For the last few years, Media Play News provides their top home entertainment retailers. Streaming services have evolved from distributors of content to content creators, so are omitted from this year’s list. The focus is now on pure retailers who are in the business of distributing home entertainment products on a transactional basis. A couple key points to mention: One …
Can The Streaming Wars Get Any Hotter? They Just Did.
They say a lot can happen if you blink. And in just the past few weeks, in the ever-expanding world of streaming content and the gruesome streaming wars, proved that once again. In just the span of three weeks, we have seen the launch of Apple TV+, new details revealed about HBO Max and a tease from Netflix about higher …
Add “Multicast” to the Splintering List of Content Choices
With Apple moving into cinema premieres, and just this month AMC Theatres challenging Netflix with a jump into the streaming wars, the field seems prime with the possibility for more disruption, melding, consolidation and fragmentation, before things settle. Add to that list one more for good measure: the multicast. Major sports leagues, who for decades have relied on exclusivity and singularity of …
Apple + Cinema = What Exactly?
As Apple is wont to do from time-to-time (but not always), a few weeks ago they announced an arguably bold move. Widely reported across all trade and business press, Apple will roll out feature-length films in theaters before releasing them on its streaming service Apple TV+. Unlike Netflix and others, Apple seems to be focused on highlighting their role in …