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Video in 2022 is going to be shaped by several key trends. On the service side, consolidating the content appeal of subscription video on demand (SVOD) and advertising video on demand (AVOD) through effectively replicating traditional broadcast and linear TV offerings will be key. MIDiA defines these basic strategic content pillars, which are essential for Read More …
Music publisher Primary Wave capped off 2021 with deals for music rights from London folk-rock band America and blues rock baritone Paul Rodgers, investing $40 million and $20 million, respectively, according to people close to the deals. The company, which owns the music rights of Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, Prince and Bing Crosby, plans to turn up Read More …
Catholic publisher Loyola moves its Chicago offices closer to O’Hare International Airport multimedia product offerings. Following the onset of Covid-19, demand for Loyola’s digital licenses and sales of its audio and e-books rose significantly, according to Cicciarelli. “Customer behavior changed overnight,” she says. “The old building doesn’t have the same infrastructure—we could hear the L Read More …
One of the more controversial trends to gain traction on Twitch lately is the wholesale streaming of copyrighted TV shows by some of the site’s top streamers. Bizarrely they appear to have understood the consequences in advance and some are currently sitting out suspensions. So why bite the hand that feeds? Source: Twitch Streamers Deliberately Read More …
American radio stations are officially considering a conditional settlement offer between the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and Irving Azoff’s Global Music Rights (GMR) performance rights organization, which have engaged in a high-profile legal battle for over half a decade. The conditional settlement offer just recently came to light in a notice that was forwarded to Read More …