Netflix Is Overplaying Its Hand in Rushed Ad Negotiations
New VIP+ Analysis: Reports of what the streamer is offering ad buyers for sky-high prices indicate the streamer is rushing into advertising.
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Paramount Exploring Shuttering Showtime’s Stand-Alone Streaming Service And Shifting Content To Paramount+
In the latest sign of companies looking to streamline their brands in an increasingly streaming-centric world, Paramount Global has explored discontinuing Showtime streaming service and folding its…
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Warner Bros Discovery Starts 30% Trim Of Ad-Sales Ranks As Pursuit Of $3B In Post-Merger Cost Savings Continues
The layoffs of about 30% of ad sales employees at Warner Bros Discovery started today and will likely proceed over the next few weeks. The latest cuts from a combined workforce in the range of 40,0…
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Canal+ Signs Deals with Universal, Sony For New Film Releases
Canal+, France’s leading pay TV group, has signed distribution deals with Universal and Sony to ramp up its programming of U.S. movies. Under the pact, Canal+ now has access to the studios…
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Disney is serious about content expansion across its services. This is part of the Chapek comments on not knowing how much it could cost to "feed the beast"....View attachment 666931
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Warner Bros. Discovery Has Bigger Problems Than Its DC Search
The film studio’s hunt for its own Kevin Feige may be complicated by key questions about what’s next for the heavily indebted company — and whether another major deal is on the horizon.
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Diversity team: Diversity is important.
CEO: Not really.
Good luck!!
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CEO: Not really.
Good luck!!
Warner Bros Discovery Restructures Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Group, Sets New Exec Roster
Warner Bros Discovery has revamped its group focused on diversity, equity and inclusion and announced its new executive team. Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Asif Sadiq will head the …
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A New Era of Slower Streaming Growth Has Already Begun
New VIP+ Analysis: Last quarter’s slowdown for the domestic streaming market likely marked a new phase of moderate-to-limited growth.
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The fruits of Disney+ being Sony's Pay2 Window: A Hotel Transylvania marathon...
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Disney Branded Television has announced this year’s Halloween programming for Disney Channel’s “Calling All the Monsters” and Disney Junior’s “Trick or Treats.”Disney Channel’s Halloween-themed content includes the world premiere of “Under Wraps 2” on Sept. 25, alongside premiere episodes of “Bunk’d,” “The Villains of Valley View,” “Raven’s Home” and “Big City Greens.” Beginning Sept. 26, Disney Channel will air Halloween-themed movies every weeknight at 8 p.m. ET, including the “Hotel Transylvania” film series and “Halloweentown.”
Disney Junior will debut new episodes of “Mickey Mouse Funhouse,” “Firebuds” and “PJ Masks,” among others.
The Disney Channel and Disney Junior programming events run from Sept. 25 to Oct. 31.
Danica McKellar and Neal Bledsoe to Star in Great American Family’s ‘Christmas at the Drive-In’ (TV News Roundup)
After locking a multi-picture deal with cable network Great American Family, actor Danica McKellar is slated to executive produce her debut holiday feature for the channel, “Christmas at the …
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Pluto TV Launches ‘60 Minutes’ Channel Featuring 400 Segments From News Show’s Decades-Long Run
As 60 Minutes embarks on its 55th season on CBS, corporate sibling Pluto TV is launching a curated channel dedicated to the program. Because Pluto is a free, ad-supported streaming service outside …
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Discovery+’s ‘Million Dollar Wheels’ To Air On TNT In Latest Sign Of Corporate Synergy
Discovery+’s Million Dollar Wheels, the unscripted series exec produced by Jamie Foxx, is getting a linear launch on sibling linear network TNT in the latest example of corporate synergy at Warner …
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“A Decimation Of Half The Industry Is Not Unrealistic”: Danish Producers Urge Netflix, Viaplay & Create Denmark Union To Return To Negotiating Table Or Risk $200M Loss
Danish production companies have penned an open letter to Netflix, Viaplay, other major streamers and unions urging them to return to the negotiating table to pave the way for recommissioning of lo…
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‘Icons Unearthed: Star Wars’ Picked Up By Amazon Freevee In The UK
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Freevee has picked up Icons Unearthed: Star Wars for the UK, the doc series that features the first tell-all on-camera interview with George Lucas’ former wife Marcia Lucas.…
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What a Paramount+/Showtime Merger Could Mean for Niche Streamers
New VIP+ Analysis: The potential combination of the two streaming services points to a world where service bundles are commonplace.
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Survey: The Growing Demographic Divide Across Media Platforms
New VIP+ Analysis: Why traditional media companies should consider changes to their distribution models to maintain market longevity.
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Kevin Mayer Breaks Down Candle Media Investment Strategy: Targeting Content Firms With Well-Defined Audiences and Commerce Potential
Kevin Mayer says that the investment strategy at Candle Media, the hard-charging entertainment startup that he heads with Tom Staggs, is product of his career time at Disney and TikTok. While those…
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Asian Streamer Viu Approaches Profitability, Orders Slate of Original Series
Asian streaming firm Viu is approaching profitability by staying its lane and sticking with the business principles that have made it a regional success story – Asian content, AVOD and SVOD models …
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Exile Content Studio Joins Forces with Trojan Horse Media to Produce Premium Content (EXCLUSIVE)
Candle Media’s Exile Content Studio has joined forces with Trojan Horse Media, the team behind the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary, “Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado,” to produce p…
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Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav On Rumored Merger Talks: “We Are Not For Sale”
Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav On Rumored Merger Talks: "We Are Not For Sale"
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Lionsgate May Spin Off Studio Instead Of Starz As It Confirms Separation On Track Despite Volatile Markets
Lionsgate on Wednesday confirmed that it remains on track to separate Starz and its studio business despite volatile markets, noting that it’s now focusing on spinning out the studio instead …
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"I'll still call it 'Epix'"
Epix To Rebrand As MGM+ & Orders Crime Thriller ‘Hotel Cocaine’ & Julian Fellowes’ ‘Belgravia’ Sequel
There’s another plus in town – Epix is being rebranded as MGM+. The cable network and streaming service is getting a new name and identity as well as a handful of new titles, as part of a rel…
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Walt Disney Co channels dropped from Sling.
Our Sling Promise | Sling TV
We're fighting to bring these channels back at the same great value you expect.
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This was reestablished the following day:
Disney Networks Back on Dish, Sling TV After Companies Reach Tentative Deal
Disney’s 20 cable and broadcast TV networks were restored Sunday night to the lineups of Dish Network’s services following a nearly 48-hour blackout, after the parties reached a “…
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FAST Programming Data Reveals Two Top Trends
New VIP+ Analysis: How FAST leans into channels built around a single brand as well as which services repeat content within 24 hours.
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A Strong Kids Content Strategy Is a Key Streaming Power Move
New VIP+ Analysis: As growth begins slowing, streamers need to focus on strategies to reignite both consumer and investor interest.
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Netflix Released Record-Breaking 1,024 Original TV Episodes in Q3 — More Than Five Times Any Other Service
Netflix has taken peak TV to a new peak. In a data point sure to fuel more quantity-versus-quality debate, Netflix broke its own record for number of original episodes released in a single quarter …
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Peacock Topped 15 Million Paid Subscribers in Q3, NBCU’s CEO Says, Touting Movie Strategy and End of Hulu Deal for Next-Day Episodes
Has Peacock regained its forward momentum? NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell claimed the media company’s flagship streamer notched healthy growth in the third quarter — thanks to a strong con…
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Warner Bros Discovery Makes U-Turn On Closure Of Writers & Directors Workshops, Moves Initiatives To Diversity Unit
Warner Bros Discovery has performed a quick U-turn on its decision to close its Writers and Directors Workshops. On Tuesday, the company revealed that the two initiatives, which have been lauded fo…
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Netflix Reveals Ad-Supported Tier Launch Date And Pricing, Which Undercuts Disney
Netflix is undercutting Disney+ on price by a dollar a month as it prepares for a landmark expansion into advertising-supported streaming. The company said its new subscription tier, Basic with Ads…
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Spanish TV Plays Co-Production Game as Streamers Fuel Growth of Original Series
Three years ago, platforms were asking Spanish producers for full rights to their TV fiction projects for all territories. Times have changed. As platforms’ revenues taper off or slow in grow…
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Bill Rouhana, CEO Of Crackle Parent Chicken Soup For The Soul, On Netflix And Disney+ Ad Tiers, How Roku “Missed The Point” And Why His Acquisition Of Redbox “Scared The Daylights Out Of Wall Street”
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Rouhana, CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, will wait as long as it takes — years even — for the right M&A transaction to come together. Two elements mu…
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A Paramount+ Annual Subscription Is 50% Off Right Now — And Comes With a Free Fire TV Stick
The deals continue rolling in this week. Paramount+ is now offering an annual subscription for half off, bringing down the price for its 12-month essential ad-supported plan from $49.99/year to onl…
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NY Times: Netflix Reverses Decline, Adding 2.4 Million Subscribers
Netflix Won’t Give Guidance For Paid Subscribers After This Quarter As Revenue Becomes “Primary Top-Line Metric”
The streamer said revenue will become its key metric as it rolls out its ad-supported tier.
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Because our stock took hit due to not meeting sub guidance in the last quarter we're no longer providing a guidance.....NY Times: Netflix Reverses Decline, Adding 2.4 Million Subscribers
Netflix Won’t Give Guidance For Paid Subscribers After This Quarter As Revenue Becomes “Primary Top-Line Metric”
The streamer said revenue will become its key metric as it rolls out its ad-supported tier.