Opinion and Analysis
Home Opinion and Analysis
Will Hollywood’s Streaming Ambition Lead to Big Gaming Buys?
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "As Microsoft snaps up Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion to shore up its streaming platform, and Netflix also enters the...
The Industrial Metaverse: Where Simulation and Reality Meet
VentureBeat reports: "Much of the attention around the metaverse to date has centered on social experiences where people can meet up, but I’m most...
The State of Media Diversity
Digiday reports: "In 2020 and 2021, the advertising industry renewed its focus on the need for better representation regarding diversity in ad creative and...
Rethinking the Longevity of Cryptocurrency’s Pay-for-Processing Model
TechCrunch reports: "The pay-for-processing business model has always been a largely unquestioned mainstay within the cryptocurrency landscape. Since the inception of digital assets, investors,...
The Deal That Will Change the Industry Forever: Analysts on Microsoft’s...
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "The number of mergers and acquisitions taking place across the games industry has dramatically risen in recent years, but every now and...
Sky Is Largest TV Company by Revenue in Europe, Netflix Controls...
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Comcast-owned Sky is Europe’s largest TV company by revenue, which reached $18.6 billion (€16.3 billion) in 2020, compared to $7.0...
Netflix Earnings Preview: Subscriber Momentum in Focus Amid Somber Investor Mood
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "The company’s fourth-quarter earnings report after the market close on Thursday will show how the actual figure compared with management’s...
2022 is Shaping Up To Be One of Video Games Biggest...
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "2021 was the year we felt the effects of the pandemic. Big games were delayed as some developers struggled to adapt to...
Euro Cinema Group Predicts 75 Percent Box Office Growth in 2022
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "European cinema group UNIC is predicting a major box office bounce back this year, forecasting ticket revenue across Europe, the...
A Hospitable Metaverse Requires the Basic Building Blocks of Virtual Life
TechCrunch reports: "Meta’s stated mission is to seamlessly connect disparate environments like work, social media and gaming so it can allow people to effectively...