Video Games Soar During Pandemic While the Movie Industry Navigates It. The pandemic has had an undeniable cooling effect on live-action motion picture production, and both film creators and decision makers in the theatrical exhibition industry are still looking for
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AMPTP Strikes New Deals with Union Groups
AMPTP Strikes New Deals with Major Motion Picture & Television Union Groups In spite of the unique negotiating circumstances stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has recently reached new agreements with each of…
WGA Agreement with UTA: Will One of the other Major Talent Agencies Follow Suit?
It looks like a ray of light has started to shine through the stubborn conflict between the Writers Guild of America and the major talent agencies. The results appear to hinge on a conditional deal that involves hard but significant…
Film and TV Unions have approved Guidelines to Reopen, but have Writers been Excluded?
Hollywood union leaders have recently issued industry-wide guidelines that recommend motion picture studio production changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to those who have drafted the protocols, if reopening is to happen safely, actors, crew, and everyone who…
To Stream, or not to Stream…
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, movie theaters have closed for the time being, but consumers have not lost any appetite for the movie-viewing experience. So with streaming services temporarily taking over as the primary option for movie watching,…
Esports Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Esports (real-time multiplayer video games) are a relatively new entrant to the sports entertainment industry. And as a newcomer, the credibility of the esports enterprise has been subject to no shortage of scrutiny and controversy. People continually debated the primary…
Animation is Uniquely Positioned for Growth in 2020
Streaming services overall tend to demonstrate a preference for animation over live-action productions, especially when it comes to children’s content, primarily because of lower production costs. Without production and sets, the cost difference is wide enough to appeal to streamers.…
Streaming Services May Push Network TV Pilot Season into Extinction
The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing epic shake-ups to various aspects of our lives, changes that are rapidly making their presence known in every corner of almost every industry. The world of TV production has not been spared, of course, and…
Amazon Prime Video Differentiates Itself from Other Streaming Services
Streaming video on demand (SVOD) businesses are streaming, literally, into the marketplace, as new services like Disney Plus, HBO Max, and Apple TV Plus rush forward to satisfy an insatiable customer demand for streamed viewing options. Each service looks for…
TV Networks and Studios Prep for WGA Negotiations/Writers Strike
Television network and studio executives, and major producers for existing programs are about to make some strategic hiring decisions, according to industry commentary, like this article from Deadline. As the WGA (Writers Guild of America) faces the end of its…