April 21, 2024FilmTakeComments Off on Navigating the Siren Song of Streaming as Studios Get Caught in the Undertow
Hollywood’s approach to thriving in streaming has taken a sharply negative turn in the past few years. Initially, the strategy involved pouring resources into content to lure subscribers and ending profitable licensing agreements with aggregators like Netflix, banking on eventual profitability.
April 17, 2024FilmTakeComments Off on Who’s Thriving and Who’s Struggling: Annual Streaming Scorecard Part Four
Paramount Global and Comcast have engaged in discussions to explore collaborating, including potentially merging their respective streaming services – Paramount+ and Peacock. However, it’s becoming clear that Paramount Global and its disastrous leadership team want to cash out.
April 12, 2024FilmTakeComments Off on Unveiling Netflix’s New Content Strategy: Opening Doors to External Licensing
Netflix has shifted its focus from prioritizing the production of original content to third-party content licensing once more. As an exclusive platform, Netflix’s management currently opposes licensing content externally, but the writing is on the wall for embracing external licensing.
December 18, 2023FilmTakeComments Off on Steering Through the Streaming Sea Change: Apple and Paramount Partnership Eminent
Apple and Paramount are on the verge of forging a bundling partnership that will include Apple TV+ and Paramount+, marking the next chapter in the streaming story. Evolving industry developments indicate an overall trend toward strategic partnerships to compete with Netflix.
July 28, 2023FilmTakeComments Off on Amazon’s MGM+ Could Emerge as a Formidable Streaming Service After Acquiring Lionsgate
By absorbing Lionsgate and Starz into MGM+, which is available and promoted worldwide to hundreds of millions of Amazon subscribers, MGM+ could emerge as a leading streaming service. Besides Amazon, Paramount Global is said to be considering Starz.