Kevin Behlingentertainment newsEndeavor Content Inks Global Deals For ‘Conversations With Friends’ With Amazon, HBO; Prentiss Fraser Sets Out TV Sales... Deadline - Jake Kanter EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has closed a raft of sales for Normal People’s follow-up series Conversations With Friends, as TV sales chief Prentiss …
Kevin BehlingWarnerMedia Discovery CFO Talks WarnerMedia Merger Deal, Cost-Cuttingverified_publisher hollywoodreporter.com - Etan Vlessing Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels sees the merger of his company and AT&T’s WarnerMedia allowing for a big increase in content investment owing to …
Kevin BehlingHBO Subscription-based streamers outstrip ad-supported services’ share of watch time Digiday - Tim Peterson Ad-supported streaming services have some catching up to do. Subscription-based streaming services, which are largely ad-free, continue to dominate …
Kevin BehlingInvesting Where Did 1.5 Million Cable Customers Go Last Quarter? Hereverified_publisher The Motley Fool - James Brumley Consumers are reconfiguring their entertainment budgets, and advertisers are following the crowd. The last of the numbers are finally in hand. All in …
Kevin BehlingApple Music Will Apple Be the Next Tech Giant to Buy a Studio?verified_publisher hollywoodreporter.com - Georg Szalai Amid a wave of M&A fever, will Amazon’s $8.45 billion takeover of MGM prompt its Silicon Valley rival Apple to refresh its shopping list to include a …
Kevin BehlingBusiness This Is Why There's No European Netflix or Amazon Primeverified_publisher Bloomberg - Alex Webb Amazon’s acquisition of MGM gives media executives in Europe one more reason to despair. Between Amazon.com Inc.’s $8.5 billion acquisition of …
Kevin BehlingLionsgate More Revenue Losses For Lionsgate: Starz Grows 70% With Subscribers mediapost.com - Wayne Friedman Though Lionsgate, the TV/movie production and distribution company, suffered continued revenue decline in its most recent reporting period -- due to …
Kevin BehlingAmazon Prime Video How Will Amazon Run MGM?verified_publisher hollywoodreporter.com - Alex Weprin In December, MGM Holdings unveiled a deal with Amazon Web Services. The independent studio was looking for technology “to predict content viewing and …
Kevin BehlingJapan Eerily beautiful photos highlight how TV tech has changedverified_publisher Digital Trends - By Trevor Mogg A remarkable set of photos taken by Japan-based photographer Lee Chapman shows old, long-forgotten television sets in their original surroundings. The …
Kevin BehlingMGM Why Amazon is paying nearly $9 billion for MGM and James Bondverified_publisher Recode - Peter KafkaUpdate, May 26: Amazon has confirmed that it will acquire MGM for $8.45 billion, including debt and pending regulatory approval. Big tech companies have been eyeing big media companies for years — but...
Kevin BehlingAmazon Studios Jeff Bezos, a Real-Life Bond Villain, May Own James Bond Very Soon io9 - James Whitbrook Amazon Studios has already given noted yacht owner Jeff Bezos a big way into the Hollywood media space, between its Prime Video streaming offerings …
