Netflix’s European Expansion: France
France has always been on the front lines against Netflix’s expansion in Europe, but its calculated indifference is waning.
Distribution
2018 Trends: State of the Industry
For three straight years, television and home video markets in the United States have lost subscribers. This downward trend is accelerating and shows no signs of abating.
Inside Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios relies on traditional distribution practices to foster greater collaboration with the gatekeepers of independent film.
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.
MoviePass Takes Aim at Indie Films
At the Sundance Film Festival, theatrical ticketing service, MoviePass launched a new service to acquire distribution rights in partnership with other buyers.
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.
TIFF Take Three: Trouble in the UK, Sight Unseen Films…
CBS Films did not acquire I, Tonya after all – Neon and 30WEST will distribute in the U.S. UK’s Icon Film Distribution runs out of money, again!
TIFF Take Two: Presales, New Distributors, Sales Agencies…
TIFF Take Two: Protagonist starts sales on Cumberbatch bare-knuckle adaptation. Ed Arentz launches distributor Greenwich Entertainment.
TIFF Take: Hot Films, Distribution, Streaming…
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is underway. There are plenty of films to wet the appetite of distributors and streamers alike.
The Latest China-Hollywood Failed Deal
China’s Recon Group fails to close its acquisition of Avi Lerner’s Millennium Films. All Hollywood-China deals are in peril, as many have failed to close this year.