Amazon Moves Away from Independent Films
It’s hard to imagine Amazon leaving Sundance this year with a big-dollar prestige film like years past.
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Subscription Video Trends and Challenges [Part One]
Series viewership outpaces overall growth because Netflix is using vast resources to become a dedicated content creator.
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.
Netflix Will License Original Content to China’s iQiyi
Censorship and foreign content restrictions will limit Netflix’s ability to transition their licensing agreement with iQiyi into a meaningful foothold.
Inside Baidu’s Hollywood Expansion
Since launching in 2010, iQiyi has accumulated the most paid SVOD subscribers in China, however, calculating an accurate subscriber base is challenging.