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...Sweeney, a video games programmer, founded Epic in 1991. The company, which makes the popular game Fortnite, is now valued at more than $30bn....
...Images and videos of the event online appear to show a stage adorned in UV lights....
...So far Shutterstock has seen the reverse – the demand for licensing of its content is accelerating with technology companies seeking more data access and increasing their content budgets as the commercial...
...But record labels and artists have for years complained that the platform was short-changing the industry by hosting a proliferation of fan videos that used their music without licensing permission....
...But Oracle took a different view, as its licensing of Java to handset makers came under threat from Android’s increasing adoption....
...services, and other audio and video projects....
...Instead, it will pay for licensing content for a service called News Showcase and on YouTube....
...It has grown into a formidable rival to Netflix and Amazon, luring in subscribers with original hits such as The Handmaid’s Tale and licensing rights to old favourites including Seinfeld....
...“The Roku TV licensing program has seen a lot of momentum....
...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....
...YouTube has warned this means millions of videos will become unavailable in Europe....
...That was driven by a sustained increase in higher-margin advertising revenues, as well as a one-off benefit from intellectual property licensing liabilities that Roku ended up not having to pay....
...The dominance of Google’s search engine has also yet to give it an edge against Amazon on smart speakers and other voice-activated devices, where the ecommerce company has cemented its early lead by licensing...
...YouTube is the world’s largest video site, and slickly produced videos by pop stars draws billions of views....
...Facebook, in its quest to become a bigger online video force has noticed this flaw: after years of negotiations with music companies, the social media group has signed a spate of licensing deals in the past...
...Udit Parihar, Rotterdam School of Management, Netherlands The traditional valuation methods may not be pertinent to the valuation of video and music streaming companies....
...Content licensing and distribution revenue fell 22 per cent to $860m, mostly due to the timing of domestic TV licensing sales....
...Other studies also point to Netflix’s growing stranglehold on the market for online video....
...At a recent conference, 21st Century Fox chief executive James Murdoch said its combination of a stake in US streaming app Hulu, licensing deals and desirable content would leave it well placed regardless...
...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....
...The company predicts that global internet video revenue will overtake DVD and Blu-ray sales for the first time this year, with subscription video services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime making up...
...Vevo does not charge for its videos. It is advertiser-funded instead. The company pays more than half its advertising revenues to its label owners as licensing fees, with a smaller cut to YouTube....
...Lingering paranoia from the Napster shakeout has made licensing negotiations with labels “slow and tough”, says one streaming executive....
...The deal comes as the big record labels, plagued by years of shrinking album sales, are in a stand-off with YouTube as they look to create new licensing terms with the world’s biggest streaming music platform...
...Meanwhile the biggest record labels, weighed down by shrinking album sales, are in a row with YouTube as they negotiate new licensing terms with the site....
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