Bally Sports+ launch / Ofcom UK streaming report / "Cobra Kai" S5 trailer / "The Mole" Netflix revival

Plus today's calendar, Apple Sidney Poitier documentary, "Eisen Show" moving, "Wednesday" teaser, and more

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Sinclair Broadcast Group's direct-to-consumer streaming service, Bally Sports+, launches across the US on September 26. The service offers access to all 19 regional Bally networks operated by Sinclair's Diamond Sports Group at a cost of $19.99 per month, or $189.99 for the year. More: These networks will stream a range of Major League Baseball, NBA, and NHL games, along with some college and prep events. At launch, the service will stream on iOS and Android, and at BallySports.com; support for Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices has not yet been announced. According to Deadline, this marks the first significant test for whether or not regional sports cable networks will be able to transition into the streaming era. The Bally sports networks were previously owned by Fox and were acquired by a coalition of buyers led by Sinclair in 2019. DEADLINE

Netflix's "Tinder Swindler" The latest report from UK media regulator Ofcom shows younger viewers largely abandoning traditional TV in favor of streaming services. According to Ofcom, 90% of 18-to-24-year-olds in the UK opted to watch streaming content over conventional TV programming, and viewers between 16 and 24 spend just 53 minutes on average watching broadcast TV per day. More: Britons over age 65 still spent about one-third of their day -- around six hours -- watching broadcast TV, up a bit from a decade ago. Ofcom says the numbers reflected "soaring popularity" for US-based streaming platforms. Nonetheless, 350,000 UK households dropped subscriptions to Netflix, Disney+, or Amazon Prime Video in the last quarter. The proportion of UK households subscribing to an SVOD service fell overall by about 1%, likely due to the country's "cost of living crisis." Netflix remains the UK's most popular streaming service, with around 60% of households subscribed; it's followed by Prime Video (46%), Disney+ (23%), Discovery+ (8%), and finally Apple TV+ (6%). THE GUARDIAN

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DAILY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 HOMICIDE HUNTER: NEVER GIVE UP: True-crime docuseries, spun off from the Investigation Discovery "Homicide Hunter" franchise. Over the course of three feature-length specials, retired Colorado Springs detective Lt. Joe Kenda and his team will reopen three cold case investigations utilizing state-of-the-art DNA and forensic techniques. [Discovery+] LOOK BOTH WAYS: This romantic comedy-drama feature follows two possible futures awaiting recent college graduate Natalie (Lili Reinhart): one where she gets pregnant and stays in her hometown, and another where she moves to LA to pursue her dream career. Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu makes her US debut with the film; "Entourage" vet April Prosser wrote the script. [Netflix] JUNIOR BAKING SHOW: Season 6 of the British baking competition series aired last year in the UK and hits Netflix in the US today. 16 young bakers, between the ages of 9 and 12, are split into teams and faced with a string of challenges involving cakes, cookies, bread, pastries, and more. Harry Hill hosts; Liam Charles and Ravneet Gill serve as judges. [Netflix] HIGH HEAT (DONDE HUBO FUEGO): Spanish-language mystery drama series from Mexico starring Iván Amozurruita as Poncho, who joins the local fire brigade as part of an investigation into his brother's recent murder. [Netflix] ROYALTEEN: Romantic drama feature from Norway, about the inconvenient love that develops between a hard-partying prince (Mathias Storhøi) and the former royal gossip blogger (Ines Høysæter Asserson) who reported anonymously on his misdeeds. [Netflix] UNSUSPICIOUS (NADA SUSPEITOS): Comic mystery-thriller film from Brazil, in which a group of wronged women and their families turn up at the mansion of a wealthy and notorious playboy, only to discover that he's been murdered and they're all suspects. [Netflix] LEONARDO: Historical drama series from Steven Thompson ("Sherlock") and Frank Spotnitz ("The Man in the High Castle"), relating a fictionalized version of the life story of Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci (Aidan Turner). In the series, Leonardo has been accused of the murder of his friend and muse Caterina de Cremona (Matilda De Angelis), prompting an investigation by the Duke of Milan (James D'Arcy). New episodes air Tuesdays on CW and hit the website and app on Wednesdays. [CW] DEVILS: English-language financial thriller series from Italy, based on the 2014 novel by Guido Maria Brera. Alessandro Borghi stars as an investment banker who begins to suspect that a recent scandal concerning his wife and the death of his long-time mentor (Patrick Dempsey) are connected. New episodes air on Tuesdays and stream on Wednesdays. [CW] ON THE COUNT OF THREE: This dark comedy, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, is the directorial debut of actor and comedian Jerrod Carmichael. He and Christopher Abbott co-star as two friends who make a suicide pact, then take one final day to settle their worldly affairs. Tiffany Haddish, JB Smoove, Lavell Crawford, and Henry Winkler co-star. [Hulu]

Netflix dropped a trailer for Season 5 of the "Karate Kid" spin-off series "Cobra Kai." The martial arts comedy-drama returns on September 9. More: The new episodes find Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny (William Zabka) joining forces to stop their rival Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) from taking over all the dojos in the San Fernando Valley. Returning "Karate Kid" actors this season also include Martin Kove as John Kreese, Randee Heller as Lucille LaRusso, Sean Kanan as Mike Barnes, and Yuji Okumoto as Chozen Toguchi. The series debuted as a YouTube Premium original in 2018 before moving over to Netflix in 2020. VARIETY

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ABC's "The Mole" Netflix ordered a new version of the classic reality competition series "The Mole." In the show, 12 players work together to solve challenges and add to a collective prize pool; however, one of them is secretly a "mole" whose covert aim is to sabotage the others. More: The winning player manages to outlast the other competitors and expose the Mole. Both the new series and the version that aired on ABC from 2001 to 2009 are based on an original Belgian TV format. Netflix added the first two seasons of the ABC series to its library in 2021, fueling speculation that it was planning a revival. Anderson Cooper hosted the original version of ABC's "The Mole"; later seasons featured Ahmad Rashād taking over as host and celebrity competitors. VARIETY

Apple released a trailer for the Sidney Poitier documentary profile, "Sidney," from filmmaker Reginald Hudlin. The movie opens in theaters and premieres on Apple TV+ on September 23. More: "Sidney" examines Poitier's life and Hollywood career, as well as his legacy as a political and social activist. Oprah Winfrey produced the film and also appears on-camera; other interview subjects include Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, and civil rights leader Andrew Young. Poitier died in January 2022 at age 94. DEADLINE

Sportscaster Rich Eisen will move his live-streamed chat series "Rich Eisen Show" from Peacock to The Roku Channel. The series will stream live five days a week on Roku from 12-3 pm ET from Eisen's studio in El Segundo, California, starting in September. More: The show will also debut on Eisen's YouTube channel, starting August 22. As of Q2 2022, Roku has 63.1 million active accounts. Roku offers a robust line-up of sports content, including 20 linear channels from Stadium, Fubo Sports, Real Madrid TV and others. "The Rich Eisen Show" will still air on Westwood One radio; as well, he'll continue to collaborate on special event coverage with NFL Network. VARIETY

Netflix released a teaser for the Addams Family spin-off series "Wednesday." Filmmaker Tim Burton produced the series and directed four of the first season's eight total episodes. More: Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams, who leaves home to attend the peculiar Nevermore Academy for outcast youngsters. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán co-star as Morticia and Gomez Addams. The cast also includes Isaac Ordonez, Gwendoline Christie, Emma Myers, and Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in the '90s "Addams Family" film series. The show has no set release date but comes to Netflix sometime this fall. POLYGON

Comedy series "Ramy" returns to Hulu for a third season on September 30. Comedian Ramy Youssef created and stars in the series, and also writes and directs episodes. More: Youssef stars as Ramy Hassan, a first-generation Egyptian-American pondering personal questions about spirituality while living in a politically-divided New Jersey neighborhood. In Season 3, Ramy essentially gives up on his spiritual journey to focus on his job at his uncle's diamond business. Laith Nakli, Hiam Abbass, Amr Waked, and May Calamawy co-star; the series is produced by the A24 studio. DEADLINE

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