Entertainment Lawyers

  With a new edition of Nielsen’s Gauge report recently released, one thing is crystal clear: domestic audiences are still in love with both Stranger Things and The Pitt. Brandon Blake, entertainment lawyer at Blake & Wang P.A, breaks down the current state of streaming for us.                                                                           Brandon Blake A 2025 Premier (Technically) Regarding Stranger Things , it’s technically a 2025 release. But given it aired on the last day of the year, that’s splitting hairs. It was Nielsen’s most-streamed title so far for the year, beating out not just fellow TV titles, but also movies.  It managed 23.26B viewing minutes across the period, also setting a single-week record of 8.65B minutes for its first week. While it fell off the top 10 cha...

  Building on the deal inked last year, Peacock and YouTube will now be expanding, adding Peacock bundling to YouTube Premium as well as some livestreams for sports events on YouTube channels. Brandon Blake, entertainment lawyer with Blake & Wang P.A., shares the news.                                                                           Brandon Blake YouTube and Bundling May Be the Next Hit It certainly seems like YouTube Premium is keen to make itself the next major entertainment bundler. Peacock will now be included with the $15.99 YouTube Premium service, beginning next year. With NBCUniversal itself preparing for a split from its parent company, Comcast, this could be a lucrative source of new subscribers for the streaming platform, which has only just managed to break even in the ...

  We’ve seen another glum quarter for shoot days in LA, but with the bulk of the projects that benefited from the expanded and refreshed tax credit program only set to show in the next quarter, there’s still a lot to hope for. Brandon Blake, entertainment attorney at Blake & Wang P.A., walks us through it all.                                                                          Brandon Blake Shoot Days Down for Q2 Compared with the same quarter in 2025, shoot days were down 12.7%. However, let’s not lose sight of the fact that the expansion to California’s tax credit incentive program will only really show in the next quarter, before anyone gets too gloomy. Of the 170 projects that have been granted credits under the new plan, most will only show their impact from Q3. 41 new feature films ha...