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Originally Posted by Phunkenstein
Aside from Disney and it’s various labels, Sky haven’t lost any other deals to the ‘streamers’ - they still have Paramount theatrical titles albeit shared, still have their deals with Warner Bros, Sony & Universal and actually nabbed two deals from distributors who had deals at Amazon (EOne and StudioCanal)… the issues with fewer movies has primarily come from the reduction in major theatrical titles released over the last couple of years hence their pivot to more acquired and produced original movies…
I honestly don’t think the number of linear channels is linked to the number of premiere movies… the genre focus of the channels are far more linked to the overall catalogue they have at any one time.
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Sky has done well with its EOne, Studio Canal and Paramount deals. I do think the loss of Fox and Disney films with their well-known franchises is noticeable and Amazon's acquisition of MGM won't help matters as far as James Bond goes.
Sky must be hoping to do some sort of deal with Warner Bros be it exclusive or non-exclusive. Warner needs the money so Sky should be in a good position here.
But I agree that Covid led to a reduction in filming and that's feeding through into fewer releases.
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Originally Posted by epsilon
I would agree that it is just a carrot to encourage users to switch to viewing on the streaming platform. Perhaps because a majority of their viewers currently prefer to watch the live content. Who knows how successful they will be.. earlier ventures to promote content, such as ITV Encore haven't been a massive success.
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ITV Extra also provides other benefits to ITV:
- Opportunity to charge viewers for no adverts
- Opportunity to have a direct relationship with subscribers and market to them
- Targets younger people who watch on phones more than TVs
- Hope that once people are in the ITV Extra app, they will watch more ITV content and not channel hop to the BBC, Channel 5 etc.