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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Peacock’s exclusive Monday night NBA games kick off on October 27th.

The doubleheader will have the Detroit Pistons facing off against the Cleveland Cavaliers, while the Minnesota Timberwolves play the Denver Nuggets.

In addition to appearing on Peacock, NBA games will also air on Prime Video throughout the 2025-2026 season, which begins on October 21st.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Netflix shares a first look at One Piece season two, and confirms season three.

As part of a One Piece Day event in Tokyo, Netflix shared a teaser for season two and the news that production on season three will start in South Africa later this year. One Piece season two will stream on Netflix in 2026 — here’s our review of season one.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
A Paramount premonition.

Paramount and Skydance’s controversial merger is now complete, and it doesn’t take a genius (or a Verge commenter) to guess what’s coming next.

GHollister:

“Any time a CEO talks about ‘real efficiencies’ you know a bunch of employees are about to lose their jobs.”

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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
HBO Max picked up 3.4M new subscribers.

Though technically, it was Max at the time. All but 200,000 of them came from international markets, bringing Max to 125.7 million subscribers worldwide — and according to Warner Bros. Discovery, still on track to hit 150 million next year.

The streaming division turned a profit of $293 million, after a loss this time last year, which will be good news for the Warner Bros. bit of the company ahead of their separation next year.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
NFL buys minority stake in ESPN.

Following talks first reported two years ago, ESPN is acquiring the NFL Network and rights to the fan-favorite RedZone Channel in exchange for the league taking a 10 percent stake in the sports network. It’s all fodder for ESPN’s upcoming streaming service which could launch this month for $29.99. ESPN parent Disney reports earnings later today so expect to hear more then.