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Stupid Hollywood is going to stupid as it chases Heated Rivalry wannabes
Heated Rivalry is undoubtedly a huge success.
 • Dan Barrett
Who is paying $4-5 billion for the NRL rights in Australia? Not Netflix.
ALSO: Two years of the failed Hubbl
 • Dan Barrett
RIP Jamie Dunn and, I guess, Agro as well
Australia lost its greatest bathmat over the weekend.
 • Dan Barrett
Get 'DTF' with some pretty f**king good TV options this week
Yesterday afternoon I wanted to play around with going live on Substack.
 • Dan Barrett
Always Be Streaming - Live (6 March)
A recording from Dan Barrett's live video
 • Dan Barrett
21:51
David Ellison promises an editorially independent CNN. Sure thing, David.
A breezy newsletter to cap off the week.
 • Dan Barrett
HBOs Lanterns a return to the cool as hell comics of the 80s.
ALSO: Australia's young(er) people are embracing broadcast TV
 • Dan Barrett
The BBC's future may depend on rival Netflix
For a good decade plus now people have been referring to Netflix as the future of television.
 • Dan Barrett
HBO Max was the final rebrand with HBO set to join new streamer
With Paramount Skydance now confirmed to be acquiring Warner Brothers Discovery, CEO David Ellison has held a conference call with investors and media.
 • Dan Barrett
What did happen at that White House meeting, Netflix?
There’s a very early series episode of How I Met Your Mother in which Marshall (Jason Segel) has a toothache and goes to a nightclub with his friends.
 • Dan Barrett

February 2026

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