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The Week in OTT: Netflix scores 23 Creative Arts Emmy wins; MoviePass shuts down

The week in over-the-top provides a recap of recent news related to streaming initiatives in the U.S. from various networks and platforms.

* Boosted by the final season of "Game of Thrones" and limited series "Chernobyl," AT&T Inc.'s HBO (US) garnered 25 Creative Emmys, which were awarded by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Sept. 14-15, two more than Netflix Inc.’s 23. Rounding out the top 5: National Geographic Channel (US) and Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Video with eight apiece, and CNN (US) and NBC (US) each with five. YouTube LLC and Hulu LLC ended with four and three awards, respectively.

* Netflix pulled the plug on multi-camera comedy "No Good Nick" after one season, Variety reported Sept. 15. Created and executive produced by David Steinberg and Keetgi Kogan, the series starred Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin as a hyper-competitive career mom and lovable but dorky "fun dad," respectively, who unwittingly welcome 13-year-old Nick into their family of four before realizing she is a street-smart con artist with a secret agenda.

* Movie ticket subscription service MoviePass Inc. shut down Sept. 14. MoviePass parent Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. said the company is closing the service because its "efforts to recapitalize MoviePass have not been successful to date." Helios said it will continue its efforts to seek funding to bring MoviePass back, but it is "unable to predict if or when the MoviePass service will continue. There can be no assurance that any such financing will be obtained or available on terms acceptable to the Committee."

* Apple Inc.'s Apple TV+ premiered its first show "Dickinson" at the Tribeca TV Festival on Sept. 14, Reuters reported. The series talks about the life of an iconic American poet, Emily Dickinson, played by Hailee Steinfeld.

* In more Apple news, the iPhone maker disputed a Goldman Sachs analyst report claiming a potentially "material negative impact" on the company's earnings resulting from Apple's plans to give away one year free trial of its upcoming Apple TV+ streaming service. While maintaining a "neutral" rating on Apple shares, Goldman Sachs' Rod Hall reduced his price target to $165 from $187, noting he believes that "Apple plans to account for its 1-year trial for TV+ as a ~$60 discount to a combined hardware and services bundle." Apple TV+, which will launch Nov. 1 for $4.99 per month, will be available free for one year to consumers who buy iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV devices.

* The National Football League extended its content distribution deal with Facebook Inc. through the 2020 season, Variety reported Sept. 12. Under the terms of the deal, the NFL will continue distributing recaps on Facebook's Watch video streaming platform, along with other original content such as video versions of NFL-produced podcasts and video clips featuring NFL Media analysts, reporters and on-air personalities.

* A limited version of Walt Disney Co.'s Disney+ streaming service is live in the Netherlands as part of a beta test two months ahead of the full launch, scheduled for Nov. 12 for Dutch, U.S. and Canadian subscribers. As part of the test phase, Variety reported that interested Disney fans in the Netherlands can sign up for the new subscription video-on-demand service and view certain catalog programming for free until Nov. 12.

* Netflix struck a multiyear overall deal with Kuku Studios to produce animated films and series for Netflix members globally. The streaming giant already greenlighted their first animated feature film, which will be produced out of Kuku's Berkeley, Calif.-based studio, according to a Sept. 12 news release.

* Netflix is working on new drama "A Time Lost," based on an original story by sisters Millie Bobby Brown and Paige Brown. The drama is about a long-standing feud between two Long Island families that comes to a head when one of their teenage daughters is diagnosed with cancer, according to a Sept. 10 news release.

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