Prime Video Staff Face Layoffs In Europe As Job Consultations Begin
Prime Video is today beginning job consultations with staff in Europe. The Amazon layoffs will impact less than 5% of staff.
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Paramount Will Be “Diligent” Exploring Alternatives, CFO Promises, As Management Focused On Turnaround
Paramount Global CEO Naveen Chopra said the company will be diligent in exploring any alternatives amid M&A speculation.
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Lionsgate Says Studio To Start Split From Starz In April
Lionsgate Vice Chair Michael Burns said the company is set to split by year end with a first step in early April as the studio merges with a SPAC.
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‘John Wick’ & ‘Twilight’ TV Series To Be Shopped By Lionsgate Television
Lionsgate is expanding two of its biggest movie franchises, John Wick and Twilight, with new TV series offshoots.
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Max Will Start Cracking Down on Password-Sharing This Year, Warner Bros. Discovery May Disable Accounts of Violators
Warner Bros. Discovery's Max will start cracking down on password-sharing violators in 2024, following the trail blazed by Netflix.
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Warner Bros. Discovery to Overhaul TruTV With Sports; Sets Nightly Block for Games and More (EXCLUSIVE)
Warner Bros. Discovery will overhaul reality-focused cable outlet TruTV with a new nightly sports block that will include new programs and big games.
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Fox Corp.’s John Nallen Says Selling Assets “Hasn’t Crossed Our Minds” Despite Pay-TV Declines: “We’re Much More Focused On Growing”
Fox Corp. COO John Nallen says the company is "much more focused on growing the business than we are on selling the business" despite pay-TV declines.
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Streamers Leave Nearly Empty-Handed at 96th Academy Awards - Media Play News
While most of the Best Picture nominees at last night’s 96th Academy Awards, led by multiple winner Oppenheimer, are available to watch across streaming platforms (thanks to their studio-owning corporate … Continue reading "Streamers Leave Nearly Empty-Handed at 96th Academy Awards"
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Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ Pivots From Theatrical To Max Streaming 2024 Release
Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' Officially Debuting on Max in 2024, pivoting from it's original planned theatrical release.
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Paramount Global Sells 13% Stake in India’s Viacom18 to Reliance for $517 Million
Paramount Global sold its 13% ownership stake in Viacom18 to Reliance Industries for $517 million.
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Watching the slow death of linear TV...
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DirecTV Gives Subscribers Choice to Cut Local Stations
DirecTV offered its subscribers the option of cutting local stations from their programming plan, a move that is likely to generate controversy
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Nielsen: February Streaming Climbed to Six-Month High, Super Bowl LVIII Set TV Record - Media Play News
Household TV streaming saw a 1.7% uptick in overall TV market share to 37.7% in February from 36% in January, according to Nielsen’s new monthly The Gauge report. Paramount+ saw … Continue reading "Nielsen: February Streaming Climbed to Six-Month High, Super Bowl LVIII Set TV Record"
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Parks: U.S. Internet-Connected Households to Reach 129.6 Million by 2029 - Media Play News
The U.S. will have 129.6 million internet households in 2029, more than 92% of all homes, according to new data from Parks Associates. While household internet access continues to grow, … Continue reading "Parks: U.S. Internet-Connected Households to Reach 129.6 Million by 2029"
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Hub: Only 10% of Consumers Feel Fully Satisfied With Streaming Service Recommendations - Media Play News
Just 10% of consumers feel fully satisfied with the recommendations provided by their streaming services, suggesting a significant failure to connect subscribers to the right content, according to Hub Entertainment … Continue reading "Hub: Only 10% of Consumers Feel Fully Satisfied With...
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Paramount Global Stock Pops On Apollo’s Reported $11 Billion Bid For Studio
Paramount Global stock pops on report Apollo Global made an $11 billion bid for the film and TV studio. David Ellison's Skydance Media also a suitor.
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TV’s Latest Epic Battle: Upstart Audience Measurement Firms Take Aim at Nielsen’s Ratings Dominance
A cadre of upstart firms and investors are doing battle with Nielsen to dominate audience measurement data reporting for the streaming era.
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Report: 85% of European Streaming Viewership Generated by Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ - Media Play News
U.S. subscription streaming video services have a stranglehold on European viewers. About 85% of viewing time is generated by Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+, with U.S. content systematically over-consumed and … Continue reading "Report: 85% of European Streaming Viewership Generated by...
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Survey: Consumers Remain Willing to Pay More for Streaming
SVOD users may still swallow higher prices even as costs rose substantially over the past year, a new consumer poll says.
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Pay 1 Windows in 2024 Show No Platform Relies on One Film Slate
Streamers including Disney+, Max and Peacock get films from their sister studios first but also need pacts with A24, Lionsgate and others.
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Studio Sports Bundle Is Troubled Before It’s Even Begun, Survey Says
The upcoming streaming sports venture dubbed “Spulu” has low interest among consumers, according to an exclusive survey.
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Exclusive: Survey Shows Strong Interest in Paramount+, Peacock Bundle
As reports swirl that a joint streaming venture could be in Paramount+'s future, an exclusive new survey suggests bundling with Peacock could be ideal
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Netflix Film Division Undergoes Genre-Based Reorg (Exclusive)
About a dozen people will depart the streamer as a result of the changes.
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I find the first article amusing only because the typical person that likes a sports package very often is the type of person that doesn’t take surveys (always exceptions to rules) so it is easy to guess who is really pushing a survey like this…Studio Sports Bundle Is Troubled Before It’s Even Begun, Survey Says
The upcoming streaming sports venture dubbed “Spulu” has low interest among consumers, according to an exclusive survey.
Exclusive: Survey Shows Strong Interest in Paramount+, Peacock Bundle
As reports swirl that a joint streaming venture could be in Paramount+'s future, an exclusive new survey suggests bundling with Peacock could be ideal
Netflix Film Division Undergoes Genre-Based Reorg (Exclusive)
About a dozen people will depart the streamer as a result of the changes.
Why The Streaming Giants Are Exiting Original Production In Southeast Asia & How Producers Plan To Bounce Back — Analysis
Why Prime Video and Disney+ stopped commissioning originals in Southeast Asia, what Netflix is doing in the region and how producers are responding.
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Report: Crackdowns on Password Sharing Impacting SVOD Churn - Media Play News
Recent efforts by Netflix, and soon Disney+, to crackdown on subscribers sharing their passwords with non-members is contributing, along with price hikes, to upticks in churn, according to new data … Continue reading "Report: Crackdowns on Password Sharing Impacting SVOD Churn"
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Showtime Standalone App To Shut Down In April After Merging With Paramount+
The standalone Showtime app will be shut down on April 30 after the forty-year-old service was merged with Paramount+ earlier this year.
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Australian Screen Industry Body Demands Global Streamers Pay Content Levy
Australia's producers could become "slaves" to international streamers, a top industry body has warned, as debate over content quotas heats up.
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Netflix Adds 9.3M Subscribers In Another Strong Quarter
In its latest strong quarterly report, Netflix said it added 9.3 million subscribers and exceeded several financial targets.
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Netflix blew past earnings, revenue and sub numbers, but is expected to miss guidance targets and will no longer report quarterly subscriber numbers and ARPU. Soo...
Sony In Talks To Team With Apollo In Bid For Paramount Global
Sony is in talks to join Apollo's bid to acquire Paramount Global.
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Netflix Q1 Earnings Preview: Paid-Sharing Success Helps Obscure Long-Term Challenges
Netflix stock is soaring and its password-sharing crackdown is still paying off, but some potential dangers still loom.
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