Executive Views

Conde Nast Finds A Fit For Films Beyond The Page

LAS VEGAS — Can a magazine make a movie? That’s what is happening at Conde Nast, the ...

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Analyst Views
Sports Is Catching Up With Hollywood In IPTV: Diffusion’s Espelien
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Executive Views
ZEFR’s BrandID Helps Brands See ‘Enormous Magnitude’ Of YouTube Fan Uploads
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Company strategy
In China video wars, giants battle, upstart rides Android to homes
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Company strategy
Domino’s aims to eat in to Netflix with its own VOD offering
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Amazon Introduces New Tablet At News Conference In New York
Company strategy
Lovefilm’s Kindle inclusion helps Amazon’s global content ambitions
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Company strategy
UK will spend £50 million to digitise classic films
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Company strategy
Rdio, Vdio tag-team for Skype founders’ music, movie combo
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Funding analysis
Ivi.ru is Hollywood’s route to Russian VOD
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Company strategy
Grocers’ digital dreams: Sainsbury’s launching VOD, Tesco ending MP3
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Company strategy
Netflix will need deep pockets to raid BSkyB’s movie locker
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Company strategy
Netflix chasing down Amazon’s Lovefilm to Scandinavia
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Company strategy
Sony-Disney’s FilmFlex plans new launch amid Netflix challenge
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Company strategy

Netflix is already a huge threat to Amazon’s Lovefilm

When a company launches a new service in to a new market, it usually takes far longer...

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Company strategy
Amazon’s new London development house points to global content roll-out
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Company strategy
Netflix gives itself a year to out-bid Sky for top UK movies
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M&A analysis
Pinterest investor Rakuten buys its way in to European VOD
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Company strategy
Netflix plans further Euro expansion in Q4
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Company strategy
How Netflix’s Hastings Could Get BSkyB Off An Anti-Trust Charge
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Funding analysis
Roku Needs To Raise $50 Million To Go Global
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Company strategy
Netflix Sees Overseas Losses Doubling To $118 Million This Quarter
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Industry moves
British Film Institute Adds A New Digital Head
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Company strategy
YouTube Fails To Convince Ad Regulator The Web Safeguards Kids Like TV Does
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Sky to create 1,000 jobs
Company strategy
Hollywood Lambasts Sky Movies Ruling, But Open Access Gains Favour
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Interviews
Interview Part 2: Netflix’s Hastings Hurt By Criticism But Over Transition
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Interviews
Interview Part 1: Netflix’s Hastings Aims To Challenge BSkyB
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Earnings analysis

HMV Sees Physical Content Crash Slowing Down, Despite Christmas Crunch

HMV’s CEO says the slowdown in plastic music and movie sales is itself slowing down –...

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Company strategy
Netflix Has Launched In UK, Price War With Amazon’s Lovefilm
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Market indicators
Online Video Sales Growing In China
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Company strategy
Apple Finally Brings iTunes Music And Movies To Latin America
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Company strategy
UltraViolet’s First Web Channels Are Now Live, Now It’s Going Global
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Company strategy
BSkyB ‘Perplexed’ By On-Demand Movie Judgement
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Company strategy
BSkyB Could Be Forced To Host On-Demand Movie Rivals
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Company strategy
Slideshow: The Future Of Movies According To Blinkbox And Tesco
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Tesco, Blinkbox Marry DVD, Online Movies Ahead Of Ultraviolet
Company strategy
Tesco, Blinkbox Marry DVD, Online Movies Ahead Of Ultraviolet
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Interviews
Interview: FilmFlex CEO To Netflix: Bring It On!
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Funding analysis
Netflix’s Global Funding Makes Sense — If It Can Rescue Domestic
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Company strategy
Netflix Will Rely On Rival Amazon’s Cloud For Years To Come
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Company strategy
Netflix Adds Lionsgate To UK Line-Up; Look Out, Lovefilm
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Company strategy

Netflix Puts Global Expansion On Hold As Costs Drag It Down

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is on the road to profitability in Canada, but costs for its glo...

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Company strategy
Netflix Cleared For UK & Ireland Take-Off Early In 2012: TV And Movies
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Market indicators
Online Movie Choice In UK Pales Against DVDs
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Company strategy
Updated: Skype, Rdio Co-Creator Tries Again At Online Video
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Company strategy
YouTube Brings Movie Rentals To UK
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Company strategy
Netflix’s Red Pill, Lovefilm’s Blue: DVDs Dowsing Amazon’s Fire?
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Company strategy
R.E.M.ix: ‘It’s The End Of TV As We Know It’
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Netflix Awards $1 Million Netflix Prize & Announce 2nd $1 Million Challenge
Company strategy
Netflix’s Split Misses The Trick
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Company strategy
ABC, Lovefilm Execs Scratch Heads At Netflix’s Split
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Company strategy
Channel 4, FilmFlex Position Themselves For Possible TV Movie Subscriptions
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Lovefilm Mulls Streaming-Only Service In Some Countries
Company strategy
Lovefilm Mulls Streaming-Only Service In Some Countries
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Analyst Views
Analyst: Netflix, Lovefilm May Not Get A UK Window Until 2014
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Company strategy
China’s Youku Video Site Gets Warner Movies For Its Paid Service
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Market indicators

The Netflix Effect: Video Gobbling Up Internet Traffic

Web browsing has been displaced as the biggest use of North American fixed-line inter...

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M&A analysis
Blinkbox And Tesco Clubcard Will Marry Plastic Discs And Digital Streams
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Company strategy
Why Subscription May Not Be The Panacea In Entertainment
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Company strategy
YouTube Has No European Movie Rental Plans
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Interviews
Interview: Lovefilm Investor Says Amazon Exit Is A Win-Win
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M&A analysis
Amazon Buying Lovefilm To Build European Movie Rentals Business
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Company strategy
For Netflix And Lovefilm, Online Choice Pales Against DVD Business
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Funding analysis
Arty Movie Service MUBI Takes $2.4 Million Funding
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Company strategy
Sony Switches On Qriocity Movie Rentals In Europe, But Not On PS3
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C4 Could Struggle To Profit From Paid PC Movies
Company strategy
C4 Could Struggle To Profit From Paid PC Movies
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Earnings analysis
Taking Lovefilm’s Pulse: Company Snapshot As DVDs Become Downloads
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M&A analysis
Lovefilm Is Going To Be Huge; But First, An Amazon Buy-Out Rumour
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Industry moves
Lovefilm Adds Still More Digital Heads – Playfish’s Segerstråle Joins Board
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Company strategy

Apple Tries To Marry Music Recommendation And Retail, But No Streaming

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is trying to close the loop between music discovery and iTunes Sto...

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Company strategy
YouTube Piggybacks BlinkBox, Others To Kick Off UK Movie Ambitions
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Company strategy
YouTube Piggybacks BlinkBox, Others To Kick Off UK Movie Ambitions
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Company strategy
Panasonic Adding Movie VOD Transactions To Its Connected TVs
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Insights
DCMS Cuts: Digital Film Access Scrapped To Save £2.5 Million
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Company strategy
BlinkBox Begins Off-PC Box Delivery With PS3 Service
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Broadband Content Bits: Video Views, Virgin Media Movies, STV Local
Market indicators
Broadband Content Bits: Video Views, Virgin Media Movies, STV Local
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Broadband Content Bits: Chrome Ads, Movie VOD, Sky Anytime
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Chrome Ads, Movie VOD, Sky Anytime
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Broadband Content Bits: Free Films Direct, MuZu.tv/O2, BBC MMS, 7digital
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Free Films Direct, MuZu.tv/O2, BBC MMS, 7digital
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First Look: iPlayer Videos Pack A Punch On Wii
Company strategy
First Look: iPlayer Videos Pack A Punch On Wii
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Company strategy
Microsoft Risks Zune In Europe With Xbox Video Update
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Market indicators
Cinema Admissions Rise 14.5 Percent During The Downturn
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Confirmed: UK’s Netflix-Clone Lovefilm Considering Sale Options
M&A analysis
Confirmed: UK’s Netflix-Clone Lovefilm Considering Sale Options
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M&A analysis

Confirmed: Lovefilm Considering Sell-Off Options

DVD-by-post rental business Lovefilm told us it is reviewing some kind of sell-off op...

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M&A analysis
Visual Effects Firm The Foundry Gets Management Buy-Out
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Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: FindAnyFilm.com Traffic, French IPTV Subs, Google Share, Sky Deutschland
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Insights
Report: Warnings Could Reduce Online Film, TV Piracy By Two Thirds
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Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: TV Ad Forecast, Sky Games, German IPTV; XBox Movies
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Indie Documentary Distributor Joiningthedots.tv Gets
Funding analysis
Indie Documentary Distributor Joiningthedots.tv Gets
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Industry Moves: Ex MySpace UK MD Fischer Running Film Site Jaman
Industry moves
Industry Moves: Ex MySpace UK MD Fischer Running Film Site Jaman
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Last.fm Gaining Mobile Momentum; Vodafone Latest To Add
Company strategy
Last.fm Gaining Mobile Momentum; Vodafone Latest To Add
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Film, TV Makers Demand Piracy Action, Five Months Late
Insights
Film, TV Makers Demand Piracy Action, Five Months Late
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Arts Alliance Media Funded For Digital Cinema Conversion
M&A analysis
Arts Alliance Media Funded For Digital Cinema Conversion
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Broadband Content Bits: Virgin 50Mbps, BlinkBox Deals, Premiere Buy-Up, Disney/Jetix, Sky Appeal
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Virgin 50Mbps, BlinkBox Deals, Premiere Buy-Up, Disney/Jetix, Sky Appeal
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Theater Impresario Lloyd Webber Plans Content Push, Music Downloads
Insights
Theater Impresario Lloyd Webber Plans Content Push, Music Downloads
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Raindance.tv Gets £500K For Online Indie Films
Funding analysis
Raindance.tv Gets £500K For Online Indie Films
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Company strategy

Babelgum Launches Bollywood Channel With WEG India Pictures

P2P TV platform Babelgum is adding what it says is the largest collection of online B...

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Company strategy
New Launches: The Film Club, MuZu TV Aim For Movie, Music Crowds
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Company strategy
Filmklik Sells Stake To Form Euro VOD Platform
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Company strategy
TheMoviesClub Co-Op Lets Film Buffs Play Mogul
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Company strategy
BlinkBox Adds Full-Length Shows To Clip Messaging Model, Out Of Beta
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French Supermarket Giant Carrefour Plans Movie Download Store
Company strategy
French Supermarket Giant Carrefour Plans Movie Download Store
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BT Vision Adds Universal Pictures VoD Service PictureBox
Company strategy
BT Vision Adds Universal Pictures VoD Service PictureBox
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Broadband Content Bits: Video Metrix, Irish Movies, Virgin Debt, BBC/Siemens
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Video Metrix, Irish Movies, Virgin Debt, BBC/Siemens
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Babelgum’s First Studio Investment – ‘Six-Figure’ Sum For Oil Doc
Company strategy
Babelgum’s First Studio Investment – ‘Six-Figure’ Sum For Oil Doc
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Broadband Content Bits: Warner Accelerates VOD, Orange Premium TV
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Warner Accelerates VOD, Orange Premium TV
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Dailymotion Cosying To Indie Film Makers In Content Hunt
Company strategy
Dailymotion Cosying To Indie Film Makers In Content Hunt
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Big Hopes For On-Demand DVDs; Worth $1.1 Billion By 2012: Report
Insights
Big Hopes For On-Demand DVDs; Worth $1.1 Billion By 2012: Report
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Babelgum Becoming Film ‘Studio’ In Latest Strategy Shift
Company strategy
Babelgum Becoming Film ‘Studio’ In Latest Strategy Shift
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Conference reports

@ Berlinale: Netflix Not Planning Return To Europe, HP/Wal-Mart Movie Income ‘Peanuts’

As Berlin buzzed to visits from stars like Penelope Cruz and Sir Ben Kingsley tonight...

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Conference reports
@ Berlinale: HP/Wal-Mart Movie Income ‘Peanuts’, Netflix Staying At Home
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Company strategy
Archos Bringing Movie Download Store To UK
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M&A analysis
Lovefilm Buying Two Of Amazon’s European DVD Rental Businesses
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M&A analysis
Lovefilm Buying Two Of Amazon’s European DVD Rental Businesses
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European Patchwork A Possible Sticking Point For iTunes Movie Rentals
Company strategy
European Patchwork A Possible Sticking Point For iTunes Movie Rentals
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Mobile Content Bits: Nuts TV Turns On, Film 24 Goes Mobile, Orange’s 70,000 French iPhones
Company strategy
Mobile Content Bits: Nuts TV Turns On, Film 24 Goes Mobile, Orange’s 70,000 French iPhones
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