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| Good morning/afternoon, and thanks for opening today's Inside Streaming. I'll join the chorus of people recommending Netflix's brilliantly-made Spanish-language hit "Society of the Snow." Though director J.A. Bayona tastefully keeps the most grisly imagery off-camera, it's still HARROWING, and not an easy film to watch. But the intimate, non-fussy performances from the central cast (many of whom are first-time actors) give it a real immersive, lived-in kind of realism that's hard to shake. The film's very impressive on a technical level, and could even have a shot at some Oscars, unless "Oppenheimer" sweeps those categories. Thanks for reading! We'll see you back here tomorrow. Lon
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| 1 | | Amazon agreed to take a minority investment in Diamond Sports Group, as part of the broadcaster's bankruptcy reorganization. Diamond is America's largest operator of regional sports networks (RSNs), which specialize in broadcasting MLB, NBA, and NHL games in local markets. More: - Under the agreement, Prime Video will become Diamond's primary online distribution channel, though the company said it's also evaluating other potential collaborators.
- Viewers will be able to purchase content from all teams for which Diamond controls broadcast rights through the Prime Video platform.
- Diamond currently owns 18 regional sports networks, which serve as a home to roughly half of the professional baseball, hockey, and basketball teams in the US; in all, the company produces around 4,500 live telecasts per year.
- Pricing for the streams will be announced at a later date.
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| 2 | | After just 11 days on Netflix, the Spanish-language survival thriller "Society of the Snow" already received around 51 million views. That's good enough to grab the #10 spot on the streamer's most popular non-English language films of all time chart. More: - Netflix compares viewing stats for films over their first 91 days on the service, so "Society of the Snow" has plenty of time left to climb the charts.
- In its first four days on Netflix, "Society of the Snow" was the third most-watched international title of all time; only Norway's "Troll" and Spain's "Nowhere" received more views in this time frame.
- The film is considered a potential contender for several Oscars, and has been shortlisted in the international feature, make-up and hairstyling, original score, and visual effects categories.
- "Society of the Snow," from Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona, relates the true story of an Uruguayan rugby team in the 1970s who became stranded in the Andes following a devastating plane crash.
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 THE GHOST AND MOLLY MCGEE: The Disney Channel animated series centers on the friendship between an enthusiastic, optimistic tween (Ashly Burch) and the grumpy ghost (Dana Snyder) who haunts her house. A new batch of Season 2 episodes hit Disney+ today. [Disney+] IT WAS ALWAYS ME (SIEMPRE FUI YO): The Colombian YA mystery-drama series returns for a second season; all episodes premiere today for easy binging. Three years after the Cartagena music competition where she investigated her father's death, Lupe (Karol Sevilla) -- now a journalist living in Mexico -- looks into the theft of a valuable necklace. Pipe Bueno, Christian Tappan, and José Julián Gaviria co-star. [Disney+] A SHOP FOR KILLERS: First-year action-thriller series from Korea based on the novel "Salinjaui Shoppingmall" by Kang Ji-young. Kim Hye-jun stars as an orphan who was raised by her uncle, the manager of a mysterious, covert shopping mall. After his untimely death, she learns the real truth about his occupation, while dodging a string of professional hitmen. Lee Dong-wook co-stars. [Hulu] END OF THE LINE (PONTO FINAL): Debut comedy series from Brazil, starring Roberta Rodrigues and Rodrigo Sant'anna as a divorced couple who continue to live together and share their daily struggles. Faiska Alves, Polly Marinho, Nany People, and Tuca Andrada co-star. [Netflix] | | | |
| 4 | | The Big Lead pointed out that the NFL likely missed out on millions of viewers by exclusively streaming the AFC Wild Card playoff game on Peacock. While Saturday's Peacock exclusive game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins was streamed by around 23 million viewers, those numbers were significantly lower than all of the weekend's other playoff games. More: - Fox's broadcast of the Green Bay Packers vs. the Dallas Cowboys received 40 million viewers, while a Detroit Lions/LA Rams game on NBC garnered 36 million viewers.
- Writer Ryan Phillips argued that the Chiefs/Dolphins match-up potentially could have outdrawn some of those other games, if it were broadcast on conventional television; the Chiefs are defending Super Bowl champions, and pop star Taylor Swift was in attendance.
- Phillips also suggests that the Peacock-only game was likely a "long-term play" designed to test out the viability of streaming-exclusive broadcasts.
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| 5 | | The ViX Premium Spanish-language streaming service announced a new lower-cost ad-supported subscription plan. No specific pricing details were revealed. More: - ViX Premium is owned by Spanish broadcaster TelevisaUnivision.
- In addition to the ad-free ViX Premium service, the company also offers the free, ad-supported ViX Gratis platform.
- ViX joins a number of other US streamers in pursuing ad-supported subscription plans; Netflix and Disney+ both introduced their own last year, while Amazon Prime Video will turn on ads for all subscribers by default later this month.
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| 6 | | The first episode of Disney's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series adaptation has proved a considerable streaming hit. The first episode has gathered 26.2 million views in its first three weeks across both Disney+ and Hulu. More: - The show has already doubled its viewership from its premiere week.
- According to Disney, all five episodes surpassed 10 million views in their first week online.
- The initial Nielsen data about the "Percy Jackson" debut should be available later on this week.
- "Percy Jackson" is based on YA books by author Rick Riordan, who co-created the series along with Jonathan E. Steinberg; Walker Scobell stars as a young man who discovers that he's the powerful son of the Greek god Poseidon.
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| 7 | | A number of prominent international trade organizations released a joint statement, asking world governments to more actively ensure that streaming companies invest in local content. The group includes organizations from across Europe, Canada, Australasia, and Latin America, such as the European Producers' Club, the Italian producers' association APA, Canada's Media Producers Association, the Ibero-American Federation of Film and Audiovisual Producers from Latin America, and New Zealand's Screen Production and Development Association. More: - A letter released by the group specifically calls on governments to enact regulations to ensure their local entertainment industries remain sustainable while maintaining "cultural sovereignty."
- The EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS) requires international streaming services to invest some of their revenue in local content, but it leaves enforcement up to individual member nations.
- France has taken the lead among EU countries in setting specific rules for streamers operating in the country; Netflix, Amazon, and Disney are already required to invest 20-25% of their French revenue back into French content.
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- Five more actors joined the cast of HBO's "The White Lotus" ahead of Season 3, including Walton Goggins, Aimee Lou Wood, and Patrick Schwarzenegger.
- CBS' new late-night comedy game show "After Midnight" debuted early Wednesday, after "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"; the premiere episode is now streaming on Paramount+.
- In the aftermath of new residual agreements with the writers' and actors' guilds, Netflix posted a job listing for a financial analyst to process the payments and manage financial forecasts moving forward.
- "The Vince Staples Show," an absurdist comedy series starring the rapper and actor as a variation of himself, hits Netflix on February 15.
- According to Nielsen, 7.13 million people watched "The Golden Bachelor" wedding finale in a single week across both linear TV and streaming; that's a 36% increase over its initial TV audience when it first aired on ABC on January 4.
- Popular YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson uploaded one of his videos directly to X/Twitter this week, as an experiment to determine how much revenue he can earn on the platform.
- Apple shared some images from the British period comedy series "The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin," inspired by an actual, infamous highwayman; Noel Fielding and Hugh Bonneville co-star.
- The limited drama series "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" -- based on the novel by Heather Morris -- premieres on May 2 on Peacock; the novel was inspired by a true story about a couple who meet and fall in love in a Nazi concentration camp.
- Speaking to "Entertainment Tonight" ahead of Monday's Emmy Awards, "Saturday Night Live" executive producer Lorne Michaels indicated that Tina Fey could ultimately serve as his successor.
- The Polish limited crime drama series "Detective Forst" is a surprise hit on Netflix.
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 | Writer | | 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." | | This newsletter was edited by Lon Harris | |
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