By Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro March 25, 2019 | Apple’s new streaming service is coming in this fall with an update to the company’s already existing TV app, the tech giant announced today with one of the greatest filmmakers of all time on-stage and one of the most successful television icons. In a wide ranging announcement on many media fronts, Apple...
(Above) Fox's Mike Dunn (far right), who is the DEG Board's Former Chair and current Ex-Officio, with (l. to r.) Fox's John Penney and DEG's John Powers and Amy Jo Smith. By Thomas K. Arnold March 21, 2019 | Mike Dunn, for years the top home entertainment executive at 20th Century Fox, is among a handful of high-ranking studio executives to exit...
By Anthony D'Alessandro March 21, 2019 | A week and a half prior to the exhibitor-distributor love-in CinemaCon, the Motion Picture Association of America has released their annual entertainment industry report, showing that the theatrical and home ancillary sectors were vibrant at a record $96.8 billion in revenues in 2018, +9% over 2017. Some of the majors might be crying that the home entertainment sector has collapsed,...
By Dean Takahashi March 19, 2019 | Google CEO Sindar Pichai and executive Phil Harrison introduced Google’s cloud gaming platform, Stadia, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. They also showed a Google-made Stadia controller that you can use to play games on any device. The vision is to make games accessible to everyone in the world, Pichai said. Google’s vast data centers will support...
By The Information Staff March 15, 2019 | Two mega-entertainment deals, Disney’s $71 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment businesses and AT&T’S purchase of Time Warner, are putting a lot of veteran media executives on the job market. Just last week, AT&T announced the integration of the former Time Warner’s three main businesses, prompting an exodus of the top executives...
Do the movies we watch reflect who we are and who we aspire to be? March 19, 2019 | Each year, companies spend millions of dollars to craft brands that will resonate with the target audience. The movie business is no exception, with branding playing a key role in helping films compete for audience attention. But through what mechanism does the branding...
[Above] Poet Emily Dickinson will be played by actress Hailee Steinfeld in an Apple comedy series. By John Koblin March 17, 2019 | Apple has decided to put more emphasis on its services — think Apple Music and Apple Pay — to increase revenues. The strategy will include an expansion of Apple News, which is expected to be highlighted at the showcase,...
By Lucas Shaw, Mark Gurman and Julie Verhage March 13, 2019 | Apple Inc., after teasing investors for months about its ambitions to become a services company, is getting ready to showcase plans for its Apple streaming service and news products. All it needs now is for Hollywood to sign up. The company will host A-list celebrities and media executives on March...
By Ryan Faughnder March 8, 2019 |Walt Disney Co.’s entertainment kingdom is about to get a whole lot bigger thanks to the pending Disney purchase of Fox, and the rest of Hollywood has only just begun to grapple with the consequences of the company’s increasing power. The long-anticipated $71.3-billion acquisition will put the X-Men, Homer Simpson, the Avengers, Buzz Lightyear, Kylo Ren...
By Dino-Ray Ramos March 8, 2019 | Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman took the stage at SXSW to discuss their forthcoming short-form mobile streaming service. More accurately, they were defending it — and they unveiled new high-profile Quibi content projects in the pipeline to sell it. The platform launches next April and Katzenberg said they are going to release a...
