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[ May 12, 2026 ] Cannes 2026 Opens With Prestige Under Pressure and Buyers Searching for Audiences Distribution
[ May 11, 2026 ] Cannes 2026 Cheat Sheet: The Films, Sellers, and Market Signals to Watch Distribution
[ May 1, 2026 ] Cannes 2026 Splits in Two: Prestige Projects Inside the Festival, Structured Packages Outside It Distribution
[ April 27, 2026 ] Who Owns the New Warner-Paramount? Renewed Scrutiny as Foreign Ownership Nears 50% Distribution
[ April 26, 2026 ] Cannes 2026: Stronger Packages, Tighter Capital, and a Market Built on Control Distribution

Volume One: SVOD Film Licensing Report

Cannes 2026 Opens With Prestige Under Pressure and Buyers Searching for Audiences

Distribution

May 12, 2026 Comments Off

Cannes 2026 Cheat Sheet: The Films, Sellers, and Market Signals to Watch

Distribution

May 11, 2026 Comments Off

Distribution

Cannes 2026 Splits in Two: Prestige Projects Inside the Festival, Structured Packages Outside It

May 1, 2026 Comments Off

Distribution

Who Owns the New Warner-Paramount? Renewed Scrutiny as Foreign Ownership Nears 50%

April 27, 2026 Comments Off

Distribution

Cannes 2026: Stronger Packages, Tighter Capital, and a Market Built on Control

April 26, 2026 Comments Off

Streaming

Global Film Licensing Values Are Repricing as Later Windows Gain Momentum

April 16, 2026 Comments Off

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Global Film Licensing Index

April 15, 2026 Comments Off

Global Film Licensing Values Are Repricing as Later Windows Gain Momentum

Streaming

April 16, 2026 Comments Off

Global film licensing values are shifting as first-run pricing plateaus and greater economic weight moves to second-window and library rights. The updated GFLI data reflects a post-2020 market defined by tighter buyer discipline, structured pricing, and more rational value distribution across the full lifecycle of film rights.

The Shrinking Buyer Pool and the New Economics of Streaming Licensing

Streaming

April 6, 2026 Comments Off

Streaming has long been treated as a replacement for traditional television, with audiences steadily migrating away from broadcast and cable. That narrative no longer captures the full picture. What matters now is how streaming is being integrated into existing distribution systems, reshaping how content is packaged, sold, and ultimately valued.

From Platforms to Packages: Bundling Is Rewriting Streaming Economics

Streaming

March 24, 2026 Comments Off

Streaming Regulation and Releasing Windows Are Reshaping SVOD Licensing Economics

Streaming

March 13, 2026 Comments Off

For the past decade, streaming economics were framed as a simple growth story. Subscriber gains masked rising content costs, and the prevailing assumption was that scale alone would eventually solve the margin problem. That assumption is now being tested as regulatory pressure, hybrid monetization models, and evolving release windows reshape how platforms acquire and value content.

Streaming, Windowing, and the New Access Economy: Why Control Beats Content in 2026

Streaming

December 28, 2025 Comments Off

For most of the past decade, the streaming business was defined by a single, deceptively simple premise: more content equals more subscribers. Platforms raced to outspend one another, greenlighting volume at unprecedented levels, compressing windows, and treating exclusivity as an absolute virtue.