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WarnerMedia Ups Michael Quigley to Lead Content Acquisitions
WarnerMedia Entertainment, in a restructuring, has promoted Michael Quigley to spearhead the media company’s direct-to-consumer business as well content acquisitions. Quigley, who was EVP, content acquisitions, will now lead the unit with other promoted executives, Jonathan Melber, SVP of content acquisitions at HBO Max, and Royce Battleman, SVP of content acquisitions for HBO, Cinemax, TNT, … Continue reading “WarnerMedia Ups Michael Quigley to Lead Content Acquisitions”
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Amazon Fire TV Gets FandangoNow; Movies Anywhere Wants Your Data
Amazon’s Fire TV streaming video device now accommodates access to digital movie/TV show purchases and rentals on FandangoNow. It’s a noteworthy move since Amazon has historically shied away offering access to third parties in the same business of transactional video-on-demand. FandangoNow, which is owned by NBCUniversal, is also available on Roku, Chromecast, Xbox, NVIDIA, Portal … Continue reading “Amazon Fire TV Gets FandangoNow; Movies Anywhere Wants Your Data”
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WarnerMedia Ups Michael Quigley to Lead Content Acquisitions
WarnerMedia Entertainment, in a restructuring, has promoted Michael Quigley to spearhead the media company’s direct-to-consumer business as well content acquisitions. Quigley, who was EVP, content acquisitions, will now lead the unit with other promoted executives, Jonathan Melber, SVP of content acquisitions at HBO Max, and Royce Battleman, SVP of content acquisitions for HBO, Cinemax, TNT, … Continue reading “WarnerMedia Ups Michael Quigley to Lead Content Acquisitions”
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Amazon Fire TV Gets FandangoNow; Movies Anywhere Wants Your Data
Amazon’s Fire TV streaming video device now accommodates access to digital movie/TV show purchases and rentals on FandangoNow. It’s a noteworthy move since Amazon has historically shied away offering access to third parties in the same business of transactional video-on-demand. FandangoNow, which is owned by NBCUniversal, is also available on Roku, Chromecast, Xbox, NVIDIA, Portal … Continue reading “Amazon Fire TV Gets FandangoNow; Movies Anywhere Wants Your Data”
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Hulu Missing From Chicago Cubs Spring Training Lineup
The Chicago Cubs, like many Major League Baseball teams, begin their 28-game Spring Training season Feb. 22 in Mesa, Arizona. While inclement weather is delaying the start to many games on Saturday, Disney’s online TV platform, Hulu with Live TV, won’t be around to stream the action regardless of projected rain in the forecast. The … Continue reading “Hulu Missing From Chicago Cubs Spring Training Lineup”
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Trans World Entertainment Secures $25 Million Loan for eTailz Business
On the heels of selling its legacy home entertainment retailer, For Your Entertainment (f.y.e.), for $10 million, Trans World Entertainment Corp. has secured $25 million in funding for its eTailz.com ecommerce business. TWEC acquired etailz for $75 million in 2016 as a means of jumpstarting an ecommerce business segment. The Spokane, Wash.-based company claims to … Continue reading “Trans World Entertainment Secures $25 Million Loan for eTailz Business”
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ViacomCBS Expanding All Access SVOD Platform to Include Other Brands
ViacomCBS’ flagship subscription streaming service is moving beyond the CBS brand to include other properties within the media giant’s portfolio. Speaking on the Feb. 20 fiscal call, CEO Bob Bakish said the All Access expansion would include incorporating content from Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET and Smithsonian, in addition to movies from the Paramount library. … Continue reading “ViacomCBS Expanding All Access SVOD Platform to Include Other Brands”
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Comcast Ups Jennifer Khoury to Chief Communications Officer
Comcast Feb. 21 announced the promotion of Jennifer Khoury to chief communications officer, succeeding D’Arcy Rudnay who is retiring after a 16-year career at Comcast, effective today. Rudnay will remain with Comcast through the end of the year, serving as senior advisor to Comcast’s executive leadership team. “D’Arcy created our corporate brand and has led … Continue reading “Comcast Ups Jennifer Khoury to Chief Communications Officer”
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WarnerMedia Inks Distribution Deal with YouTube TV
WarnerMedia Entertainment and YouTube TV Feb. 20 announced a comprehensive distribution relationship that will deliver the media company’s entertainment, sports and news network portfolio to YouTube TV’s more than two million online TV subscribers. The pact expands upon the existing 2018 carriage agreement between the two companies for WarnerMedia networks TBS, TNT, truTV, CNN, HLN, … Continue reading “WarnerMedia Inks Distribution Deal with YouTube TV”
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ViacomCBS: Pluto TV Expected to Generate 30 Million Monthly Viewers by December
ViacomCBS has high hopes for ad-supported Pluto TV. Acquired in January 2019 for $340 million, the San Francisco-based service now features 80 content channels, 22 million monthly viewers and has become a cornerstone of the media giant’s digital strategy. The company’s other two high-profile subscription streaming video-on-demand platforms — CBS All Access and Showtime OTT … Continue reading “ViacomCBS: Pluto TV Expected to Generate 30 Million Monthly Viewers by December”
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Paramount Home Entertainment Revenue Tops Theatrical as Movie Biz Returns to Profitability
Thank goodness for sales and rental of movies and TV shows. ViacomCBS Feb. 20 reported that Paramount Home Entertainment generated revenue of $623 million in 2019, which was up almost 1% from revenue of $617 million in 2018. That was an increase of nearly 14% from theatrical revenue of $547 million. Paramount’s top-selling packaged media … Continue reading “Paramount Home Entertainment Revenue Tops Theatrical as Movie Biz Returns to Profitability”
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Charlie Ergen: Dish Network, DirecTV Merger ‘Probably Inevitable’
With Dish Network and DirecTV losing nearly 4 million combined linear TV subscribers in 2019, it seems just a matter of time before the two satellite TV operators combine operations. That’s the sentiment coming from Dish CEO Charlie Ergen who is aggressively transitioning his company into a wireless telecommunications provider featuring a nationwide 5G network. … Continue reading “Charlie Ergen: Dish Network, DirecTV Merger ‘Probably Inevitable’”