Apple's arrival in the scripted originals space already is changing the price for top talent on the small screen. The tech giant, estimated to enter the scripted genre with a budget of $1 billion in its first year, recently paid what sources say is upward of $1.25 million per episode to stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon for its 20-episode untitled morning-show drama.
Amazon.com Inc. has tapped NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke as head of Amazon Studios, its movie and television unit, succeeding Roy Price, who resigned amid allegations that he engaged in sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior toward a producer.
By Netflix Inc. is planning to release 80 films in 2018, which by Hollywood standards is ambitious and aggressive. Chief content officer Ted Sarandos said on the company's quarterly earnings interview on Monday that the streaming giant released eight films in the 2017 third quarter and has close to 80 set to hit the service next year.
By Netflix Inc. finished what DVRs started in changing the way people watch TV when it began streaming popular TV shows in 2007 without commercials. The shift away from ad-supported TV and toward subscription-based streaming services detached from traditional cable TV has led to continued viewership declines at networks and a shift in Macquarie Research analysts' views.
By Amazon.com Inc. said on Tuesday that it has signed the Emmy-nominated TV writer and creator Sharon Horgan to an exclusive overall two-year deal. Horgan created, writes and stars in the British show "Catastrophe," which streams in the U.S. on Amazon, with Rob Delaney.
By Dealing content out to third-party platforms such as Netflix Inc. and Hulu has been good business for the Walt Disney Co. and other media companies, but Disney may be considering a future where it keeps a tighter hold on its content.
By When Ryan Murphy began working with 21st Century Fox Inc. in 2003 on the medical drama "Nip/Tuck" on FX and later "Glee" on the company's namesake network, Netflix Inc. was six years into disrupting the DVD rental business and had just posted its first profit.