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Image Source: The Hollywood Reporter Paramount has counter-sued Warner Brothers Discovery’s $200 million lawsuit for more than $52 million dollars. Previously, WBD sued Paramount, South Park Digital Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios for a 2019 licensing deal. They argued that their payment of $500 million dollars for exclusive streaming rights to all previous seasons of…

Image Source: Meta Meta recently announced that it will be shutting down its original streaming content division known as Facebook Watch. This action is a part of a larger continuation of lay-offs and budget cuts that Meta has been applying in order to remain profitable.  The termination of Facebook Watch means that shows such as…

Image Source: yahoo! fiance While others are playing the Content Game (MAX and Disney), Peacock is increasing its technological assets. Recently, they have made headlines with the investment of Bodhi Tree Systems, as well as doubling down on VR streaming integration via Meta.  Last year, Bodhi Tree Media was launched by former Fox CEO James…

Image Source: GOOGLE 6 days ago, Google began adding hundreds of free channels to its preexisting FAST streaming interface: Google TV. Google claims that they have “more TV channels in one place than any other Smart TV platform”. In total, there will be 800 channels including news channels from names such as CBS, NBC, ABC,…

Image Source: COLLIDER Pictured Turning Red and Encanto According to a recent report from Variety, The Writers Guild of America is set to begin a strike authorization on April 11th. If the strike is passed, then the strike will officially begin on May 1st (when the current contract period ends). These talks have been ongoing…

Image Source: Mubi “Steamboat Willie” 1928 I remember in 2018, some of Disney’s biggest hits slowly began to deteriorate from Netflix. I thought that this signified a new age in streaming where intellectual property would be proudly shown by its creators. Now, 5 years later, it seems as though we are entering another “new wave”…

Source: Company Reports Originally published from the The Hollywood Reporter. As streaming platforms will do whatever it takes to catch up to Netflix, I ask is profitability the main thing to be focusing on too soon? The below article looks at how licensing legacy content across competitor’s platforms is becoming increasingly essential in the world…

Hi! My name is Roger Irwin and I will be following the video streaming sector this semester. I’ll be commenting on the latest publications from sources like IndieWire, CypnopsisMedia, The WallStreet Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, and Screen Rant. I am excited to track observe market trends in relation to ad-supported viewing. I am also…