Gravitas Ventures has acquired the North American rights to the comedy Bootyology and will released it on VOD Aug. 22. The lyrical satire follows the re-discovery of The Booty Boys, … Continue reading “Gravitas Acquires Comedy ‘Bootyology,’ Bowing Aug. 22 on VOD”
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NEWS ANALYSIS — Netflix hit another fiscal quarter home run in the second quarter (ended June 30), generating three-times projected subscriber growth, and more free cash flow in the first … Continue reading “Netflix Hits Another Fiscal Quarter Home Run, So Why the Stock Market Sell-Off?”
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Sweden media company Viaplay (formerly NENT Group) is shutting down expensive forays into the U.S., Canadian and U.K. subscription streaming video markets as it reigns in operating costs in a … Continue reading “Sweden’s Viaplay Shuttering SVOD Platforms in U.S., U.K., Canada, Cuts 25% Company Personnel”
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Netflix is embracing the sports as a content genre, but still has no plans to enter the live sports distribution market, according to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Speaking on the July … Continue reading “Ted Sarandos: Netflix Upbeat on Sports Genre, Not Live Sports”
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San Diego Comic-Con International returns for its 2023 edition July 20-23 at the San Diego Convention Center and the downtown San Diego area (with a July 19 preview night). While … Continue reading “Still Plenty to See and Do at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 Despite Lack of Studios, Stars”
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The new releases of July 18 didn’t spark much promotional interest from retailers. Best Buy focused more on a seasonal promotion with a sale under the tag line “Save up … Continue reading “Merchandising: Summer Sales and Walmart Pins”
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I recently asked several of my acquaintances, friends and relatives if they had subscribed to and canceled a subscription streaming service (i.e. had they churned in and out of a … Continue reading “The Subscription Dance”
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have filed a motion asking the Federal Trade Commission to drop its legal challenges to the companies’ $69 billion business merger. Citing separate district court and … Continue reading “Microsoft, Activision File Motion Seeking Halt to FTC Legal Challenges; Extend Transaction Deadline to Oct. 18”
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A downbeat Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, said he regrets the ongoing writers/actors’ strike in Hollywood — a labor impasse he said hits close to home. Speaking July 19 on … Continue reading “Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Laments Hollywood Strike, Claims He Grew Up in a Union Home”
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Shout! Kids, in collaboration with Animagrad Animation Studio and Film.UA Group, will release the Ukrainian CG-animated feature Mavka: The Forest Song on DVD and digital download Aug. 15. Produced by … Continue reading “Animated ‘Mavka: The Forest Song’ Due on DVD and Digital Aug. 15 From Shout! Kids”
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