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Movie Theater Attendance Roars Back to Life Despite Ongoing Restrictions

September 12, 2021 FilmTake Comments Off

Embracing this day-and-date strategy follows seismic industry shifts last year that led WarnerMedia to release all its films on HBO Max when theaters were more or less closed due to lockdowns.

Best Year Yet

January 24, 2021 FilmTake Comments Off

In 2020, Netflix gained 37 million subscribers worldwide, breaking its 2018 record of 28 million new additions. Currently, Netflix has 204 million active subscribers.

Coming Soon to a Living Room Near You

September 30, 2020 FilmTake Comments Off

Day-and-date and other alternative film releasing models have been around for over a decade. Still, most major studios have avoided a strategy that skips the theater altogether, that is, until now.

Breaking Theatrical Windows

August 18, 2020 FilmTake Comments Off

Universal Pictures and AMC, the world’s largest exhibitor, struck a deal to shrink the theatrical window from 90 days to just 17 days.

Lockdowns Reshape Content Distribution

August 10, 2020 FilmTake Comments Off

COVID-19 has decimated global content pipelines by halting film production, canceling greenlit projects, and closing cinemas. However, the present disruptions have only accelerated transformations that were well underway.

AVOD Market Heats Up

February 25, 2020 FilmTake Comments Off

Several media companies are holding discussions to acquire advertising-supported video streaming services. Fox Corp is in talks with Tubi, and NBCUniversal is considering Vudu.

Netflix Claims Originals Win Out

January 1, 2020 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix continues to publicize unsubstantiated claims that its original films and shows outperform third-party content contrary to all independent research.

Streaming in America

December 18, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Since first delivering DVDs to homes via the postal service, Netflix has come to dominate the SVOD market. The streamer has 67 million subscribers in North America, which takes its total to nearly 160 million worldwide.

Monopolizing Europe

November 27, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

The studio cartel system continues to thrive in Europe even after several seemingly disruptive interventions by the European Commission.

Betting On The Past

September 23, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix signed a five-year deal with Sony Pictures Television worth $500 million to become the exclusive worldwide streamer for Seinfeld.

Netflix Market Report: Part Two

August 27, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Part Two: Netflix Trends, International, Feature Films. Through the first six months of 2019, Netflix’s customer acquisition costs have ballooned to $292 per subscriber.

Netflix Market Report: Part One

August 25, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Part One: Netflix Subscribers and Exclusivity. Netflix lost subscribers in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade. The next battleground in streaming will take place over content exclusivity.

Uncharted Waters

August 5, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

By reclaiming their content from licensees to launch standalone streaming services, traditional media companies are sailing headlong into uncharted waters.

Netflix Faces Slowdown

July 24, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Beyond ballooning content and acquisition costs, fueled by costly debt, there are five additional obstacles that will challenge Netflix’s streaming dominance.

Follow The Leader

July 23, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

NBCUniversal, who competed against Disney for Fox, is planning to follow Disney’s lead in India with the purchase of Zee Entertainment.

Netflix Loses Top Shows

July 17, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Netflix will lose its top two shows when Friends returns to WarnerMedia at the end of 2019, and The Office returns to NBCUniversal at the end of 2020.

Netflix Overtakes Sky

June 18, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Sky’s new owners, Comcast, will more than double its investment in European original programming for the new venture – Sky Studios.

Hollywood Netflix Divorce

June 9, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off

Recently, anonymous sources have reported to multiple news outlets about the difficulty Hollywood will face in attempting to take back its content from Netflix.