Streamflation has pinched viewers’ wallets: Nearly all the major services have hiked up their prices, in some cases multiple times, within the last year. And it may not be the end, as a new analysis suggests that some players have room left to increase prices.
The price hikes, along with cutbacks on content spending and marketing, are a key tool streamers have to curb their losses as Wall Street keeps a tighter rein on unprofitable streaming ventures. Though there are other options for squeezing more revenue from an existing customer base, like leaning into ad-subsidized services or cracking down on password sharing, raising prices is the most straightforward route to a stronger bottom line. And it doesn’t seem to be driving away streamers’ customers — yet.
Price increases on monthly subscriptions are the “quickest way to see immediate average revenue per user growth,” Omdia media and entertainment analyst Sarah Henschel told TheWrap.
The price hikes, along with cutbacks on content spending and marketing, are a key tool streamers have to curb their losses as Wall Street keeps a tighter rein on unprofitable streaming ventures. Though there are other options for squeezing more revenue from an existing customer base, like leaning into ad-subsidized services or cracking down on password sharing, raising prices is the most straightforward route to a stronger bottom line. And it doesn’t seem to be driving away streamers’ customers — yet.
Price increases on monthly subscriptions are the “quickest way to see immediate average revenue per user growth,” Omdia media and entertainment analyst Sarah Henschel told TheWrap.
- 9/5/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan is opening a new winemaking facility on the site of a former Masonic lodge in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Keenan and the team behind his Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards will open the facility on October 6th. The complex will feature 270-degree views of the Verde Valley and include the Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Winery and Trattoria restaurant, the Caduceus Cellars Hilltop Facility, and the Vsc Ventura Room.
It’s the culmination of 20 years of work by Keenan, who founded Caduceus Cellars in 2004.
“In the many years I’ve been working towards this moment,” explains Keenan, “one of the things I discovered when it comes to bridging the hurdle of exposing people to Arizona wine is context. So by putting a place like this in the middle of Cottonwood with five acres of vines, to winery facilities with a full greenhouse, and a full kitchen, all the context becomes visible,...
Keenan and the team behind his Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards will open the facility on October 6th. The complex will feature 270-degree views of the Verde Valley and include the Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Winery and Trattoria restaurant, the Caduceus Cellars Hilltop Facility, and the Vsc Ventura Room.
It’s the culmination of 20 years of work by Keenan, who founded Caduceus Cellars in 2004.
“In the many years I’ve been working towards this moment,” explains Keenan, “one of the things I discovered when it comes to bridging the hurdle of exposing people to Arizona wine is context. So by putting a place like this in the middle of Cottonwood with five acres of vines, to winery facilities with a full greenhouse, and a full kitchen, all the context becomes visible,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Documentary of Nonfiction (Series) “Harry & Meghan” was directed by Liz Garbus.
Weekly Commentary: A tight race ensues for acclaimed documentaries. Ken Burns’ powerful “The U.S. and the Holocaust” which premiered at Telluride 2022 before hitting television screens, is a favorite in the category.
Read: Variety’s...
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Documentary of Nonfiction (Series) “Harry & Meghan” was directed by Liz Garbus.
Weekly Commentary: A tight race ensues for acclaimed documentaries. Ken Burns’ powerful “The U.S. and the Holocaust” which premiered at Telluride 2022 before hitting television screens, is a favorite in the category.
Read: Variety’s...
- 8/28/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
London, Sept. 05: So you know why does toast always seem to land butter-side down? Well, Scientists have unveiled the mystery of one of science's most enduring questions.
Food science expert Professor Chris Smith and his team dropped 100 slices of toast from table height in lab conditions to calculate the formula, highlighting that the way buttered toast lands isn't just a case of luck, Metro.co.uk reported.
In the experiment, which was commissioned to mark the DVD release of The Big Bang Theory season 6, the researchers found that the effects of gravity and drag combine to influence the event.
Therefore as the bread falls to the ground it only has the opportunity to achieve half a rotation before reaching the floor,.
Food science expert Professor Chris Smith and his team dropped 100 slices of toast from table height in lab conditions to calculate the formula, highlighting that the way buttered toast lands isn't just a case of luck, Metro.co.uk reported.
In the experiment, which was commissioned to mark the DVD release of The Big Bang Theory season 6, the researchers found that the effects of gravity and drag combine to influence the event.
Therefore as the bread falls to the ground it only has the opportunity to achieve half a rotation before reaching the floor,.
- 9/5/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
London, Sept 04: A survey, commissioned to mark the release of season six of science comedy 'The Big Bang Theory' on DVD, asked 2,000 people for the definitive list of quirky scientific conundrums.
It was found that 'Why is yawning infectious? What came first, the chicken or the egg? And why does hair turn grey?' were the top three popular quirky science queries, the Mirror reported.
Professor Chris Smith, of Manchester Met University, unopened the mystery behind contagious yawning, saying that it is a result of increased levels of carbon dioxide in the lungs, therefore if in a group are all relaxing together, it is probable they'll all reach the same elevated level of CO2 at approximately the same time.
Giving the.
It was found that 'Why is yawning infectious? What came first, the chicken or the egg? And why does hair turn grey?' were the top three popular quirky science queries, the Mirror reported.
Professor Chris Smith, of Manchester Met University, unopened the mystery behind contagious yawning, saying that it is a result of increased levels of carbon dioxide in the lungs, therefore if in a group are all relaxing together, it is probable they'll all reach the same elevated level of CO2 at approximately the same time.
Giving the.
- 9/4/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Killer Joe | Santa Sangre | Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World | Mad Men: Season 5 | Casque D'Or
Killer Joe
Killer Joe sees two major talents returning to form, neither of whom have been flavour of the month for many a year.
First, we get director William Friedkin, who made two of the most successful and defining films of the 1970s: The French Connection and The Exorcist. His fall came with the 1977 big-budget remake of Wages Of Fear. It wasn't a bad film, but it came out a month after Star Wars and was buried by critics. We also get Matthew McConaughey, who impressed in Dazed And Confused then squandered his talent by cornering the market in shirtless acting. Here, McConaughey's cop has a sideline in contract killing. His services are engaged by Chris Smith (Emile Hirsch), who wants to off his mother for the insurance. With nothing upfront,...
Killer Joe
Killer Joe sees two major talents returning to form, neither of whom have been flavour of the month for many a year.
First, we get director William Friedkin, who made two of the most successful and defining films of the 1970s: The French Connection and The Exorcist. His fall came with the 1977 big-budget remake of Wages Of Fear. It wasn't a bad film, but it came out a month after Star Wars and was buried by critics. We also get Matthew McConaughey, who impressed in Dazed And Confused then squandered his talent by cornering the market in shirtless acting. Here, McConaughey's cop has a sideline in contract killing. His services are engaged by Chris Smith (Emile Hirsch), who wants to off his mother for the insurance. With nothing upfront,...
- 11/3/2012
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, CBS has nabbed a single-camera comedy written by Tad Quill and starring David Walton. The project, from Sony Pictures TV and studio-based Happy Madison, centers on a bachelor firefighter (Walton) who has to make the ultimate sacrifice of taking care of someone other than himself when a 9-year-old girl enters his life. Quill is executive producing with Happy Maddison’s Doug Robinson, with Walton serving as producer. The untitled comedy reunites Quill, creator/executive producer of last season’s single-camera midseason NBC comedy Bent, and the series’ male lead David Walton. The duo’s new project was pitched to all four major networks, ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS. All expressed interest, with CBS brass said to have been particularly passionate. Despite the lack of single-camera comedies on CBS’ air, the network’s programming chief Nina Tassler has been vocal about the network’s commitment to the form and,...
- 8/18/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Sneak Peek new posters supporting the upcoming action drama "Drive", directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, adapting author James Sallis' 2005 novel of the same name.
"Drive" follows a Hollywood stunt performer (Gosling) who moonlights as a 'wheelman', only to have the bad guys come after him after after a heist goes wrong.
Cast also includes Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks, , Kaden Leos, Christina Hendricks, ,Joe Pingue, Tina Huang, Tiara Parker, James Biberi ,Jeff Wolfe , Christian Cage, Chris Muto and Chris Smith.
The film will be distributed by FilmDistrict September 16, 2011.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Drive"...
"Drive" follows a Hollywood stunt performer (Gosling) who moonlights as a 'wheelman', only to have the bad guys come after him after after a heist goes wrong.
Cast also includes Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks, , Kaden Leos, Christina Hendricks, ,Joe Pingue, Tina Huang, Tiara Parker, James Biberi ,Jeff Wolfe , Christian Cage, Chris Muto and Chris Smith.
The film will be distributed by FilmDistrict September 16, 2011.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Drive"...
- 8/31/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
I know that many of you who read GeekTyrant are interested in becoming future filmmakers, which is awesome! It should come as no surprise to you that since I run a movie blog that I too would like to get into the business of making movies.
The Hollywood Reporter has come up with their list of 25 best film schools with basic details for each one. For those of you wanting to study the art of filmmaking, and wondering what the best schools for this are then this list should come in handy. Check out the full list below, and tell us what you think!
1. American Film Institute
Among the most selective film schools in America, AFI's Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies in Los Angeles offers a two-year conservatory program where students specialize in fields including directing, producing and writing, often coming to the institute after working in the...
The Hollywood Reporter has come up with their list of 25 best film schools with basic details for each one. For those of you wanting to study the art of filmmaking, and wondering what the best schools for this are then this list should come in handy. Check out the full list below, and tell us what you think!
1. American Film Institute
Among the most selective film schools in America, AFI's Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies in Los Angeles offers a two-year conservatory program where students specialize in fields including directing, producing and writing, often coming to the institute after working in the...
- 7/27/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
There can never be enough retrospectives on the slasher genre, and Fangoria broke the news about a documentary that looks at my favorite kind of flick. No word yet on a release date.
So this is a totally different approach to the subject matter, with interviewees who are a little cultier than usual and generally not as ubiquitous on genre docus,” he continues. “Hence we have J.S. Cardone, who directed one of my fave slasher films The Slayer and later wrote and produced the Stepfather and Prom Night remakes; Corey Feldman, who killed Jason in Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter; Scott Spiegel of Hostel and Intruder fame; legendary Brit director Norman J. Warren; Friday The 13th: The New Blood’s John Carl Buechler; and such recent genre kingpins as Patrick Lussier, who edited the Scream movies and directed My Bloody Valentine and Drive Angry, Adam Green of Hatchet,...
So this is a totally different approach to the subject matter, with interviewees who are a little cultier than usual and generally not as ubiquitous on genre docus,” he continues. “Hence we have J.S. Cardone, who directed one of my fave slasher films The Slayer and later wrote and produced the Stepfather and Prom Night remakes; Corey Feldman, who killed Jason in Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter; Scott Spiegel of Hostel and Intruder fame; legendary Brit director Norman J. Warren; Friday The 13th: The New Blood’s John Carl Buechler; and such recent genre kingpins as Patrick Lussier, who edited the Scream movies and directed My Bloody Valentine and Drive Angry, Adam Green of Hatchet,...
- 6/4/2011
- by Jason Bene
- Killer Films
When he's not busy scripting Hollywood blockbusters for the likes of Alex Proyas and Scott Derrickson, UK based screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine is wringing his hands menacingly and plotting his own directorial career. Allusions to cartoonish super-villainy aside, Hazeldine has crafted a diabolical debut in Exam, which sees a DVD release in the Us on Tuesday, November 16th through IFC. It is a taut meditation on survival and ambition that takes place entirely in one room in real time. I recently spoke with Stuart about once and future projects, the industry, and how a British filmmaker became one of Hollywood's most sought-after script doctors.
Joshua Chaplinsky: I know Exam was released On Demand back in July. Did it have a theatrical run stateside as well?
Stuart Hazeldine: No, not in the states. It's funny, because IFC picked it up before some good things happened- I got BAFTA nominated, we...
Joshua Chaplinsky: I know Exam was released On Demand back in July. Did it have a theatrical run stateside as well?
Stuart Hazeldine: No, not in the states. It's funny, because IFC picked it up before some good things happened- I got BAFTA nominated, we...
- 11/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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