Month: June 2019

Netflix Overtakes Sky
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Netflix Overtakes Sky

June 18, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix Overtakes Sky

Sky’s new owners, Comcast, will more than double its investment in European original programming for the new venture – Sky Studios.

Lionsgate Films Bound For Disney
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Lionsgate Films Are Disney Bound

June 16, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Lionsgate Films Are Disney Bound

Starting in 2020, films released by Lionsgate will be distributed on the Hulu streaming service, and FX, the basic-cable channel now owned by Disney after the takeover of Fox.

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Streaming Promised Land

June 12, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Streaming Promised Land

Disney, Amazon Prime, and Netflix have pivoted to India, the world’s second largest market, after plans to launch and sustain services in the world’s most populous nation hit the Great Wall of China.

The Hollywood Netlix Divorce
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Hollywood Netflix Divorce

June 9, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Hollywood Netflix Divorce

Recently, anonymous sources have reported to multiple news outlets about the difficulty Hollywood will face in attempting to take back its content from Netflix.

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AT&T Mistimes Market

June 2, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on AT&T Mistimes Market

AT&T’s decision to acquire a declining DirecTV and a sputtering Time Warner is materializing into a massive miscalculation.