Jan Coleman

Check out my latest article in TheWrap, highlighting the most anticipated TV shows of October! Leading the new releases is CBS’s reboot of Matlock, while the hit procedural Tracker tops the list of returning series. Dive into the full details here below...#StreamingAnalytics #EntertainmentIndustry #WhipMedia

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“Sony Music Entertainment is set to acquire the catalog of legendary rock band Queen in a landmark deal worth GBP £1 billion (USD $1.27 billion at current exchange rates). That’s according to Hits, which reported on Wednesday (June 19), citing sources, that Sony Music has emerged as the winning buyer for Queen’s recording and publishing rights, as well as royalties from previous deals with Disney Music Group and Universal Music Group. Disney owns the band’s recorded music catalog in North America, while UMG has a global distribution agreement with Disney. Separately, Queen band members Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon – plus the Freddie Mercury estate – each own equal shares in the company Queen Productions Ltd, which owns the group’s recording catalog outside the US and Canada, Music Business Worldwide noted in a report last year. UMG, as Disney’s distributor, will reportedly retain distribution rights in North America, although Sony will receive the royalties. UMG’s worldwide distribution rights will then transfer to Sony in 2026 or 2027, making Sony Music the sole distributor and owner of all Queen content globally, Hits explained. The deal also reportedly includes name and likeness rights, opening doors for merchandise and other ventures. Meanwhile, Queen’s founding members, May and Taylor, who continue to tour with vocalist Adam Lambert, will reportedly retain control of revenue from live performances.” Read the full article for more: #Queen #SonyMusic #UMG #DisneyMusicGroup #UniversalMusicGroup #Music #MusicBusiness #Musica #MusicIndustry #Musique #Musik #MusicBiz #Creators #Artists

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Streaming bundle here? "The Walt Disney Studios Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) have announced a new streaming bundle that includes Disney+, Hulu and Max. Beginning this summer in the US the streaming services will be offered together, featuring content from ABC, CNN, DC, Discovery, Disney, Food Network, FX, HBO, HGTV, Hulu, Marvel, Pixar, Searchlight, Warner Bros, and more. The new bundle will be available for purchase on any of the three streaming platform’s websites and offered as both an ad-supported and ad-free plan." This is only in the US to begin with, but this is providing a model of how the #streamingmedia industry could change, and consolidate in some way to bring about a less fractuous market. "Additional details regarding the bundle, including pricing, offer will be unveiled in the coming months." It will be intriguing to see what the price will be. My guess would be there will be a modest increase in price, but I think the main aim of this strategy would be to curb the #churnrate as subscribers would no longer need to drop Disney to subscribe to Max and vis-versa. It would make sense to me to be less about offense and increasing pricing and more about defence to keep the subscribers who join their platform. If it does turn out to be a ploy to be able to increase pricing, I think it will fail badly, people will go to other platforms, the market is fragmented enough that no one platform is indispensable, and if there was one, it would be Netflix anyway. If it's a defensive move, it will stand more chance of success. It goes to show the new era of co-operation, and this will be watched closely by other #streamingplatform rivals. If this move leads to less churn and more stability in subscription, then will we see other alliances amongst streamers? We've seen now alliances between pay-tv and streaming across the board, but as of yet, no streaming alliances. And yet, it remains to be seen how this will work. It's a great idea in principle, but how exactly will it function? What's the split of revenue? Is there a benefit for Disney if the package is subscribed via their platform, or vis-versa? What if Max accounts for more viewing than Disney on the JV or vis-versa? Will this affect the terms of business between the two? It seems hazardous to have two big separate companies, with their own interests trying to co-operate on this. It's not like paytv, where the operators acted as middle man and aggregator of channels, this is D2C, and with two rivals trying to co-operate, it could either be a big success or end in acrimony. It's a big move in the industry, aggregation is the direction that the industry needs to go without a doubt. However, its laden with risk and challenges. #streaming #tvindustry #mediaindustry #television #streamingservices #svod #vod #wbd #disneyplus

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We're excited to share that our panel, "How to Pivot From the Audience You Have to the One You Want," is up for consideration at SXSW 2024! Would love to have your support for this panel from you and your friends, family, co-workers, etc….My publicists are making me do this and I can’t have them mad at me….. Steps:  1. Sign Up here: https://lnkd.in/g4sYT7hU - Create an account on the SXSW Panel Picker website. No payment is required. - Put in email & password. 2. Voting Process: - Go to the SXSW Panel Picker website - Look in the menu bar and go to “Search Proposals" - Search for the panel titled: "How to Pivot From the Audience You Have to the One You Want" - Cast your vote by clicking the "Vote" button. Deadline: August 18, 2024. Thank you for your support! https://lnkd.in/g4sYT7hU #SXSW2024 #AudienceGrowth #Vote #Keepingmypublicistshappy

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“Music recording companies have been urging streaming services to raise their subscription prices for some time now, and over the past 18 months, they’ve succeeded, with most of the major DSPs hiking prices. Some in the music industry have hinted these price hikes – typically an increase of $1 per month for individual subscriptions – isn’t quite enough to keep up with inflation. But Sony Music Group Chairman Rob Stringer is setting his sights on another monetization goal: Getting the music streaming services to start charging for their ad-supported subscription tiers.” “The value of the paid music product remains incredible. And we appreciate that our partners recognized that with price increases over the past year. However, it also highlights that the price gap between free and paid has gotten wider in mature markets. We hope that our partners close that gap by asking consumers using ad-supported services to additionally pay a modest fee.” “Besides Sony’s take on ad-supported streaming services, here are five other things we learned from Rob Stringer’s presentation at Sony’s business segment meeting:” #Sony #SonyMusic #Spotify #AppleMusic #YouTubeMusic #Deezer #Streaming #Songwriters #StreamingRoyalties #Royalties #MusicTracks #MusicStreams #Music #MusicBusiness #Musica #MusicIndustry #Musique #Musik #MusicBiz #DSPs #StreamingServices #StreamingMedia

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Alien: Romulus was set to go to streaming but was sent to theaters instead. It will make around $350 million on an $80 million budget and has resurrected the franchise. Smile was set to be a Paramount+ movie but after positive test screenings it too went to movie theaters. It made $220 million on a $17 million budget. The sequel due out next month will be even bigger... The same with Evil Dead Rise - which made $150 million on a similar budget - instead of going to Max... So I really don't understand the wisdom in sending one of Stephen King's most famous novels to streaming - when the last beloved King adaptation, IT, became one of the most successful horror movies of all time... Streaming movies come and go in a week and have pretty much zero cultural impact. So why waste potential moneymakers on streaming? The new Salem's Lot might be terrible. But I suspect it would make a good chunk at the box office. And even if it flopped, it didn't cost a fortune and would promote the streaming release... In an era where streamers are cutting shows and budgets left and right - how does this make sense?

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Let the great rebundling begin! Sure, the streaming wars accelerated the end of cable ("cord cutting"). But as subscription growth churns and declines and Wall Street demands revenue, all of the streamers are looking for ways to reach new customers-- aka, bundling. Welcome back to your cable box in a new form. If you have been tracking Evan Shapīro media universe maps, you know this is coming. But isn't it too late? Zillenials watch 4 hours of video a day but 3 hours of it is not distributed by the studio system. It's on YouTube and TikTok, et al. And btw, the streaming wars, not AI or the strikes, have most significantly contributed to this massive industry consolidation. If you did the back of the napkin math, these vertically conglomerates were never going to pay for $billions/year in content to feed the beast on a $9.99/month subscription model. Producers were never going to get the same pay day with a +10% global, in-perpetuity deal. The industry is built on multiple revenue streams for both producers and distributors. Everyone needs windowing, syndication, sales by territory and a real share of the backend ownership. https://lnkd.in/eTsxbrby

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Music Business Association Music Biz 2024 coming up in May. Find out more about Reactional Music and what we are delivering across interactive music, music personalisation, in-game economies, generative composable music and the possibilities for creators, composers, artists and developers

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