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☆ NFL Films is building its 'version of the Marvel universe' with a push into movies, dozens of TV projects, and partnerships with athletes from Tom Brady to Ronda Rousey
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
NFL Films is in talks with Hollywood partners about expanding its TV and film efforts. "We have a sport that is most akin to Hollywood," NFL Films senior director Ross Ketover told Insider. Among the buyers are Disney's ESPN, ESPN+, Hulu, and Disney+; AppleTV+ and Amazon Prime Video. NFL Films and Omaha also made a version starring MMA's Ronda Rousey called "Rowdy's Places," for ESPN+. NFL Films helped make a season of its Amazon series, "All or Nothing," for the English Premiere League's Manchester City back in 2018.
☆ Netflix reverses subscriber slump, shares surge 14%
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Lisa Richwine Dawn Chmielewski | Lisa Richwine | Dawn Chmielewski | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
From July through September, Netflix attracted 2.4 million new subscribers worldwide, more than double the 1.07 million consensus forecast of analysts polled by Refinitiv. Netflix now has a total of 223.1 million subscribers around the world. For the third quarter, Netflix topped Wall Street projections with revenue of $7.9 billion, up 6% from a year earlier. The company's forecast of 4.5 million customer pickups by the end of 2022 came in slightly ahead of Wall Street estimates, which had averaged 4.2 million. For the fourth quarter, Netflix is projecting revenue of $7.8 billion -- a sequential decline it blamed on the strong value of the U.S. dollar.
☆ Netflix and Other Streaming Platforms Are Embracing Ads—but Will the Advertisers Love Them Back?
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Suzanne Vranica | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
As big streaming services roll out new ad-supported plans, marketers still face challenges with streaming ads. Marketers are excited that more streaming platforms are embracing advertising, but they say running ads on streaming services remains rife with challenges. The streaming industry’s two largest players, Netflix Inc. and Walt Disney Co.’s Disney+, are preparing to launch ad-supported versions of their platforms in the coming months. They will be joining a crowded field that includes streaming services owned by media companies—such as Comcast Corp.’s Peacock, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s HBO Max and Paramount Global ’s Pluto TV—and device makers such as Roku Inc.’s Roku Channel and Amazon.com Inc.’s Freevee.
☆ Streaming Platforms Are Embracing Ads—but Will the Advertisers Love Them Back?
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Suzanne Vranica | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
As big streaming services roll out new ad-supported plans, marketers still face challenges with streaming ads. Marketers are excited that more streaming platforms are embracing advertising, but they say running ads on streaming services remains rife with challenges. The streaming industry’s two largest players, Netflix Inc. and Walt Disney Co.’s Disney+, are preparing to launch ad-supported versions of their platforms in the coming months. They will be joining a crowded field that includes streaming services owned by media companies—such as Comcast Corp.’s Peacock, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s HBO Max and Paramount Global ’s Pluto TV—and device makers such as Roku Inc.’s Roku Channel and Amazon.com Inc.’s Freevee.
☆ Why Netflix wants to shift the narrative on subscriber growth, even after bouncing back from losses
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
The news marked a reversal from the previous two quarters when Netflix saw stunning declines in subscriber growth. As an executive at a rival streaming company told CNN on Tuesday, the shift in narrative is “a complete 180” for Netflix, which for years has intensely focused on subscriber growth. Discovery, one of the competitors Netflix is clearly jabbing.) “In other words,” CNBC’s Alex Sherman translated in his story, “Netflix is saying it has built a great streaming business, while Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Comcast’s NBCUniversal, Paramount Global, and others want to build a great streaming business.”
☆ NFL Sunday Ticket still up for grabs as Apple pushes for flexibility with game rights
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
A partnership with Apple would allow the NFL to build a relationship with the deepest-pocketed company in the world. But existing restrictions around Sunday Ticket have slowed negotiations between Apple and the NFL in recent months, according to people familiar with the matter. The NFL and Apple, two of the most powerful corporate entities in the world, are used to getting what they want. "We weren't interested in buying sports rights," Cue said this week at a Paley Center for Media panel in New York. Those deals guarantee exclusivity of local games.
☆ Showtime chief’s departure signals Paramount is moving forward on its plan to merge streaming services
  + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Paramount Global executive David Nevins, who joined Showtime in 2010 and has run the premium network since 2016, is leaving the company at the end of the year. Paramount Global announced Thursday that it's moving Showtime's network business under the leadership of Chris McCarthy, who runs other linear cable networks such as MTV and Comedy Central, and the streaming service under Tom Ryan, who runs Paramount Streaming. The moves come as the company is considering the idea of merging Showtime into Paramount+ and using the network's hit programming to fuel Paramount+ subscriptions, according to people familiar with the matter. The company's goal is to have Paramount+ be one of the five largest global streaming services, along with Warner Bros. "We are always exploring options to maximize the value of our content investment by giving consumers access to great Paramount content — including the iconic, groundbreaking and premium content offerings of Showtime -- across an array of services and platforms," a Paramount Global spokesperson said.
☆ Streaming bundles are forming, but don't expect a cable TV-like package any time soon
  + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Alex Sherman Lillian Rizzo | Alex Sherman | Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +11 min
Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBenefits of bundlingFor consumers that buy many streaming services already, purchasing a bundle of them for a discount would be an instant money saver. For corporations, pushing together streaming services reduces the number of people who cancel each month, known in the industry as churn. But those companies also offer their own competing streaming services – The Roku Channel, Prime Video and Apple TV+, respectively – which could deter broader partnerships. Wireless companies already offer promotional pricing to streaming services as sign-up bonuses. From the standpoint of niche services, Peacock hasn't come to them with a coherent strategy, according to several people familiar with the talks.
☆ Two-Minute Drill: TXN, PARA & CACC
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTwo-Minute Drill: TXN, PARA & CACCNoah Hamman of AdvisorShares joins 'Closing Bell: Overtime' to discuss three stocks: Texas Instruments, Paramount Global and Credit Acceptance.
☆ UK's Channel 5 aired 'The Emoji Movie' instead of the Queen's funeral
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
UK network Channel 5 aired "The Emoji Movie" on Monday rather than coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. "The Emoji Movie" is one of the most critically panned movies of the last five years. But Channel 5, owned by Paramount Global, opted to air Sony's "The Emoji Movie" instead, according to Variety and reactions on social media. "No sign of Prince Louis, he's probably at the palace watching the Emoji Movie on Channel 5," said one Twitter user. "Good luck everyone getting through The Emoji Movie on Channel 5 this morning."
☆ Canela.TV, a free Spanish-language streaming service with 23 million users, launches original shows
  + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
An upstart Spanish-language streamer is taking a big step into original content. Those networks and other Spanish-language content have captured some of the fastest-growing traditional TV audiences when it comes to average daily household viewership, according to data provider Samba TV. Canela said its streaming platform, which is available in the U.S., Mexico and Colombia, has 23 million unique users. Similar free ad-supported streaming services like Paramount Global's Pluto and Fox's Tubi have said they have nearly 70 million and 51 million active users, respectively. By the end of 2022, it will have 537 hours of original content.
☆ 'Revealing' teen costumes, on-set massages, and a gender-discrimination complaint: Inside Dan Schneider's 'disgusting' Nickelodeon empire
  + stars: | 2022-08-30 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +27 min
For many Nickelodeon actors, life at the network was surreal, the "Amanda Show" actor Raquel Lee told Insider. Schneider set up a meeting to discuss the situation. On the one hand, the success of Schneider's shows provided rare stability in a chaotic industry. None of Schneider's shows credited more than two female writers in the entirety of their runs; "Zoey 101" and "Drake & Josh" had zero. The writer wrote that Schneider once pressured her into simulating "being sodomized" while she was telling a story about high school, to her embarrassment.
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