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The NBA’s $77B Deals With Amazon, NBCU and Disney Solidify Sports’ Migration...
The NBA yesterday (July 24) inked new 11-year media rights deals with Amazon, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company that are worth around $77 billion in total and will begin during the 2025-2026...
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Apple TV+’s $20B Content Splurge Is Not Just About Trying to Win the...
The streaming industry has entered its adolescence, and while Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have established themselves as global frontrunners, a host of other services, including Disney+, Hulu and...
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The UFC Is Looking for a Giant Media Rights Deal: 3 Top Contenders
In 2021, the NFL signed an 11-year broadcast deal with several major networks and streaming platforms valued at an astounding $111 billion. Over the summer, the NBA secured an 11-year agreement worth...
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Streamers Have Figured Out How to Get Sign-ups—the Real Question Is How to...
In its recent 2024 first-half State of Viewership report, Samba TV shared data highlighting which TV shows are most likely to be watched by viewers who consume only a single show on major subscription...
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Why Are TV Veterans Running Hollywood All of a Sudden?
The winds of change are blowing through the hierarchy of Hollywood executives. For the first time, television veterans have been elevated to the very top of the food chain over movie folks and are...
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Netflix Added 5M Subscribers in Q3 Despite Lingering Effects of Hollywood...
The impacts of last year’s Hollywood strikes are still being felt at Netflix, according to the streaming giant’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos. “We’re moving closer and closer to a more normalized output...
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Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Defends Updating the Streamer’s Iconic Culture Memo
Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, is standing by his decision to change the company’s renowned culture memo earlier this year. “We definitely changed the culture. We want it to reflect how we work, not...
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From Shonda Rhimes to Taylor Sheridan: 7 Hitmakers Shaping Hollywood’s Future
Much like in baseball, Hollywood is a hit-driven business in which home runs generate multiples more value than singles and doubles (and subsidize all those strikeouts). As such, consistent hitmakers...
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Disney’s Last Magic Trick: Who Will Take Bob Iger’s Throne in 2026?
The Walt Disney Company is gearing up for the most-watched casting decision of the decade: Who will replace Bob Iger in 2026? After decades of Disney power plays, Iger’s final act as CEO will be...
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Disney’s Streaming Business Finally Finds Its Rhythm
As Bob Iger nears the halfway point of his four-year contract heading The Walt Disney Company, the media mogul is well on his way to leaving behind a healthy company when he passes the CEO baton to a...
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Why Hollywood Hasn’t Created a Blockbuster Like ‘The Lord of the Rings’ in 23...
If humanity is lucky (which doesn’t seem to be the case lately), then once a generation it is gifted a miraculous creative creation like J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings novels. If we’re really...
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Spotify Wrapped 2024 Just Dropped with a Host of New A.I. Features
Spotify just dropped its much-beloved “Spotify Wrapped” for 2024, offering users the chance to take a deep dive into their listening habits, favorite artists, top songs—and, for the first time, a...
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Streaming’s ‘Squid Game’ Dilemma: Can Non-English Content Drive Both...
The entertainment industry currently finds itself in a logical loop knot that’s proving difficult to untangle. Rising production costs have led to an exodus of film and TV production from California,...
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Streaming Is Making Live Sports More Expensive and Becoming a Fan Harder
Sports fans increasingly sigh in frustration when asking, “Where’s the game on?” Where once all fans needed was access to pay-TV to catch their favorite teams and biggest sporting events in one...
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Netflix Tops 300M Subscribers in 2024, Raises Plan Prices Again
Your monthly Netflix subscription just became a bit more expensive. The streaming giant announced a set of price increases for its U.S. plans yesterday (Jan. 21) reporting surging fourth-quarter...
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Netflix Pivots to Theatre With Greta Gerwig’s New Movie: Opportunities and...
Over the years, Netflix has repeatedly reversed course on key strategies, from advertising to password-sharing to binge releases and live sports. Companies will always take hard stances until markets...
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By the Numbers: Exactly How Popular Is Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ 2?
Not to be too hyperbolic, but Squid Game Season 1 stands as one of Netflix’s most important and impactful television shows ever. The too-close-for-comfort dystopian thriller cleverly spins...
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Forget Streaming Bundles—the Future is About ‘Ecosystem Bundling’
I’ve always been fascinated by metamorphosis—a tadpole becomes a frog, or a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Why do living creatures need to change form as they mature? Do environments demand constant...
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‘The White Lotus’ Shows HBO Still Has Its Magic in the Franchise Era
HBO and Max (wisely) embrace the power of franchise IP. This year, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the third live-action TV series set in the Game of Thrones universe, will premiere on HBO, following...
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Apple TV+ Chief Unpacks Costly Content Strategy with ‘Severance’ Director
Quality over quantity has long been the mantra of Apple TV+, which provides a fraction of the programming offered by its rivals despite pouring billions into its content. Eddy Cue, Apple’s head of...
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