Streaming Bout
The streaming bout between Netflix and traditional media companies for the world’s online video subscribers is well underway.
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Netflix Outspends
The reason for this lavishly spending spree is in response to new streaming competition by the major studios and the upcoming exodus of their content.
Monopolizing Europe
The studio cartel system continues to thrive in Europe even after several seemingly disruptive interventions by the European Commission.
Funding Golden Age
Against the backdrop of new streaming competition, Netflix is significantly increasing the amount it invests in producing, licensing, and acquiring films and shows.
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How Amazon Releases Films
Amazon Studios has relied on traditional distribution practices to foster greater collaboration with gatekeepers in Hollywood. However, after playing second fiddle to Netflix for the better part of a decade, Amazon is changing its theatrical strategy stateside.
Made-For-Streaming Movies
After years of declining production activity for Made-For-TV movies, Netflix is accelerating the rate it licenses and produces lower-budgeted movies, which FilmTake has coined Made-For-Streaming movies.
Free Streaming Offers
Heavyweights Disney and Apple are offering free introductory offers to gain a head start over rivals. Select Verizon subscribers in the United States will get free access to Disney+ for a year.
Netflix Admits Concern
After losing U.S. subscribers in the second quarter, for the first time since 2011, Netflix finally admitted that the arrival of new streaming services from Disney, Apple, and others would hurt subscriber growth.
Netflix Needs Content
Although Netflix remains committed to producing original content, it is preparing to license more content from independent producers and distributors.