Streaming

Paramount to buy Warner Bros Discovery in $110 billion deal as Netflix bows out of race

The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026 and would combine major studios and networks such as CNN and CBS, as streaming has upended the industry.

The Paramount logo is shown on a structure at the Paramount studio lot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, February 26, 2026.
A drone view shows the Netflix logo on one of the company's buildings in the Hollywood neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US, January 20, 2026.

Paramount Skydance wins Warner Bros, Netflix backs out of deal

The Paramount logo is displayed above an entrance to Paramount Studios on February 23, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Warner Bros weighing revised bid from Paramount as bidding war escalates

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BIGI streaming platform for kids launches in Israel

BIGI features programs from Israel and around the world, including such shows as Arthur, the kids’ version of Ninja Israel, Galis and many more.

Israeli children in second grade (7 - 8 years old) using computers in a class room during a lesson at the "Janusz Korczak" school  in Jerusalem. May 17, 2011.

Reprisal of Simon Wiesenthal play streams online

In keeping with the times, the play, economically titled “Wiesenthal,” is digitally available anywhere in the world until Oct. 28.

This Week in History: Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal retires

Qwilt signs deal with British Telecom to improve streaming during COVID-19

Qwilt offers a revolutionary solution to streaming online content, as well as an innovative business model which ensures telecommunication companies increase profits, it claims.

The Qwilt Team in 2020

Two new streaming services filled with Israeli and Jewish movies and shows

Both ChaifFlicks and Izzy have excellent arthouse Jewish movies, short films and documentaries. As for television content, it’s not as ample at the moment, though both services are working on it.

A man and woman watching Jewish TV.

New streaming service for fans of Jewish Cinema 'Chai Flicks' launches

After Netflix rejected recent offering of “1945,” Neil Friedman, Heidi Bogin-Oshuin, and Bill Weiner decided to launch Chai Flicks to keep Jewish films accessible to the public.

A still from the movie ‘1945’ showing the two Jewish protagonists at a railway station in rural Hungary

'Hamilton' goes from Broadway to America's living rooms on Disney+

Shot over three days in 2016 at the stage musical featuring the original cast, the film lands on the Disney+ streaming service as America celebrates Independence Day weekend.

A man walks past the shuttered Richard Rodgers Theatre, home of the popular musical "Hamilton" after industry group the Broadway League said Broadway theaters will remain closed through January 3, 2021, in New York, U.S., July 2, 2020

Israeli-American Twitch streamer Byron 'Reckful' Bernstein dies at 31

Bernstein was considered a house-hold name in the online video game community, influencing many online video game streamers.

Attendees walk past a Twitch logo in Los Angeles

Historic 'Ed Sullivan Show' musical performances to stream online

The first batch of releases includes The Supremes, The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, James Brown and Neil Diamond.

The Supremes from The Ed Sullivan Show, Feb. 20, 1966