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Over Stimulation

... overstimulation is the abundance of media to consume. The proliferation of content—much of it excellent!—creates yet another space that is challenging to keep up with. There are streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime (as well as HBO, Showtime, Starz, and all the traditional cable channels that have multi-platform streaming arms), not to mention YouTube, where 500 hours of new content are added each minute (that's 720,000 hours each day!). It's near impossible to keep track of what's ...

Origin Story

... had the most global reach, but we've reached an era in which programs in any language have the potential to become a hit anywhere around the world. In the past, a foreign show wouldn't garner a big enough audience to make it on air in another country, but streaming services are paving the way for greater adoption. In fact, the U.S. is becoming a key market for foreign-language TV dramas, and this year marks a turning point when HBO brings the subtitled Italian show My Brilliant Friend to premium ...

Pop In

... of entertainment will be an active entertainment world. Passive entertainment doesn’t fit with this device (mobile).”Central Intelligence To promote the 2016 movie Central Intelligence, fans were invited to add themselves into scenes. After visiting the microsite The CentrallInteliGIF, people could select a scene and upload a picture of themselves that became a GIF. Game of Thrones To promote the sixth season of Game of Thrones, HBO created a site where fans could ...

Global TV Trends

... original series that reflects today’s diversity; the sisters are Latina women and the middle sister is rewritten as a lesbian. The Charmed reboot seeks to bring back the magical story that viewers love, but with a new meaning that makes it relevant to today’s audience.Miss Sherlock HBO Asia has released a series based on an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous mystery stories. There have been many iterations of Sherlock Holmes-inspired TV series over the years, but this latest ...

Stage Of The Game

... of content. Aside from these traditional sports stars, youth are also interested in entertainment about different facets of sports, such as training, management, and athletes' lives beyond the games they play. Following the recent success of HBO's Ballers and Starz's Survivor's Remorse, expect more scripted programming about sports to take center stage. - Scripted Sports TV Series - Thankless CBS is producing Thankless, a comedy from LeBron James's production company, about a group of sports ...

Scene Stealers

... than just the plot and cast; they want to learn about the intricate process of applying makeup and creating the setting that the characters inhabit, with this information becoming integral to fully admiring the series. HBO helped meet this desire this past fall by releasing “Game of Thrones: 18 Hours at the Paint Hall,” an in-depth special with commentary from the showrunners, cast, and crew about the making of one of the toughest days on set, including getting ready with hair and makeup, props ...

Variety Show

... 1990s, Eddie, a hip-hop loving 11-year-old, relocates with his parents and two brothers to suburban Orlando from the Chinatown section of Washington, D.C. As Eddie's dad, Louis, pursues the American dream by opening a western-themed restaurant named Cattleman's Ranch Steakhouse, Eddie and the rest of the family try to acclimate to their new, strange surroundings.Insecure The HBO series from Awkward Black Girl creator Issa Rae explores how although modern-day Black women might be described as strong ...

Re-New

... ), Frequency (CW), and numerous others are following suit. Heathers TV Land has greenlit a pilot of the cult hit Heathers, which will be revamped as a black comedy set in the present day.Westworld This fall, HBO debuted Westworld, a TV series based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 film about amusement-park robotic “hosts” gone rogue.Varsity Blues CMT has ordered a script for a TV series of the 1999 football movie Varsity Blues.Dynasty The CW is rebooting Dynasty, the ‘80s soap about two of America’s ...

Less Is Morality

... popularity in the UK before coming to the U.S. via Netflix, asks viewers to consider the effect technology has on humanity, from vast implications on privacy to issues of self-awareness. While it suggests a negative progression, it also prompts consumers to debate and consider how they personally would react when faced with the issues depicted in the show. HBO’s latest hit Westworld presents a similar mental challenge around adoption of artificial intelligence. The film Equals from Millennial ...

Reality Bites

... gold standard in VR-movie advertising with a stand-alone adventure that put the viewer in the shoes of Matt Damon’s marooned astronaut. Later this year, Ghost in the Shell, Assassin’s Creed, the Independence Day sequel, and others will arrive with a full VR or 360 video experience plugging their impending release. Westworld To market its futuristic series Westworld, HBO’s marketing team used technology that mirrored the world of the series to rally hardcore fans. Using the HTC Vive ...