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| 1 | | A report from The New York Times claims that OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos in order to train its Chat GPT-4 generative AI model. Last week, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told Bloomberg that using YouTube content for AI training would be a "clear violation" of the platform's terms of use. More: - The Times suggets OpenAI developed an audio transcription model known as Whisper, and used it to transcribe over 1 million hours of YouTube videos, despite knowing that the move was legally questionable.
- OpenAI president Greg Brockman was apparently directly involved in the effort.
- The Times reports that OpenAI exhausted its supplies of useful data around 2021 and needed to get creative in order to move forward and continue fine-tuning its models.
- YouTube owner Google has also apparently trained AI models utilizing the video platform's content.
- In March, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said she wasn't sure if OpenAI's text-to-video model Sora had been trained using YouTube videos.
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| 2 | | Broadcast Magazine suggests that Amazon's unscripted automotive and travel series "The Grand Tour" could return with new hosts. Studio Lambert is apparently developing a rebooted version of the show without original line-up Jeremy Clarkson, James May, or Richard Hammond. More: - The fifth and final "Grand Tour" series featuring the original line-up, "Sand Job," takes the trio to Zimbabwe; it's now streaming on Prime Video.
- Clarkson, May, and Hammond previously hosted the BBC's "Top Gear" before exiting to develop new content for Prime Video in 2015.
- Studio Lambert also developed the streaming hits "The Traitors" and "Squid Game: The Challenge."
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, APRIL 8 THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF THE POTOMAC: The second half of the Bravo reality series' Season 8 cast reunion debuted last night on cable TV and hits Peacock today. Season 8 featured co-stars Karen Huger, Wendy Osefo, Gizelle Bryant, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Robyn Dixon, Ashley Darby, Mia Thornton and Nneka Ihim; Andy Cohen hosts. [Peacock] WHEN CALLS THE HEART: The family drama series is based on author Janette Oke's "Canadian West" books, and stars Erin Krakow as a passionate teacher from the big city who moves to Canada's frontier in the early 20th Century. Season 11 debuted Sunday night on cable; new episodes hit Peacock on Mondays. [Peacock] UNFORGOTTEN: Crime drama series from the UK, originally produced for ITV. Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar co-star as London detectives looking into cold cases involving disappearances and murders. Season 5 aired last year in Britain and hits Prime Video in the US today. [Prime Video] NCISVERSE: THE FIRST 1,000: "Entertainment Tonight" TV special commemorating 1,000 episodes of CBS' "NCIS" procedural franchise. The official 1000th episode is next week's "NCIS," appropriately titled "A Thousand Yards." [Paramount+] SPIRIT RANGERS: Animated series for preschoolers from creators Karissa Valencia and Chris Nee ("Doc McStuffins"), centering on the adventures of three Native American siblings who join forces to protect the national park they call home. It's back for a third season. [Netflix] ISHURA: Debut Japanese anime series, based on the light novels by Keiso. After conquering the nefarious demon king, his former foes -- superpowered humans knonw as Shuras -- are free to determine their own destinies. The complete first season, dubbed into English for US audiences, hits Hulu today. [Hulu] | | | |
| 4 | | According to Nielsen, Netflix's "The Gentlemen" was viewed for 1.21 billion minutes over its first four days on the platform in early March. That was good enough for second place among all of the week's streaming TV series; only Netflix's reality dating series "Love is Blind" was more widely viewed, with 1.5 billion minutes streamed. More: - Another Netflix title -- the fantasy action film "Damsel" -- was the second most-viewed streaming title overall, including both movies and shows.
- Disney+'s "Bluey" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," which streams on both Netflix and Peacock, also topped 1 billion minutes viewed between March 4-10.
- After two weeks online, viewership on Netflix's "Avatar: The Last Airbender" series dropped by around 51%, to 950 million minutes; it was in sixth place overall among streaming shows.
- In the week prior to the Oscar ceremony, Best Picture nominee "Poor Things" was viewed for 318 million minutes on Hulu.
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| 5 | | According to a report in Variety, AMC Networks will offer ad-supported versions of all of its niche streaming services by the close of the 2024-2025 upfront market. AMC launched an ad-supported version of its flagship streamer, AMC+, in late 2023. More: - While AMC+ already offers a selection of content from across the AMC Networks portfolio, the company will also introduce ad-supported lower-cost streaming plans for its smaller platforms as well.
- Streaming services owned by AMC include Shudder, Sundance Now, IFC Films Unlimited, AcornTV, HIDIVE, and ALLBLK.
- While Shudder specifically focuses on horror shows and films, the company is planning to re-focus on the horror genre across all of its cable networks and platforms; actor/director Josh Ruben will serve as the company's "Ambassador of Horror."
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| 6 | | The period action drama "Those About to Die" -- centering on gladiators in Ancient Rome -- comes to Peacock on July 18. The series is based on Daniel P. Mannix's nonfiction book of the same name. More: - "Saving Private Ryan" scribe Robert Rodat developed the series; "Independence Day" vet Roland Emmerich directs some of the episodes.
- Anthony Hopkins stars as the Roman Emperor Vespasian; Iwan Rheon, Sara Martins, Tom Hughes, Jojo Macari, and Moe Hashim co-star.
- All 10 episodes of the series debut on Peacock together in July.
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| 7 | | Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell grabbed the lead roles in HBO's "Game of Thrones" prequel series "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight." Claffey will portray Ser Duncan the Tall, with Ansell joining as his squire, Egg. More: - The series is based on three novellas by original "Thrones" author George R.R. Martin, collected as "Tales of Dunk and Egg."
- The action is set around 100 years before the main "Game of Thrones" series, and centers on two unlikely heroes wandering the continent of Westeros during the years of Targaryen rule.
- Martin will write episodes of the series and also executive produces; "House of the Dragon" showrunner Ryan Condal is also on board as an executive producer.
- Former pro rugby player Claffey also appeared in Apple's "Bad Sisters" and the BBC Three horror-comedy "Wrecked"; Ansell made his acting debut at age 4 in the ITV series "Emmerdale."
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- "The Regime" creator Will Tracy said that he currently has no plans for a second season, but remains opens to revisiting these characters down the road.
- "Tokyo Vice" creator J.T. Rogers and director Alan Poul discussed potential Season 3 plans with Steve Weintraub of Collider; Warner Bros. Discovery has yet to confirm whether or not the crime drama series will return.
- The Disney+ period drama series "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld" -- starring Daniel Brühl as the fashion icon -- received a three-minute standing ovation following its Cannes debut; the series debuts in June.
- Netflix released a trailer for Season 3 of the real estate reality series "Selling the OC"; new episodes arrive on May 3.
- A new sequel to the 1994 Danish horror film "Nightwatch" is in the works for the Shudder platform; original director Ole Bornedal and stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kim Bodnia, and Ulf Pilgaard all return for the follow-up.
- Roku Channel added an exclusive free streaming channel from the NBA, called "NBA Zone."
- In an interview on SiriusXM, "Bridgerton" star Nicola Coughlan said Netflix and Shondaland provide a PG-rated cut of the show for her Irish Catholic parents, removing nudity and sexual situations.
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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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