TOP WATCHED VOD PREMIERE MOVIES

*Screen Engine/ASI’s Weekly Top Watched VOD Premiere Movies list is based on the incidence of respondents from the syndicated weekly PostVOD^TM online survey where they state which movies they viewed and how recently from a list of recently released VOD movies, in the past six weeks, including PVOD (Premium Video-On-Demand), EEST (Early Electronic Sell Thru), or SVOD (Subscription Video-On-Demand). 

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Sarandos and Peters take charge at a major inflection point in the history of Netflix history and media more broadly. Netflix just delivered its weakest year of subscriber growth since 2011, prompting a steep decline in the shares of almost every major media company. The global economy flirting with a recession hasn’t helped. And yet, as most traditional media companies struggle with the rapid decline of cable TV, Netflix has achieved a rare feat: it owns a profitable (and growing) streaming service. Read more

As the second part of Puck’s streaming brand study reveals, consumers have a really tough time remembering whether the shows they like are on Apple TV+, Peacock, Netflix, or somewhere else, even if they have watched those shows and movies. It’s called “recall,” meaning how well people connect specific content to a specific platform, and it’s a big problem for these services as they try to distinguish themselves in a crowded market. Read more

With temperatures as low as 7 degrees (that’s Fahrenheit, for our globe-girdling international readers), the extreme cold has become a handy metaphor for the lack of heat in the market for all the indie projects on display, except for a few horror films and music documentaries. You can blame that on the Great Streaming Correction that hit media companies last year after Netflix’s disastrous April earnings report. Read more

To grow the audience of its free TV Plus streaming service, Samsung is considering a move that seemed unthinkable not too long ago: The consumer electronics giant has approached some of its competitors about launching TV Plus on their TV sets. One of the companies that has had discussions about carrying TV Plus in recent months is TCL, according to a source in the know. Lowpass

Over the last several years, the team under Aaron LaBerge has created its own advertising-delivery stack from the ground up, centered on the proprietary Disney Ad Server. The company deployed the new Disney Ad Server on Hulu last year — and it’s now also powering Disney+ with ads, which launched last month. Currently, the Disney Ad Server delivers some 500 million ad impressions per day. Variety

As of Sunday, “The Way of Water” had tallied $598 million from domestic ticket sales and $1.426 billion from foreign markets. The film is the sixth highest-grossing film of all time and will likely move up in the rankings as its run in theaters continues. CNBC

As Amazon faces one of the most crucial crossroads in its nearly 29-year history, it’s dogged by a pressing question: Are the recent layoffs and cost cuts simply the sign of a company entering a new, unavoidable phase of maturity, or are they a warning flare that Amazon has plateaued and will soon start experiencing an eventual and irreversible decline? Vox

Fabric, the leader in media and entertainment catalog management, has acquired Internet Video Archive (IVA). For the past 18 years, IVA has been providing movie, TV, and game promotional content to some of the largest names in the business. The acquisition enables Fabric, whose clients include Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, HBO, MGM, and FOX, to provide greater value by instantly matching titles to IVA’s library, and enabling the sharing of data across Fabric customers. Read more

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