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PAR+ hikes price again / AMAZON doubles down on AI / New RSN biz warning flare in Florida

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Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like or email me at seanmcnultynyc@gmail.com), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on TUESDAY, June 25, 2024.

Where it’s time to pour out one final RED DOG 🍻 for MTV NEWS, as MTV has apparently completely pulled down the site, and its, uh, entire story archive.

500+ FAST channels out there . . . and yet no one has figured out one for the MTV News video archive? (fyi there is an MTV PLUTO channel, and yes in looking at it today — it’s mostly Jersey Shore reruns).

But I mean, hey — who needs GenX’s entire cultural history anyway?

Never! Via Giphy

PLUS: Your new NHL Stanley Cup champion is the FLORIDA PANTHERS, a state where it’s basically never possible to have outdoor ice, as Canada now remains without a Stanley Cup for more than 30 years.

  • BTW: More people watched game 6 of the series in Canada than the U.S. (5.5M to 4.2M).

THEN: First get the hit movie, now time for the music angle — Will Smith will perform a new song at the BET Awards on Sunday night.

YES: NETFLIX updated its employee culture deck. No, this won’t affect the stock price.

AND: It’s PARAMOUNT employee town hall day — don’t hog all the crullers. Employee culture deck pending.

ALSO: Add PAR+ to the “two prices hikes in about a year” club. As of August 20:

  • PAR+ w/ads: $8 (+$2)

    • ALTHOUGH: This is just for new subs only, existing subs will still pay $6. For now.

  • PAR+ w/SHO: $13 (+$1)

COMPS (without ads / ads):

  • NETFLIX: $15.50 / $7

  • MAX: $17 / $10

  • AMAZON: $18 / $12 (APV-only/no shipping), or $15 / $9

  • HULU: $18 / $8

  • DIS+: $14 / $8

    • Combo: $20 / $10

  • PAR+: $13 / $8

  • PEACOCK: $12 / $6

  • APPLE TV+: $10

COMBINED:

  • $99.50 a month for no ads

  • $60 with ads (this uses the DIS+/HULU combo pricing)

    • Compared to $73 a month for the YOUTUBE TV bundle (which . . . also has a lot of ads).

    • And . . . just wait for the ESPN D2C price next year, when NETFLIX will also likely be more expensive.

  • OTHERS: STARZ is $10, MGM+ is $7, ESPN+ is $11 and AMC+ is $9 / $5.

KUDOS: Let’s round out with the next generation, and a huzzah to Mindy Kaling, who announced she had her 3rd kid earlier this year.

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IN THIS EDITION

  • A slew of AI-related stuff from a significant drop in job openings, an evolution of sports coverage, the music biz showing its muscle where publishing has not and studios continuing to try and ride the line.

  • Another day, another AMAZON MGM project buy — and yet another new AI product at the parent company. One of these is gonna be the lycos.com of this era, right? Plus new movie & TV casting news at UNI, DISNEYFOX, PAR+ and more.

  • CBS drops rights to a college conference, as the local sports business model hits a new sign of desperation and much more.


📽 THE SILVER SCREEN

The UNI PR group yesterday. Via Giphy

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