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Documentary workers organize, classic movies get a second wind, and restored documentaries on labor unions remind us of what workers fought for and what still needs defending, inspiring future generations of working class to assert their rights. The National Labor Relations Act is a federal statue of U.S. labor law
In a dance that is spanning the year so far, Tesla CEO Elon Musk acquired enough shares of Twitter between January and March to enter a bid for takeover of Twitter in a self-proclaimed effort to secure the platform for free speech and transparency purposes. The action caused perceived harm to
Nearing the 10-week mark, the war in the eastern European country of Ukraine has spurned many in the entertainment industry to take action in matters they can control involving the invading nation, Russia. Netflix and other studio players since March have excluded Russian projects and releases from their film and
AMC+ combined with Shudder, AcornTV (British programming), Sundance Now, IFC Films Unlimited and ALLBLK (formerly UMC) reported more than 9mm subscribers at the end of 2021 with 20-25mm paid subscribers projected by 2025. Comcast renewed their carriage agreement with AMC+ which is available on their Xfinity platform. Unlike other services,
Netflix got into gaming last fall, hiring Facebook gaming executive, Mike Verdu, to lead its expansion, acquiring indie developer Night School Studio, and releasing a slate of games including, 2 Stranger Things titles, Shooting Hoops, Card Blast, and Teeter Up. For now, kids Netflix accounts cannot access games (unless a
At the start of 2022, Netflix reported its growth rate of 18mm subscribers for 2021, compared to 37mm in 2020, showing a slowing down of subscriber rates at 222mm worldwide, noting that 90% of paid subscribers adds are outside the U.S. and Canada. This explains its recent rate hikes, since
Once WarnerMedia and Discovery’s proposed merger met regulatory hurdles, the deal reportedly closed on Friday, April 8, 2022. Discovery+ reported 20mm paid subscribers in 2021 with more than 55,000 episodes from more than 2,500 series across networks, including HGTV, Food Network, TLC, ID, OWN, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel and Animal
What is churn you ask? It is not just a verb. Rather, churn is also an adjective, for example, when a user cancels a service – typically in response to a rate hike (i.e. “churn rate”). Sound familiar? Just last year, Deloitte predicted more than 150mm viewers will cancel at
Last December, Fox-owned Tubi acquired MarVista Entertainment (think Lifetime movies) with an aim at targeting its content to their AVOD supported streaming service. Also toward the end of last year, ITC studios (based in London England) announced it would double its number of scripted hours and according revenue in an
Theatrical windows have been getting smaller. In Europe, audiences are accustomed to larger windows with nothing short of 15-17 months as “reasonable” in view of Canal Plus and local producer guilds agreements. French law requires Canal Plus reinvest into the local film economy and so they pledged to invest 600mm
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