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Mirror Mirror

Posted onMarch 9, 2018March 29, 2018AuthorPaul Sweeting

Traditional TV networks try to remake themselves in digital’s image Read More …

NBC, Rio, And the Long-Term Value of Televised Sports

Posted onAugust 18, 2016August 25, 2016AuthorPaul Sweeting

The future of live sports online will be a matter of platforms as much as a matter of rights. Read More …

What UI Voodoo Will Hulu Do In Linear Debut?

Posted onMay 2, 2016May 5, 2016AuthorPaul Sweeting

As owners of Hulu, Fox, Disney and NBCU will have direct exposure to consumer navigation preferences Read More …

What Broadcasters Are Talking About When They Talk About Netflix ‘Ratings’

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016January 27, 2016AuthorPaul Sweeting

Getting rid of the current financial model to operate more like Netflix will be difficult for the networks. Read More …

Netflix Is A Ratings Winner

Posted onJanuary 14, 2016January 21, 2016AuthorPaul Sweeting

Without even really trying to, Netflix has gotten pretty good at the linear networks’ own game. Read More …

One of the more striking aspects of the conversation around Musk’s pursuit of Twitter, including from Musk himself, has been its U.S.-centric focus. Much of the discussion has been framed against the backdrop of the U.S. culture war and the ersatz controversy over so-called cancel culture, such as around whether Musk will invite U.S. figures like Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins and Alex Jones to rejoin the platform after they were banned by the previous management for violating Twitter’s policies on hate speech and disinformation. Yet Twitter is a global platform. Read More …

The peak TV wave has crested and is now breaking. The urgent question facing Netflix and the rest of the SVOD field is whether it can figure out how to keep swimming, or get swamped in the surf. Read More …

It’s only Monday, but the Worst Idea of the Week Award (Early Decision) goes to: the GOP-controlled Kentucky state legislature, for its override of Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill that will allow local politicians to appoint anyone they want to library boards and block major library spending. Read More …

The solons behind the various library e-book bills may harbor a sincere, good-faith belief that they were merely supporting state-supported free public libraries and protecting consumers. But the striking similarity among the bills in multiple smacks of an orchestrated campaign to create new law on digital redistribution of copyrighted works on a state-by-state level without having to confront the federal Copyright Act head-on. Read More …

Peter Jansson, who since 2014 has served as senior manager of international music publishing within Disney Music Group, acknowledged the far-reaching financial effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in a message…

2022 shaping up as banner year for catalog deals Read More …

According to estimates from Insider Intelligence (previously eMarketer), Amazon Music will surpass Pandora this year to become the music streamer with the second most number of users in the U.S….

Back in October of 2021, Spirit Music Group owner Lyric Capital launched a $500 million catalog fund with Northleaf Capital Partners. Now, Spirit Music has acquired the song rights of country…

The Connecticut bill is similar to efforts in other states now underway, in that it would require publishers who offer an e-book to consumers in the state to also offer to…

Spotify’s once-heady stock has now tumbled below its opening price in 2018, with potentially further downward pressure ahead. In Wednesday (February 23rd) trading, Spotify stock (SPOT) dropped below its symbolic…

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How the Publishing World Is Muscling In on Hollywood Deals https://rightstech.com/2022/05/how-the-publishing-world-is-muscling-in-on-hollywood-deals/

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The Attention Recession: How inflation and the pandemic are reshaping entertainment https://rightstech.com/2022/05/the-attention-recession-how-inflation-and-the-pandemic-are-reshaping-entertainment/

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High-profile NFT auctions from Beeple, Madonna flop amid crypto crash https://rightstech.com/2022/05/high-profile-nft-auctions-from-beeple-madonna-flop-amid-crypto-crash/

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Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones and Kate Bush: the multimillion-pound deal that could turn them into 3D works of art https://rightstech.com/2022/05/jimi-hendrix-rolling-stones-and-kate-bush-the-multimillion-pound-deal-that-could-turn-them-into-3d-works-of-art/

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