The Bear Showrunners Are Cooking Up Changes for Season 2 Change is on the menu for the upcoming new season of FX's summer smash The Bear. The series, starring Jeremy Allen White as a fine-dining chef running his family's restaurant following a tragedy, was an immediate hit when all eight episodes of Season 1 landed
How Media Companies Celebrate Pride Amidst LGBTQ+ Backlash Don't Say Gay. Bathroom bills. No trans kids in sports. Ban children from attending drag shows. It may only be June, but so far in 2022, state lawmakers have filed nearly 300 anti-LGBTQ+ bills and other policy initiatives, nearly double last year's total. As the waves of
Twitch Opens Up Its Ads Incentive Program to More Creators Twitch is opening up its Ads Incentive Program, which it debuted in February, to more creators. The goal of AIP is to make ads income more predictable for creators by determining a preset payout when they stream for a certain number of hours per month
Roku and Jägermeister Team Up for Streaming Series The Lesbian Bar Project In the 1980s, there were more than 200 lesbian bars in the U.S. In 2022, that number has shrunk to fewer than 25. Roku's Brand Studio partnered with J?germeister for the three-episode docuseries The Lesbian Bar Project, highlighting the remaining lesbian bars and
Jack in the Box Opens a Drive-Thru Window on Twitch Hungry gamers can head to the Jack in the Box drive-thru--on Twitch. The fast-food chain teamed up with GameSquare Esports' Zoned Gaming on the design and execution of the virtual drive-thru experience on the Jack in the Box Twitch channel, where fans can scan a
Netflix Loses Total Global Subscribers for the First Time Since 2011 Netflix, the world's largest streaming service, saw a dip in subscribers globally for the first time since October 2011. At the end of the first quarter, the company reported 221.6 million global subscribers, a loss of 200,000 and a miss of the projected 2.5
Twitch: How to Turn Off Animated Emotes in Chat By default, when Twitch users send animated emotes in chats, the animation will play for other viewers to see. However, users have the option to turn off animated emotes if they'd prefer. Our guide will show you how to turn off animated emotes in chat from
YouTube Adds 5,000 Free Episodes of TV Shows in FAST Ad Revenue Grab Look out, Pluto TV and Tubi. YouTube is now offering free, ad-supported TV shows as it looks to compete more directly with FAST (free, ad-supported streaming TV) streamers and capture even more of the ad dollars in that space. For the first
Twitch Looks to Give Creators Predictability in Their Earnings From Ads on Its Platform Select creators on Twitch are now part of the streaming platform's Ads Incentive Program, which helps make ads income more predictable for creators by determining a preset payout when they stream for a certain number of hours per month while running
Everything Revolves Around Paramount, and 4 Other Investor Event Top Takeaways Paramount, the company formerly known as ViacomCBS, kicked off its investor day streaming event with a bang on Tuesday afternoon by announcing it had changed its name. Then, the company spent the rest of the presentation proving how appropriate the new moniker was, as
