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AMC+ subscribers must be ruing their decision to snap up the streamer’s launch offer of a discounted year’s subscription with yet another month bereft of premieres looming. While AMC+ secondary services Acorn TV and Shudder have newcomers that will start in March, AMC+, which should be the premium platform, has none. Hopefully the appointment of […]

Netflix has announced its first Bridgerton spin-off, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, will stream from May 4. The prequel centres on Queen Charlotte’s rise to prominence and power, how her marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton. […]

Sky and WBD have partnered to provide free-to-air and streaming coverage of key sporting events this year. Here’s the media release: Sky and Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ to deliver epic entertainment for sports fans, free-to-air on Three and ThreeNow, as well as across Sky platforms Sky and Warner Bros. Discovery ANZ are pleased to announce an […]

AMC’s renewal of the yet-to-stream-here Mayfair Witches coincides with nothing new being announced for AMC+ NZ for February. It follows the struggling streamer’s decision to decimate its local platform to capitalise on tax breaks, write-downs and licensing its original content to other services. AMC+ NZ does have a handful of premieres for its secondary services, Acorn […]

Freeridge (02/02/2023) Four teen friends work to reverse a curse after a peculiar old box seems to bring misfortune — and more — into their lives. Class (03/02/2023) Three students from a poor neighborhood join an exclusive high school for Delhi elite where dark secrets and rumors ultimately lead to murder. The Exchange (08/02/2023) Inspired by […]

TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+ will broadcast or stream live the 50th anniversary of Te Matatini Herenga Waka Herenga Tangata. Here’s the media release: TVNZ Brings Te Matatini Festival to Biggest Ever Audience on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+ 50th anniversary of NZ’s biggest kapa haka and cultural festival takes place 22-25 February Scotty Morrison and Mātai […]

Season 33 of The Simpsons at last has been added to Disney+ — months later than S34, which is running a couple of episodes behind Fox TV’s broadcasts in the US. The delay would appear due to a legacy deal with TVNZ for rights to the season. Last month, Fox TV announced a two-season renewal of […]

The Flatshare (February 27, full season) is a Paramount+ comedy starring Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) and Anthony Welsh (The Great) as Londoners who share occupation of a flat at different times: she gets it weeknights and weekends, he sleeps there weekdays and stays with his girlfriend at weekends. They never meets but are drawn […]

Season four of HBO flagship Succession will premiere here on March 27. TV’s best current drama series, about a media mogul Roy Logan’s feuding family, should land on SoHo and Neon within hours of its HBO bow. “Not included in today’s announcement was anything about whether the upcoming fourth season will be the last of […]

What was one of Prime Video’s flagship shows has been consigned to second-tier status in the latest monthly highlights distributed to media. Season two of Clarkson’s Farm will stream from February 10 but curiously Prime Video isn’t promoting it as one of next month’s top drawcards — presumably because of the opprobrium Clarkson has earned for his controversial […]