Streaming

Production

Made-For-Streaming Movies

November 17, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on 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 for its streaming platform.

Production

British Content Boom

October 29, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on British Content Boom

As multiple streaming services prepare for an intensifying battle over European subscribers, British-made content continues to surge. This content bonanza and bidding wars between buyers are driving up prices for shows.

Exhibition

Netflix at the Movies

October 2, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix at the Movies

After a decade of primarily focusing on episodic content, Netflix wants to break the theatrical glass ceiling, especially since they are funding more original films.

Netflix Vies For Pinewood Studio
Production

Netflix Lands at Shepperton

July 10, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix Lands at Shepperton

Netflix expanded its global footprint with a ten-year lease at the U.K’s Shepperton Studios. The lease grants Netflix exclusive access to a majority of Shepperton including 14 sound stages.

Streaming

Streaming Promised Land

June 12, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Streaming Promised Land

Disney, Amazon Prime, and Netflix have pivoted to India, the world’s second largest market, after plans to launch and sustain services in the world’s most populous nation hit the Great Wall of China.

Netflix Wins Again
Streaming

Netflix Wins Again

May 30, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix Wins Again

Netflix surpassed Sky in the UK in terms of subscribers for the first time in 2019. The victory makes Netflix the most widely subscribed to media platform in the U.K.

Cord Cutting Accelerates
Distribution

Cord Cutting Accelerates

April 16, 2019 FilmTake Comments Off on Cord Cutting Accelerates

There is even more bad news for pay television providers. Unlike 2017, subscribers signing up for cheaper online television bundles are starting to contract.

Netflix UK
Streaming

Netflix in Europe: UK

August 1, 2018 FilmTake Comments Off on Netflix in Europe: UK

Netflix is the most popular SVOD service in the UK, with an estimated 9.2 million subscribers, which for the first time is more than PayTV subs.

Content-Matrix
Distribution

2018 Trends: State of the Industry

June 11, 2018 FilmTake Comments Off on 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.