Streaming Archives

TIFF 2024: How to Secure the Best Streaming Deals for Your Film

September 5, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

With traditional theatrical releases becoming riskier, streaming platforms have emerged as a vital avenue for filmmakers seeking wider and more consistent distribution. However, the key to capitalizing on this shift lies in understanding how streaming services structure their deals and value content.

Maximize Your TIFF 2024 Strategy: How Exclusive Distribution Data Can Boost Your Streaming Deals

September 4, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

With theatrical releases facing mounting obstacles, particularly in terms of profitability, streamers have become the go-to solution for many filmmakers. However, to navigate this shift successfully, it is crucial to have reliable data on what streaming platforms pay for content.

The Ad-Supported Gamble: How Netflix’s Missing Titles Affect Its Value Perception

August 27, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

At the launch of the ad-supported tier, 326 titles—about 5% of Netflix’s U.S. library—were missing due to unresolved licensing agreements. This gap includes around 60 Netflix Originals and 266 licensed titles, accounting for 11% of U.S. demand.

Streaming Services Join Forces: The Power of Bundling to Combat Churn

August 26, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

In response to the growing churn problem, streaming giants like Netflix, Disney, WBD, NBCUniversal, and Apple TV+ are launching bundled services. These bundles aim to provide greater value to consumers, thereby reducing the likelihood of cancellations.

The Churn Challenge: Streamers Vie for Viewer Loyalty in a Saturated 2024 Market

August 22, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Despite the surge in streaming activity, SVOD platforms grapple with accelerated subscriber churn. The allure of a new show draws in viewers, but once the credits roll, many quickly cancel their subscriptions, leading to a cycle of rapid gains and losses.

Inside Netflix’s Next Chapter: Ad Tiers, Licensing Strategies, Partnerships, and Audience Engagement

August 7, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

From the rapid adoption of its ad tier to evolving licensing strategies and the challenges of maintaining a high hit rate, Netflix is navigating a complex streaming market with more competition than ever.

Netflix Leads All Streamers By Subscribers As Revenue and Profits Soar Despite Declining ARPU

July 29, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

The ARPU landscape is becoming more complex with the advent of hybrid Subscription and Advertising VOD options from Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video, which recently introduced cheaper, ad-supported tiers.

Piecing Together the Future of Streaming: The Rise of Bundling and Aggregation

July 9, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Recent developments in streaming, like Comcast’s StreamSaver bundling Peacock, Apple TV+, and Netflix, indicate a significant shift towards the future of entertainment: streaming bundles. The bundling trend is gaining traction at the top and bottom of the streaming market.

Netflix Halts Subscriber Reporting: Rapid Growth Era Coming to an End

June 23, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix is once again disrupting the entertainment industry by announcing it will no longer regularly report its subscriber numbers. This move undermines data transparency and attempts to divert investor attention from stagnating subscriber growth to revenue and profit metrics instead.

Reviving Cable Television: How Telecom Companies Will Shape Streaming Bundles

June 19, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Recent announcements of new streaming bundles have highlighted the increasing role of broadband providers in the streaming landscape. Telecom companies are leveraging their vast distribution networks to integrate multiple SVODs in their offerings.

Streaming Giants Unite: Disney and Warner Bros. Announce Cross-Studio Bundle

June 17, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) recently announced a rare cross-studio streaming bundle in a strategic reversal to retain fleeing subscribers. This new offering will merge Disney+ and Hulu with Warner Bros.’ Max with studio content and its premium service, HBO.

Streaming Services Face Subscriber Exodus Amid Rising Costs and Market Saturation

June 9, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

In recent years, the ambitious hopes studios placed into streaming services in the United States are starting to backfire. As a result, the streaming landscape in the United States is undergoing a period of retraction, just as the theatrical and pay television market is collapsing.

Streaming Secrets Revealed: What Global Platforms Really Pay for Films and Shows

May 17, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Maximize your insights by analyzing global revenue streams for films and episodic content. Access market intelligence reports covering licensing rates across Europe, the UK, North and Latin America. Stay ahead of market trends, negotiate better deals, and thrive in the entertainment industry.

Europe Wants More Production Support from US Streaming Services

April 30, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Over 20 production entities spanning Europe and beyond have united forces, embarking on a mission to rally local governments to champion the cause of regional film and television creators and urge major US streaming platforms to amplify their support for locally produced content.

Who’s Thriving and Who’s Struggling: Annual Streaming Scorecard Part Five

April 24, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

It’s difficult to overstate the disastrous few years Warner Bros. has experienced under inept leadership. Boosting one of the most desirable film and television catalogs, the company has stumbled over every vital decision since 2020. WBD’s financials reflect the industry’s broader issues.

Navigating the Siren Song of Streaming as Studios Get Caught in the Undertow

April 21, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Hollywood’s approach to thriving in streaming has taken a sharply negative turn in the past few years. Initially, the strategy involved pouring resources into content to lure subscribers and ending profitable licensing agreements with aggregators like Netflix, banking on eventual profitability.

Who’s Thriving and Who’s Struggling: Annual Streaming Scorecard Part Four

April 17, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Paramount Global and Comcast have engaged in discussions to explore collaborating, including potentially merging their respective streaming services – Paramount+ and Peacock. However, it’s becoming clear that Paramount Global and its disastrous leadership team want to cash out.

Unveiling Netflix’s New Content Strategy: Opening Doors to External Licensing

April 12, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix has shifted its focus from prioritizing the production of original content to third-party content licensing once more. As an exclusive platform, Netflix’s management currently opposes licensing content externally, but the writing is on the wall for embracing external licensing.

Who’s Thriving and Who’s Struggling: Annual Streaming Scorecard Part Three

March 14, 2024 FilmTake Comments Off

Before unprecedented disruptions during 2020-21, streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon invested heavily in original films, but their investments have since fallen sharply. Likewise, the head of motion pictures departed after Netflix failed to deliver meaningful film releases.