Explaining the Business of Entertainment
Entertainment topics simple and complex explored in-depth.
For part two of my (giant) “Dogs Not Barking” series of the first half of 2022, I’m looking at films released directly to a streaming platform. Unlike the TV side, which we covered yesterday, there are fewer movies to talk about. As a result, this article is much shorter. Just look at
It’s that time of year! Time to check in on what streaming television shows and films failed to chart in the first half of 2022. Or as I call them, “Dogs Not Barking”. As I wrote in my explainer post defining the term “Dogs Not Barking”, unlike say twenty or
[Hey, you may be thinking, this isn’t a Streaming Ratings Report! True. I spent almost all of this week (and some of last week) updating my “U.S. Subscriber Estimates for Q1 of 2021.” Given that I just published a sneak peek at the Ankler yesterday, I wanted to put up
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If you were to ask anyone in the entertainment industry—or even non-Hollywood types—what it is that makes Netflix more successful than any other company, the answer is fairly simple: They have an algorithm. But not any algorithm. THE algorithm. The “almighty algorithm”. An algorithm that has so much power, so
Inspired by DVDs of old, whenever I dig into a particularly juicy topic—especially for another outlet—I write up a director’s commentary article for my own website. (Speaking of which, how does Disney+ not have director’s commentary versions of every MCU film? You’re telling me a cut of Avengers: Endgame with
– Disney and Netflix are in the “top tier” of US streaming subscribers, with 69.1 million and 66.8 million respectively. Disney just passed Netflix for top streaming subscriber in the US. – HBO, Prime Video, and Showtime/Paramount+ make up the next tier of streamers. The latest issue of the