D&D Movie/TV Dungeons & Dragons Adventures is a 24-Hour Streaming Channel Launching in Summer

This summer, a new free streaming channel will be launched by eOne, the entertainment company owned by Hasbro. It will be ad-supported and available on multiple (as yet unspecified) platforms and feature a mix of animation, third party influencers, and actual play shows.

The old 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon will be available, along with shows like:

• Encounter Party is based on an existing podcast and set in the Forgotten Realms.
• Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! is a comedy game stream in each episode of which a party of 1st level characters march to their deaths against deadly monsters.
• Heroes's Feast is a cooking/talk show.

 

[Parmandur]

And I remember Dec '22 and Jan '23 when WotC made some missteps towards the community and content creators. This new channel has the potential to continue those missteps, so I bring it up.
So I encourage us to be cautious if it looks like that might happen. It might be an overstep, but it's better than getting caught unawares if they try that again.

Providing a free (well, ad ased) platform for content is not anti-consumer or an attack on the community.

 

[bedir than]

Weren't they shuttering eOne? I could have swore that was one of the news bits since Jan.

Edit: Hasbro Seeing “Strong Interest” From Potential Buyers Of eOne, CEO Says, Hinting Deal Could Be Finalized By Spring

They're selling off eOne, but retaining those assets eOne has that are related to Franchise Brands (like D&D, MtG, Peppa the Pig, Transformers, Monopoly and I forget what else is in that bucket). What Hasbro doesn't want to do is control the tv rights to Yellowjackets and Grey's Anatomy.

 

[Zaukrie]

And I remember Dec '22 and Jan '23 when WotC made some missteps towards the community and content creators. This new channel has the potential to continue those missteps, so I bring it up.
So I encourage us to be cautious if it looks like that might happen. It might be an overstep, but it's better than getting caught unawares if they try that again.

Ya, because we all forgot about that, because its not in every thread.

 

[darjr]

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc...?

I love Critical Role, but they have 1.24 million followers on Twitch and 1.98 million on YouTube. Honor Among Thieves has sold more than 8.7 million tickets in the U.S. alone. Yes, that's anemic for a Hollywood tent pole, but it's alot more people than watch Critical Role. CR is part of a tapestry, not the whole picture.

I dunno what total influence CR has. It is immense.

But do note followers != watchers

 

[Parmandur]

I dunno what total influence CR has. It is immense.

But do note followers != watchers

Yes, the actual streams have far fewer watchers than the channel has followers, hundreds of thousands instead of millions on both Twitch and YouTube. The followers is the larger number, the watchers of anybgoven stream a much smaller subset.

Which isn't a put down, I'm one of the watchers, and I love it! My point is thar Critical Role is a big fish, but it's a big pond.

 

[Retreater]

Providing a free (well, ad ased) platform for content is not anti-consumer or an attack on the community.

Agreed. But will they allow content that is critical of their products on other platforms? Will they allow streamers to put their content on the platform they choose? This is stuff I need to know before I can celebrate this announcement with the rest of you.

 

[bedir than]

Agreed. But will they allow content that is critical of their products on other platforms? Will they allow streamers to put their content on the platform they choose? This is stuff I need to know before I can celebrate this announcement with the rest of you.

No, Hasbro can't tell people what they are allowed to write and say. No business can. What legal tool could they use to force negative conversations to cease? How would that be done?

Negative stories about businesses come out all day, every day, constantly. If there was a legal way to stop that someone would have figured it out by now.

 

[Zaukrie]

I assume we'll watch someone play video games......but I could be wrong.

A History of The Realms, hosted by Greenwood?

 

[darjr]

Yes, the actual streams have far fewer watchers than the channel has followers, hundreds of thousands instead of millions on both Twitch and YouTube. The followers is the larger number, the watchers of anybgoven stream a much smaller subset.

Which isn't a put down, I'm one of the watchers, and I love it! My point is thar Critical Role is a big fish, but it's a big pond.

As a rule of thumb yes, but not all of them.

For example.

 

[beta-ray]

Weren't they shuttering eOne? I could have swore that was one of the news bits since Jan.

Edit: Hasbro Seeing “Strong Interest” From Potential Buyers Of eOne, CEO Says, Hinting Deal Could Be Finalized By Spring

You know I thought that too, but apparently they are just selling parts of it that aren't Hasbro-related.
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