March 9, 2023FilmTakeComments Off on Streamers Swiftly Shift Strategies from Content Exclusivity Back to Partnerships
Less than a year ago, the largest content rights holders, including Warner Bros, were hoarding vast libraries of content from third-party licensees for use on their respective direct-to-consumer streaming services, reversing standard practices since time immemorial.
Even before unprecedented disruptions to the theatrical market, established film buyers and sellers were under tremendous financial pressure after spendthrift streamers elbowed in to populate their sparse film catalogs and vie for Oscar gold.
February 8, 2023FilmTakeComments Off on Sundance Fails to Ignite an Apathetic Independent Film Market
By every measure, the theatrical market for independent films remains on life support after the first in-person Sundance Film Festival since the ‘before times’ in January 2020.
Whether packaging, producing, buying, or selling a film, the Film Advance Report is the only published resource that includes historic advance values paid by distributors in most territories.
Netflix’s ad-based tier aims to reduce the high churn the company faced in 2022, attract new subscribers, and lure back those who canceled. However, by all measures, the rushed experiment is failing. Netflix’s AVOD tier accounts for just 12% of its subscriber base.
January 15, 2023FilmTakeComments Off on Broken Windows: Inside Hollywood’s Lucrative Film Licensing Deals
The battle over film licensing exclusivity transpired as expected once Netflix transitioned from a content aggregator to a content creator. One-by-one the major studios built direct-to-consumer streaming services to compete with Netflix.
January 12, 2023FilmTakeComments Off on Streaming Services Revert to Advertising to Drive Subscriber Growth
Last year was the first year in the previous four years that didn’t welcome a new subscription streaming service from Hollywood’s major players. The lack of a new streaming service did not stop the existing services from offering new ways to watch content through paid and free ad-supported options.