Showbiz Sandbox 608: The Television Landscape Is Changing FAST
February 22, 2023
Major television networks, cable channels and even streamers are all reeling from all of the changes the industry has been undergoing recently. New shows are being canceled before they air. Others disappear after only a single season with all their episodes yanked from streaming libraries. Ratings for linear and cable are way down causing every stakeholder to earn less money from advertising and carriage fees.
All of this has caused the industry to get super excited by FAST – Free Ad Supported TV. These are streaming platforms built around existing properties like “Westworld” or original series like “Die Hart” which can be watched on-demand, only with ads peppered in. Annoying perhaps if you subscribe to HBO Max and expected to be able to binge shows that are no longer available on the platform.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why Roald Dahl’s books are being updated, box office in India rebounds nicely in 2022 and the big winners at this year’s BAFTAs.
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‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ Flies To $225.3M WW Opening Amid Softness In Asia Pacific
https://deadline.com/2023/02/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania-opening-weekend-marvel-titanic-avatar-china-global-international-box-office-1235261913/
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Marches to $120M Box Office Opening
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ant-man-wasp-quantumania-box-office-opening-1235329428/
India Recorded Second Biggest Box Office Year Ever In 2022 With $1.28BN, But Admissions Still Down On Pre-Pandemic Levels
https://deadline.com/2023/02/india-box-office-second-biggest-year-kgf-chapter-2-rrr-avatar-1235261274/
Hollywood Is Still in Bed With Putin’s Pariah State — and the Russian Box Office Is Booming
https://variety.com/2023/film/global/russia-hollywood-deals-ukraine-war-1235524623/
TV Academy Reverses Documentary Emmy Rule, Once Again Allowing Non-Oscar Nominees to Double Dip
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/tv-academy-documentary-emmy-rule-oscars-double-dip-1235522997/
Roald Dahl Books Rewritten to Remove Language Deemed Offensive
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/18/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-to-remove-language-deemed-offensive
BBC Says Producing Ads For China Propaganda Organs Is “Vital” For Funding Its Journalism
https://deadline.com/2023/02/bbc-defends-china-ads-1235257697/
Indian Officials Search BBC Offices After Modi Documentary
https://apnews.com/article/bbc-modi-new-delhi-india-entertainment-4c0c5029ded8a56783e051dcdf162c38
Film Studios Set For Crunch Talks Over Property Tax That Could “Torpedo” UK Status As Hollywood Rival
https://deadline.com/2023/02/film-studios-pinewood-fight-property-tax-hikes-1235257792/
Africa To See 9MN SVOD Subs Adds by 2028
https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2023021463448/africa-to-see-9mn-svod-subs-adds-by-2028.html
Broadway Theater Owner Jujamcyn To Combine Operations With UK’s Ambassador Theatre Group
https://deadline.com/2023/02/jujamcyn-ambassador-theatre-group-broadway-1235259169/
HarperCollins Union Ratifies New Contract
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91556-harpercollins-ratifies-contract-with-employee-union-we-are-excited-to-move-forward-together.html
David Guetta Says “The Future of Music is in AI”
https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-guetta-says-the-future-of-music-is-in-ai-after-eminem-deepfake-vocal-stunt-3398399
CNN Readies ‘CNN Primetime’ For 9 PM Hour
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cnn-prime-launch-9-pm-tv-news-1235527638/
The Streaming Purge: Behind The Wave Of Library Content Removals & Its Impact On The Creative Community
https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-streaming-purge-library-content-removals-impact-creative-community-1235256840/
Amid Linear TV’s Slow Slide, New Warning Signs Emerge
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/cord-cutting-tv-disney-fox-1235325933/
Edited Episodes of HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley,’ ‘True Blood’ to Air on TBS, TNT in Warner Bros. Discovery Experiment
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/silicon-valley-true-blood-episodes-tbs-tnt-1235525717/
Richard Belzer, Extraordinarily Smart-Ass as a Comic and a TV Cop, Dies at 78
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/richard-belzer-dead-homicide-law-order-1235329813/
Telluride Co-Founder and Francis Ford Coppola Producer Tom Luddy Dies
https://www.indiewire.com/2023/02/tom-luddy-dead-telluride-founder-1234809818/
Stella Stevens, Starlet of the ’60s and ‘Nutty Professor’ Actress, Dies at 84
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stella-stevens-dead-nutty-professor-1235328909/
Oliver Wood, Cinematographer of ‘The Bourne Identity’ and ‘Face/Off,’ Dies at 80
https://variety.com/2023/artisans/obituaries-people-news/oliver-wood-dead-bourne-identity-die-hard-2-1235528062/
Gerald Fried, Emmy Winner for ‘Roots’ and Composer for ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies at 95
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/gerald-fried-dead-star-trek-gilligans-island-1235527398/
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