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Comcast CFO's Cauticous Outlook on Broadband Subs Drives Stock Down
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (331+ words) Comcast’s stock price closed down more than 6% following cautious comments from CFO Jason Armstrong at an investor event. The executive warned that the loss-leader rates make it impossible for companies to achieve a healthy return on long-term network infrastructure investments....
DOJ Seeks Additional Information on $22 Billion Fox, Roku Merger
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (312+ words) Fox has disclosed that it received a second request from the Justice Department for additional information regarding its $22 billion equity acquisition of Roku. What additional information the DOJ is looking for is not disclosed in the Sept. 8 regulatory filing. The…...
Netflix to Report Box Office Numbers Beginning Oct. 16
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (318+ words) Netflix will reportedly begin disclosing weekend box office results for six theatrical releases, beginning Oct. 16 with La Bola Negra, which will have a 45-day theatrical window before hitting the streaming platform. Long eschewing the legacy theatrical window, Netflix is now…...
Ampere: U.S. Linear TV Content Productions More Resiliant Than Streaming
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (262+ words) Linear TV content orders are more resilient than streaming VOD services, according to a new data from Ampere Analysis. Between 2022 and 2025, U.S.-produced linear programming fell 26%, while streaming fell 41%. Linear scripted series orders rose 11% between 2023 and 2025, with a particular focus on…...
Live Video Firm M2A Media Partners with Video Compression and Delivery Specialist Ateme
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (463+ words) M2A Media, a leader in cloud-based live video, on Sept. 7 announced a partnership with Ateme, a global leader in video compression and delivery, bringing Ateme’s solutions into the M2A Media platform. The integration will enable broadcasters, streamers and rights holders and federations…...
AMC Entertainment Launches Theatrical Distribution Company, Targeting Smaller, Medium-Sized Releases
1+ week, 6+ day ago (580+ words) AMC Entertainment, the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and in the world, Aug. 31 announced the launch of a movie distribution company headquartered both in Los Angeles and AMC Theatres home base of Leawood, Kansas. Leawood Films will focus…...
Attest: Creator Content Has Overtaken Household TV, Led By YouTube, Social Media
2+ week, 6+ day ago (556+ words) Consumers spend an average of 1 hour and 49 minutes daily watching content across a subscription-based streaming video service — slightly more than YouTube (1 hour, 46 minutes), live TV (1 hour, 31 minutes) and social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook (1 hour, 11 minutes) and TikTok…...
Calif. AG Bonta Cancels Monday Paramount Settlement Meeting, Accuses CEO Ellison of 'Playing Games"
2+ week, 6+ day ago (440+ words) California Attorney General Rob Bonta has canceled a scheduled Aug. 24 meeting with Paramount CEO David Ellison, reportedly accusing the executive of playing games in the antitrust settlement talks over the planned $110.8 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. “Not only did…...
Amagi Q1 Revenue Jumps 32% as FAST, Broadcast and AI Workflows Converge
3+ week, 3+ day ago (786+ words) For the quarter ended June 30, Amagi reported revenue of INR 437 crore ($52.1 million), up 32% from the prior-year period and 21% on a constant-currency basis. Adjusted EBITDA increased 201% to INR 50 crore, while the adjusted EBITDA margin widened to 11.5% from 5% a year earlier. Profit…...
Exhibitor Trade Group Reverses Stance, Calls on States, WGA to Settle With Paramount
3+ week, 5+ day ago (533+ words) In a reversal, Cinema United, the trade group representing theater operators in the U.S., has issued a statement calling on the 12 states and the Writers Guild of America to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount. The states, led by Calif. Attorny…...