Our Take:

The top execs at companies like Fox and Time Warner are reevaluating their strategies regarding selling content to Netflix as SVOD options increase, Bloomberg reports. Fox CEO James Murdoch said the company’s thinking about the business surrounding SVODs is “evolving,” and that Fox has done more business with Hulu lately rather than Netflix since Fox can control its own advertising. Meanwhile, Time Warner is pushing pay-TV operators to offer entire seasons of shows in order to entice subscribers to binge on their platforms instead of Netflix. The takeaway? The SVOD market is robust–and they certainly have more power to leverage today than they did a few years ago.

After years of selling old seasons of hit shows exclusively to Netflix Inc., some of the world’s biggest media companies are adjusting their strategy, signing deals with other streaming video services or making more episodes available on demand via traditional pay-TV distributors.

Read More at Bloomberg

The Daily

Subscribe
Thursday–December 12

Women’s World Cup Could be Going to a Streamer

The U.S. rights to the 2027 and 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cups are up in the air, and it could be headed to a streaming service.

Read the Full Issue
The Skinny is delivered on Tuesday and focuses on the cable profession. You'll stay in the know on the headlines, topics and special issues you value most. Sign Up

Calendar

Apr 16
Cablefax 100 Awards Nominations Open November 13th, 2024.
Full Calendar

Jobs

Seeking an INDUSTRY JOB or hiring for one?
VIEW JOBS

In conjunction with our sister brand, Cynopsis, we are offering hiring managers a deep pool of media-savvy, skilled candidates at a range of experience levels and sectors. The result will be an even more robust industry job board, to help both employers and job seekers.

Contact Carley Ashley, [email protected], for more information about posting a job on the website and our Jobs newsletter, sent twice weekly to 85,000 media professionals.