Author: Michael

Allen Media Group’s Local Now has added 111 free, ad-supported streaming channels to its lineup that will carry coverage from Gray Media’s local stations across the U.S., TheWrap can reveal exclusively. The partnership solidifies the FAST service’s position as the largest source of free local news and television coverage in the United States, with nearly 600 channels nationwide. Local Now, which has a presence in all 210 markets across the country, offers localized news, weather, sports, traffic, and entertainment, customized seamlessly by a user’s device geolocation. It has 223 proprietary channels and 370 standalone local news channels from a network of 28…

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Crazy Taxi, the beloved racing franchise about getting your passengers to their destination no matter the cost, is coming to Netflix. The title is getting a film adaptation as part of a new collaboration between the streamer and the video game company Sega. The partnership also includes adaptations of Sonic and Stranger Than Heaven, an upcoming action-adventure game that’s a prequel in the Like a Dragon franchise. The slate of projects between Netflix and Sega will span genres, styles and formats, ranging from live action comedy and kids’ animation to live-action crime. Sonic the Hedghog will get a new preschool…

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