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European Alliance Execs Debate Difficulty of Competing With Streamers

Deadline reports: "A host of heavyweight European execs have debated the difficulty of competing with US streamers on big budgets, while criticizing these players...

YouTube Shorts at One Year: What the Video Giant Has Learned...

Variety reports: "As of this summer, YouTube Shorts was generating over 15 billion global daily views, more than doubling from 6.5 billion in March...

Disney Stock Slides as Analysts Warn of Subscriber Slowdown

Forbes reports: "Shares of streaming and entertainment giant Walt Disney fell 3% on Monday morning after analysts at Barclays downgraded the stock, warning that...

Why The Copyright Royalty Board Must Index Song Rates to Inflation

Hypebot reports: "The Consumer Price Index (used by the Copyright Royalty Board to increase statutory royalties paid by SoundExchange) rose again in September according...

US Game Spending Up 3% to $4.4b in September

Gamesindustry.biz reports: "September saw US consumer spending on games reach $4.4 billion, a 3% increase year-on-year, according to the latest NPD data. Year-to-date spending...

Netflix Adds 4.4 Million New Subscribers in Third Quarter, Surpassing Projections

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Netflix added 4.4 million new subscribers in the third quarter of 2021 for a total of 214 million paid subscribers,...

Churn & Return: Younger Generations More Likely to Cancel and Then...

Variety reports: "It’s most common among younger generations: Nearly half of millennials (47%) and 34% of Gen Z in the U.S. canceled and then...

How NFTs Are Creating A Generational Divide Between Platforms

The Verge reports: "Like it or not, the rise of non-fungible tokens as an engine for fun and profit has been one of the...

HBO Max, HBO Gain 1.9 Million Subscribers in Q3 as International...

Variety reports: "The overseas growth for HBO/HBO Max and subscriber gains for the price-reduced HBO Max ad-supported tier partially offset the estimated loss of...

The Evolving TV Landscape: UCLA Study Finds Audiences Prefer Shows With...

Forbes reports: "One of the strongest trends over the course of this report series is the steady increase in overall cast diversity across all...