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Brandon KatzObserver |
Star power, or the ability of an actor to consistently draw audiences to a film or TV show, has waned and wobbled in the 21st century. What's behind...
Netflix said more than 60 percent of its subscribers watched at least one Korean title on the platform last year.
December 19 marks the 23rd anniversary of The Fellowship of the Ring's release.
Much like in baseball, Hollywood is a hit-driven business in which home runs generate multiples more value than singles and doubles (and subsidize all...
TV executives are now the new hot hiring commodity at top levels of Hollywood.
In its recent 2024 first-half State of Viewership report , Samba TV shared data highlighting which TV shows are most likely to be watched by...
The UFC's current $1.5 billion media rights deal with ESPN is expiring in 2025.
The streaming industry has entered its adolescence, and while Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon Prime Video have established themselves as global...
Like it or not, Hollywood relies on franchises as its lifeblood and studio executives would sell their souls (and likely have) for a hit film series...
America’s never-ending game of billionaire media hot potato continues as David Ellison’s long and arduous courtship of Shari Redstone finally...
Time is a funky thing. A lot of it can pass without too much change or disruption in a given area, as we saw with the linear pay-TV model’s decades...
Even in an election year, there are few things more divisive than comic book franchises. These entertainment monoliths draw outsized reactions from an...
In past Hollywood eras, a well-liked movie usually sold a fair amount of tickets. Today, quality in prestige films can garner widespread acclaim, but...
Video game intellectual property (IP) has emerged as the next battleground for Hollywood as comic book movie enthusiasm begins to wane and wobble, and...
Less is more. Except when it’s not. And in the current case of movies, it is most decidedly not . The film industry is shrinking—by revenue,...