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A new study by Ampere Analysis found that the new streaming ecosystem will be defined by profit growth, while subscriber growth hits the brakes — or, as we like to call it, welcome to a maturing industry. The Big Picture: Hollywood lost billions of dollars in the transition to streaming to catch up with Netflix, while Wall Street stopped […]
James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision inked a multi-year deal with Meta to make immersive 3D content for the Quest mixed-reality headset. The Immersive Picture: James Cameron has been one of the biggest boosters of 3D in cinema — the Avatar franchise is the only one that still successfully employs the tech — so having his expertise leading the creative at […]
Concertgoers are, by and large, choosing to either splurge on major, superstar events or check out small, local acts on a dime… leaving the middle-class acts with inflated ticket prices struggling to fill venues. Why It Hurts: The downturn in attendance for mid-tier artists is causing tour cancellations and decreasing earnings for once-stable acts. Meanwhile, the biggest […]
NBCUniversal pulled out all the stops to market its blockbuster adaptation of the Broadway smash Wicked, partnering with over 400 brands for IP tie-ins. The Big Picture: In the words of Universal chief marketing officer Michael Moses, “The world doesn’t operate like a monoculture anymore, so you have to be everywhere.” In an entertainment ecosystem, where big-budget streaming releases […]
Comcast officially moved forward with its proposed plan of spinning off the majority of its cable assets into a separate company. Plugged In: Spinning off its declining cable brand frees NBCUniversal to focus on its stable or growing businesses without the extra weight on its balance sheet. Between the Spinoffs: The new cable-focused company, dubbed “SpinCo” for now, is ready […]
Moana 2, set for release over the Thanksgiving weekend, has the potential to become Disney’s highest-grossing release of all time. The Big Picture: While 2016’s Moana was a hit, it was nowhere near the runaway success of other Disney animated titles. But streaming (especially on Disney+) turned the movie into an enduring cultural juggernaut, showing the power of families watching […]
New data shows that a record number of customers aren’t outright canceling their streaming services when they run out of titles to watch — they’re pausing them. The Big Picture: The uptick in people pausing their streamers instead of canceling them complicates the easy math of companies gaining and losing subscribers. Those numbers can ebb and flow […]
Netflix is ramping up its push into live TV with a growing slate of programs that could catapult the streamer into dominating the exact model it disrupted. The Big Picture: Netflix has officially won the streaming wars. By making live TV a new cornerstone for the company, Netflix could ensure that advertising revenue is juiced from all its customers… not […]
Consulting company Owl & Co. has created a new way to gauge the popularity of shows and movies on streaming platforms — taking into account the share of subscribers that watch a show or movie on any given platform. The Big Picture: The traditional TV measurement system hasn’t fully evolved with siloed user bases of streaming. A unified, […]
NBCUniversal is building a permanent haunted-house destination in Las Vegas’ new AREA 15 entertainment district. The Big Scare: Interactive destinations are all the rage for media companies these days as fans want to deepen their engagement with the IP they love. Considering horror’s cultural dominance and the success of Halloween Horror Nights, NBCUniversal could conjure a reliable revenue stream. Between […]