Production UPDATE: Disney Buys Fox Film and TV December 14, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on UPDATE: Disney Buys Fox Film and TV Walt Disney Co’s deal to buy film, television and international businesses from Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox is valued around $40 per share, or $75B.
Exhibition Is AMC Theaters for Sale? December 8, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Is AMC Theaters for Sale? As Cineworld prepares to buy Regal, is AMC, the world’s largest cinema owner, also for sale? Six companies have approached AMC since September.
Exhibition More Screens in Fewer Hands December 6, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on More Screens in Fewer Hands British film exhibitor Cineworld said on Tuesday it agreed to acquire the U.S.’s second largest film exhibitor Regal Entertainment for $3.6 billion.
Production UPDATE: The End of Easy Money December 2, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on UPDATE: The End of Easy Money No longer will taxpayers and producers be able to use EIS structures that solely finance production tax credits, presales, and other guaranteed funds.
Streaming Amazon Abandons Live Television Ambitions November 19, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Amazon Abandons Live Television Ambitions Cable networks use bulk pricing to spurn Amazon’s ambitions to launch a skinny bundle with on-demand streaming and live television.
Broadcast & PayTV Comcast and Verizon Join Disney in Bid for Fox Assets November 16, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Comcast and Verizon Join Disney in Bid for Fox Assets Comcast drops its bid to acquire Twenty-First Century Fox. Disney will likely purchase Fox’s film and television assets before 2017 is over.
Distribution Hollywood Studios Search For New Money [Part One] November 14, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Hollywood Studios Search For New Money [Part One] A false narrative is being advanced by news outlets that the reason for multiple failed deals is China’s clampdown on foreign investment.
Streaming Netflix’s Sexual Harassment Problems [Update] November 8, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix’s Sexual Harassment Problems [Update] Many questions remain unanswered about the culpability of Netflix and MRC in the furtherance of sexual abuse by Spacey during House of Cards.
Distribution Disney Attempts to Buy Fox Film and TV Assets November 6, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Disney Attempts to Buy Fox Film and TV Assets Walt Disney Co has been in talks for the last couple weeks to buy film and television assets from conglomerate Twenty-First Century Fox.
Streaming Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Six] October 25, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Six] The company regularly raises debt, offering $1 billion in senior notes in April, $800 million a year ago and another $1 billion in February 2015.
Distribution Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Five] October 11, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Five] After launching in 130 countries throughout 2016, Netflix has has run out of untapped markets. Netflix has 104 million global subscribers
Production Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Four] October 9, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Four] Netflix is shifting to a less-predictable and far less-profitable business model as they embark on becoming a content creator rather than aggregator.
Streaming Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Three] October 4, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Three] As the streaming market fragments into dozens of streaming options will Netflix become the Friendster or Facebook of media viewing?
Streaming Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Two] October 1, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part Two] Now that Netflix has laid the groundwork, studios will no longer allow third-party streaming services to grow rich by aggregating their content.
Streaming Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part One] September 25, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part One] Series viewership outpaces overall growth because Netflix is using vast resources to become a dedicated content creator.
Streaming Netflix at TIFF: Film Distribution Savior or Enemy? September 19, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix at TIFF: Film Distribution Savior or Enemy? Netflix didn’t acquire as many titles as sales agents and producers were expecting, but they added to their diminished film library.
Distribution TIFF Take Three: Trouble in the UK, Sight Unseen Films… September 12, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on TIFF Take Three: Trouble in the UK, Sight Unseen Films… CBS Films did not acquire I, Tonya after all – Neon and 30WEST will distribute in the U.S. UK’s Icon Film Distribution runs out of money, again!
Distribution TIFF Take Two: Presales, New Distributors, Sales Agencies… September 11, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on TIFF Take Two: Presales, New Distributors, Sales Agencies… TIFF Take Two: Protagonist starts sales on Cumberbatch bare-knuckle adaptation. Ed Arentz launches distributor Greenwich Entertainment.
Distribution TIFF Take: Hot Films, Distribution, Streaming… September 10, 2017 FilmTake Comments Off on TIFF Take: Hot Films, Distribution, Streaming… The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is underway. There are plenty of films to wet the appetite of distributors and streamers alike.