPN, ESPN+, Freeform, FX, Hulu, and National Geographic content.
- Ad rates increased for streaming, sports, broadcast, and cable content this year; an uptick in women's sports in particular gave the company a boost.
- The pandemic and the arrival of ad-supporting streaming platforms in full force has shaken up the "upfronts" process in recent years and added a new layer of uncertainty to the schedule.
DEADLINE
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 "Coming Soon to HBO Max" HBO Max released a "Coming Soon" teaser featuring the first new footage from Season 2 of "The White Lotus." Jennifer Coolidge and Jon Gries reprise their roles from the first season in the new episodes, which otherwise introduce an ensemble of new characters. More: - The new season is set at a resort in Sicily, as opposed to Season 1's Hawaii.
- The new cast includes Sabrina Impacciatore as the new resort manager, along with Aubrey Plaza, Will Sharpe, Theo James, Meghann Fahy, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Imperioli, Tom Hollander, Haley Lu Richardson, and Leo Woodall.
- Season 1 of "The White Lotus" earned 20 Emmy nominations this year, including Best Limited Series.
- No release date for Season 2 has yet been announced.
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 Rob Zombie's feature film adaptation of the classic TV sitcom "The Munsters" will debut on Netflix in September. The film was produced by Universal Home Entertainment; it was originally suggested that it might premiere instead on the Peacock service. More: - The film retells the family's origin story, following the courtship of Herman Munster (Jeff Daniel Phillips) and Lily (Sheri Moon Zombie) and their move from Transylvania to Hollywood.
- Daniel Roebuck co-stars as Grandpa Munster; Richard Brake, Catherine Schell, Dee Wallace, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, and Jorge Garcia also make appearances.
- Original "The Munsters" actress Pat Priest (she was the second actor to portray Marilyn Munster) also makes a cameo appearance.
- The original "Munsters" series ran for just two seasons, from 1964 to 1966; they're both streaming on Peacock.
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YouTube announced new shopping features for both users and creators, along with a Shopify collaboration. Eligible creators will be able to link their Shopify stores with their YouTube channels, and embed products directly into their content. More: - The new tools will leverage Shopify's real-time inventory syncing, allowing end users to complete transactions without ever leaving YouTube.
- The new features will appear for eligible creators in the "Shopping" tab in YouTube Studio.
- The company will also roll out a new shopping destination in the Explore tab -- featuring relevant items that are available for purchase -- for users in the US, India, and Brazil.
- YouTube also recently teased new features that will expand options for featuring products and making purchases during livestreams.
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 Christina Hendricks signed on for a lead role in Apple's upcoming series adaptation of "The Buccaneers," the final unfinished novel by author Edith Wharton. The cast also includes Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse, and Mia Threapleton. More: - The series takes a satirical look at Anglo-American relations, and centers on a group of free-spirited American girls who shake up London high society in the 1870s.
- Hendricks will play Mrs. St. George, the mother of two of the so-called "buccaneers."
- "Tracey Ullman's Show" vet Katherine Jakeways wrote the adaptation; Susanna White ("Generation Kill") will direct.
- Hendricks is best known for her role as Joan Holloway in AMC's "Mad Men"; she also recently starred alongside Tim Roth in the drama series "Tin Star" for Sky and voices Cherie in Hulu's animated "Solar Opposites."
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The Russian government issued a nearly $365 million fine against Google, relating to YouTube videos featuring "prohibited content." The Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor claims that YouTube has failed to remove videos "promoting extremism and terrorism" and containing misinformation about the war in Ukraine. More: - Google has not indicated whether or not it plans to pay the fine, and did not respond to requests for comment.
- Google announced plans to shut down its Russian operations in May; the company's Russian subsidiary filed for bankruptcy in June.
- Tensions existed between Google and the Russian government prior to the invasion of Ukraine; in December of 2021, a Russian court fined Google $98 million over a different collection of banned videos, associated with opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
THE VERGE
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- Netflix released a new trailer for its upcoming anime series "Tekken: Bloodline," based on the popular fighting games; the show premieres on August 18.
- HBO will debut "The Princess" -- a documentary profiling Princess Diana -- on Saturday, August 13; August 31 of this year marks the 25th anniversary of Diana's death.
- Rosemarie DeWitt, Luke Kirby, and Judith Light joined the cast of Disney+'s upcoming feature adaptation of the Sharon Draper novel "Out Of My Mind"; Phoebe-Rae Taylor stars as a teen with cerebral palsy who's inspired to continue her academic career by a young educator (Courtney Taylor).
- Netflix ordered the Japanese original mystery-thriller series "Burn the House Down," based on the serialized manga by up-and-coming artist Moyashi Fujisawa; the story centers on a young woman with a secret agenda who infiltrates a wealthy family by posing as a housekeeper.
- The Duolingo language education app expanded its course in the fictional High Valyrian language from "Game of Thrones," adding 150 new words in association with its linguist creator, David J. Peterson; the "Thrones" spinoff series "House of the Dragon" arrives next month.
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 |  | Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." |  | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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