Netflix

Pluto TV
Streaming

Back From The Brink

March 14, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Back From The Brink

After years of internal divisions, family squabbles, lawsuits, and sexual harassment investigations, Viacom and CBS are starting to resemble real companies again.

AT&T Time Warner Monopoly
Broadcast & PayTV

Monopolies Win Again

March 4, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Monopolies Win Again

AT&T finally won its two-year anti-trust litigation against the United States Justice Department to acquire Time Warner.

Streaming

Netflix Pays Top Dollar

January 20, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix Pays Top Dollar

Perhaps the biggest revelation from Netflix’s earning call last week is the admission that they are “ready to pay top-of-the-market prices for…”

Hulu
Streaming

Hulu Subscribers Swell

January 13, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Hulu Subscribers Swell

The Hulu streaming service reached more than 25 million subscribers at the end of 2018. On a year-over-year basis Hulu subscriber growth rose 48%.

Streaming

Netflix Conquers Europe

December 19, 2018 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix Conquers Europe

Netflix gauged the climate in Europe perfectly, first by increasing funding to produce more local content, and by forging licensing deals with local content partners.

Amazon-Landmark
Exhibition

Amazon Vies for Landmark Theaters

August 17, 2018 FilmTake Comments Off on Amazon Vies for Landmark Theaters

Amazon is preparing to acquire Landmark Theaters according to unnamed sources. Fewer and fewer Americans are going to the theater, but those that do are spending more and more.