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...In addition to the costs of investing in content and technology, Disney estimates it will lose $150m in licensing money a year by pulling its programming from Netflix....
...Spotify’s vast catalogue of 30m songs due to its licensing deals with Sony, Warner and Universal allows users to access practically any song they want....
...Content licensing and distribution revenue fell 22 per cent to $860m, mostly due to the timing of domestic TV licensing sales....
...Netflix expires....
...Music has a far lower barrier to entry than long, exclusive videos like those produced by Netflix....
...It took another step in reducing its reliance on licensing characters and franchises from third parties this week with the acquisition of comic book publisher Millarworld....
...Netflix, for example, has invested $1.75bn in producing and licensing shows in Europe since 2012. Discovery hopes the merger can help it build muscle in Europe by giving it access to more shows....
...Total music industry revenues, which include live ticket sales, sponsorships and licensing, rose 3.4 per cent to $47.2bn in 2016 and are expected to increase for a fourth straight year to $49bn in 2017....
...Lingering paranoia from the Napster shakeout has made licensing negotiations with labels “slow and tough”, says one streaming executive....
...As streaming gains in popularity, media owners have questioned whether they are getting fair payment for licensing content to digital platforms such as Hulu and Netflix....
...Netflix has so far borne the brunt of the industry’s anxieties over cord cutting, with media owners asking if they are getting fair value in return for licensing their content to streaming platforms....
...The move allows the ecommerce group to broaden its offering of video content without having to pay higher licensing fees, and gives partners access to Amazon’s distribution and billing infrastructure and...
...The announcement came two days after Netflix, which does not have adverts, said it would not renew a licensing deal that allowed it to carry blockbuster titles such as Hunger Games: Catching Fire....
...“In the next several years, you’re going to see more and more licensing of these apps for all kinds of different devices. It’s going to be very important to have a presence there.”...
...Amazon has offered publishers the option to sign a new licensing agreement for Kindle Unlimited....
...“If you look at Netflix, viewing is higher in HBO homes, and HBO viewing is higher in Netflix homes,” he said. “So those are add ons.”...
...But the failure to secure licensing rights from Dish Network, Blockbuster US’s parent company, for an online service led to the company falling into administration again....
...More than any technological innovation, Apple needs to find its way through the complex world of TV licensing and land more original content....
...Netflix has endured a rocky 18 months, triggered by the loss of its licensing deal with Starz – which included the right to screen some Disney movies....
...It is aggressively pursuing other licensing agreements and is also in discussion with Warner Brothers about putting its television programming on the streaming service, the report says....
...Netflix is aggressively pursuing other licensing agreements and is also in discussion with Warner Brothers about putting its television programming on the streaming service, according to people briefed on...
...Netflix also struck a licensing deal with Televisa, Mexico’s biggest broadcaster, covering about 3,000 hours of telenovelas and other programming....
...Those services are distinct from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, which let users stream older movies from libraries for a fixed monthly fee....
...Tim Twerdahl, Consumer Products vice president at Roku – Roku sells a $99 box that plugs into a TV and serves up Netflix movies and content from Amazon’s Video on Demand service over an internet connection...
...MedImmune Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. has an enormous bearing on the intellectual integrity of patent licenses. This saga starts with the famous 1969 decision in Lear v....
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