Sundance Strikes Back
After last year’s acquisitions lull at Sundance, especially by Netflix and Amazon, this year’s festival produced a number of megadeals.
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EFM Film Rundown
Check out a comprehensive list of high demand films at this year’s European Film Market.
AT&T’s Big Gamble
The DirecTV deal was AT&T’s first big gamble on the filmed entertainment distribution market. DirecTV has been shedding subscribers since the beginning of 2017.
Trouble Brewing Abroad
There is a disturbing international trend that emerged from Netflix’s latest financials that has not been discussed widely.
Netflix’s Dirty Secret
Netflix has 139 million paying subscribers after adding 29 million subscribers last year versus 22 million in 2017.
Media Buyouts Backfire
AT&T’s buyout of a declining DirecTV and a sputtering Time Warner at the top of the market is materializing into a massive miscalculation.
What Distributors at Sundance Want
Find out what type of films domestic distributors are looking to acquire at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
The Sudden Decline of Sundance
The deep pockets of digital distributors have inflated the average price of film rights at Sundance and other major film festivals.
Netflix Pays Top Dollar
Perhaps the biggest revelation from Netflix’s earning call last week is the admission that they are “ready to pay top-of-the-market prices for…”
The China Retreat
Viacom has had enough of China. The New York-based company is in talks with at least one Chinese group to sell some or all of the company’s operations on the mainland.