Latest – Page 12

Netflix Market Report: Part One

August 25, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Part One: Netflix Subscribers and Exclusivity. Netflix lost subscribers in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade. The next battleground in streaming will take place over content exclusivity.

Will Amazon Buy ViacomCBS?

August 21, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

There is growing speculation that Amazon will acquire ViacomCBS after the post-merger dust settles.

Merger In Name Only

August 15, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

CBS and Viacom have reunited as one company after two failed attempts since 2016. The new company will be named ViacomCBS.

Disney Takes Aim At Netflix

August 12, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Disney will bundle its three streaming services, Disney+, ESPN+ and the ad-supported Hulu starting in November.

Uncharted Waters

August 5, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

By reclaiming their content from licensees to launch standalone streaming services, traditional media companies are sailing headlong into uncharted waters.

Netflix Bets On Big Budget Films

July 31, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix is banking on a slate of big budget films to attract new subscribers. The streamer is spending over $550 million to make just three big budget films.

European OTT Trends

July 31, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

European broadcasters and content providers are implementing three strategies in the online content delivery market to stave off competition from Disney, Amazon and Netflix.

Cord Cutting Continues

July 28, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

During the second quarter, DirecTV’s traditional satellite service lost 778,000 subscribers and its streaming service DirecTV Now lost 168,000 accounts.

Netflix Faces Slowdown

July 24, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Beyond ballooning content and acquisition costs, fueled by costly debt, there are five additional obstacles that will challenge Netflix’s streaming dominance.

Netflix Lost Subscribers

July 21, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix lost subscribers in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade. The second quarter was also the worst quarter in terms of international additions that Netflix has posted in four years.

Netflix Loses Top Shows

July 17, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix will lose its top two shows when Friends returns to WarnerMedia at the end of 2019, and The Office returns to NBCUniversal at the end of 2020.

Hey Big Spenders

July 15, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

To woo subscribers away from Netflix, Disney, AT&T, and Apple are spending big bucks to produce original series content.

Netflix Lands at Shepperton

July 10, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix expanded its global footprint with a ten-year lease at the U.K’s Shepperton Studios. The lease grants Netflix exclusive access to a majority of Shepperton including 14 sound stages.

Netflix Takes Hollywood

July 3, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix solidified its position in Hollywood by recently taking the empty seat at the Motion Picture Association of America vacated when Disney acquired Fox.

Lionsgate Films Are Disney Bound

June 16, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

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.

Hollywood Netflix Divorce

June 9, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

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

AT&T Mistimes Market

June 2, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

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

Netflix Wins Again

May 30, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix surpassed Sky in the UK in terms of subscribers for the first time in 2019. The victory makes Netflix the most widely subscribed to media platform in the U.K.

The Starz Farce

May 27, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

The timing of the anonymous leak that CBS was prepared to pay Lionsgate $5 billion for Starz, raises serious questions about possible market manipulation.