Pluto TV Reaches $1 Billion Annual Revenue Milestone A Year Ahead Of Schedule
Pluto TV, which was founded in 2014, has become a $1 billion-a-year business a year ahead of schedule.
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HBO Max Adopts Flexible Strategy as it Launches in Europe, Looks to Asia, Says Johannes Larcher
The HBO Max streaming service will require strategic finesse when it arrives in Asia, following data insights and the lead of HBO Go.
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Online Delivery Is now Driving Video Industry Growth in Asia, but China Regulations Are Cause for Concern
Online delivery is now driving video industry growth in the Asia-Pacific region, but China's new regulatory crackdown is a red flag.
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Netflix Buys the Roald Dahl Estate to Make TV, Movies, Games, and More [Updated] - IGN
Update: Netflix has announced the acquisition of the Roald Dahl Story Company, giving it the rights to create projects based on the author's work across all of mainstream entertainment media.
Sony Pictures Television Channels in Central and Eastern Europe Sold to Antenna Group (EXCLUSIVE)
The deal covers 22 pay-TV channels and two OTT services across 12 countries that, collectively, represent 90% of the pay-TV market.
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Sony (which includes Columbia and Tristar) is the one big studio that doesn't own a streaming service, nor does its parent company. Therefor, it's a free agent in the streaming wars.
Previously, Sony Live Action went first (Pay 1 Window) to Starz ( a Lionsgate premium channel and, now, streamer), and Sony's Animation films went first to Netflix.
And now, Sony is giving Netflix first dibs for both Live Action and Animated movies in the Pay 1 window, and then Disney+ gets it in the Pay 2 window. [This leaves Starz's only exclusive content from Lionsgate films... put your bets in now for when it gets sold and who buys it.]
This is why all the Sony/Marvel Spider-Man (and Spider-verse [Venom]) movies will eventually wind up on Disney+ to be reunited with its MCU cousins.
Sony is now completely out of running their own linear channels and streaming channels.
Slpy3270
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Peacock to keep Premier League games thanks to contract extension with NBC Sports.
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ESPN and CBS probably would've liked getting those rights but given the high price tag, I imagine McManus and Pitaro are relieved knowing Paramount+ and ESPN+ won't be getting huge price increases.
NBC Sports extends exclusive Premier League partnership
NBC Sports has extended its partnership with the Premier League to exclusively broadcast games in the United States of America.
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ESPN and CBS probably would've liked getting those rights but given the high price tag, I imagine McManus and Pitaro are relieved knowing Paramount+ and ESPN+ won't be getting huge price increases.
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Miss America, Once a TV Staple, Now Will Stream Only
The Miss America Pageant will stream in a new format on NBCUniversal's Peacock, but not be shown on traditional broadcast TV
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Netflix, Amazon, Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus to Invest as Much as $330 Million in French Content Annually
Netflix, Amazon, Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus have signed a pact with France's broadcasters to invest millions in French TV and film.
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Universal Movies Will Land on Peacock After 45 Days in Theaters
Universal's upcoming films will premiere on Peacock as early as 45 days after debuting on the big screen.
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Social-Streaming Startup Scener Taps Hulu Veteran David Baron as CEO, Snags J.J. Abrams as Investor
Social-streaming startup Scener named ex-Hulu exec David Baron as CEO and announced new investors and advisers, including J.J. Abrams.
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How David Zaslav Plans to Combine Discovery and WarnerMedia to Unleash ‘Shock and Awe’ on the Streaming Wars
David Zaslav is gearing up to lead Warner Bros. Discovery into the streaming wars as he takes the reins.
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ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish Talks Streaming Growth, Pluto TV Profit, Simon & Schuster Wobble
ViacomCBS’s Bob Bakish Talks Streaming Growth, Pluto Profits, Simon & Schuster
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The fight for the market of India...
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Netflix Slashes India Subscription Price as Amazon Prime Video Hikes its Rates
In a bid to capture a bigger share of the large Indian streaming market, Netflix has dropped the price of its subscription plans.
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Amazon Prime Video Marks Five Years in India With Deep Growth Strategy
Amazon Prime Video marks its fifth anniversary in India with a deep growth strategy, says country head Gaurav Gandhi.
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TV’s Biggest Newsrooms Poised for 2022 Surge in Streaming Wars
TV's biggest news operations prepare for an intense round of streaming wars, including the launch of CNN Plus and a CBS News digital revamp
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TV Ratings And Box Office Numbers Grow Increasingly Fuzzy As Nielsen And Rivals Grapple With Streaming Boom
Numbers measuring movies and TV series, longtime public quantifications of the hot and the not, are vanishing during the streaming boom.
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Slpy3270
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Disney takes their acquired FX cable channels and rebrands them into a top notch streaming/linear brand.
CBSviacom (Paramount+) and WarnderMedia (HBO and holder of DCcomics), on the other hand, want to sell off their co-owned CW Network.
Up until recently, CW (formed from the merger of UPN and The WB) owned their own streaming site (mostly as a library of their shows), was available on Live TV streamers (such as HULU). Originally targeting adult young women, now targets just young adults, The CW hosted most of TV shows featuring characters from DC superhero comics (Smallville, Arrow, Supergirl, etc...).
And up until recently, full seasons of CW shows wind up on Netflix. But, that plug is now pulled.
And so, now, instead of leveraging that asset into a doing something like Disney did with FX... they want to sell it off.
And Nextstar, the leading contender to buy it, will become a yet another small fish streamer (unlikely to survive). And DC TV will not be united under one streamer (compare that to D+'s Marvel TV series).
I don't know what they're thinking. But Warner and CBS have been taking turns shooting themselves in the foot. Now, they can do it together.
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CBSviacom (Paramount+) and WarnderMedia (HBO and holder of DCcomics), on the other hand, want to sell off their co-owned CW Network.
Up until recently, CW (formed from the merger of UPN and The WB) owned their own streaming site (mostly as a library of their shows), was available on Live TV streamers (such as HULU). Originally targeting adult young women, now targets just young adults, The CW hosted most of TV shows featuring characters from DC superhero comics (Smallville, Arrow, Supergirl, etc...).
And up until recently, full seasons of CW shows wind up on Netflix. But, that plug is now pulled.
And so, now, instead of leveraging that asset into a doing something like Disney did with FX... they want to sell it off.
And Nextstar, the leading contender to buy it, will become a yet another small fish streamer (unlikely to survive). And DC TV will not be united under one streamer (compare that to D+'s Marvel TV series).
I don't know what they're thinking. But Warner and CBS have been taking turns shooting themselves in the foot. Now, they can do it together.
What’s Driving Nexstar’s Interest in the CW Network — and Why Now?
A tentative "For Sale" sign is up at the CW and Nexstar is leading the pack of potential buyers to acquire a majority stake.
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Streaming Into 2022: Key Battle Lines
As subscriber numbers plateau in mature markets like the U.S., the streaming wars in 2022 enter a phase of grittier hand-to-hand combat.
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Slpy3270
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Netflix is now more expensive in North America than HBO Max and the Disney bundle.
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Doubt it will hurt them much, but it goes to show that there are no cost savings in streaming.
Netflix raises prices in U.S. and Canada, stock pops
Netflix has been raising prices in previous years and it is part of the company's long-term strategy.
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Doubt it will hurt them much, but it goes to show that there are no cost savings in streaming.
Slpy3270
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Netflix beat earnings, matched revenue and modestly beat sub projections (which isn't saying much since Squid Game was during this period).
But, Netflix now anticipates 2.5 million subs for Q1 2022, below the 6.26 million analysts were expecting.
Stock down nearly 11% AH
But, Netflix now anticipates 2.5 million subs for Q1 2022, below the 6.26 million analysts were expecting.
Stock down nearly 11% AH
Clamman73
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And it's dragging down DIS with it.
Slpy3270
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At least Disney has other divisions that will bail them out of massive losses. Netflix will only survive because of the numbers they have.
But if you're Paramount+ and Peacock, the message is clear: you have no future.