first-run
adjective
: available for public viewing for the first time
first-run movies
also
: exhibiting first-run movies
first-run theaters
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In downtown Dolton was the Dolton Theatre, a movie house that showed first-run films and also cartoons and special features.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
Broadcast and cable television use is waning, while streaming-first programming — including National Football League games being first-run on Netflix, Peacock and Prime Video — is entrenching itself as a marketplace leader.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
From Jan, 1 2024 through April 30, 2025, of 802 Netflix premieres – first-run commissioning, both new & returning shows – 338 were produced in the U.S. (42%), 47 series were produced in the U.K., 45 in Korea, 35 in India, 31 in Japan and 29 produced in Spain, estimates Caroline Servy at The Wit.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 June 2025
The Ampere executive set the scene by showing how the European content business has benefitted from the U.S. studios widening their production bases and streamers setting up shop in several parts of the continent, resulting in orders for thousands of hours of first-run programming.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 June 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
Broadcast and cable television use is waning, while streaming-first programming — including National Football League games being first-run on Netflix, Peacock and Prime Video — is entrenching itself as a marketplace leader.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
From Jan, 1 2024 through April 30, 2025, of 802 Netflix premieres – first-run commissioning, both new & returning shows – 338 were produced in the U.S. (42%), 47 series were produced in the U.K., 45 in Korea, 35 in India, 31 in Japan and 29 produced in Spain, estimates Caroline Servy at The Wit.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 June 2025
The Ampere executive set the scene by showing how the European content business has benefitted from the U.S. studios widening their production bases and streamers setting up shop in several parts of the continent, resulting in orders for thousands of hours of first-run programming.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 June 2025
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“First-run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first-run. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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