☀️Streaming's Quarter of Discounting enters high gear as SHOWTIME joins PAR+
GOT Dragons showrunner departs / More (poss) NETFLIX Ad-supported details leak / MGM takes new Statham action pic
Mornin! This is Sean McNulty and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on THURSDAY September 1, 2022.
Where good morning boys and girls! The word of the quarter is… Discounting.
First HBOMAX is still going strong with 40% off for a year (deal avail thru October).
NOW: PEACOCK joins the bandwagon today - offering a year of Ad-Supported for just $20 for new customers, a 60% discount.
AND: PARAMOUNT+ is adding in SHOWTIME programming (more on that in the MEDIA BIZ section below), and for September - new customers can sign up for PAR+SHO (and access all content thru the PAR+ app) at $8 for their first month Ad-Supported, and $13 Ad-free. Prices go up to $12 and $15 come month 2.
Even DISNEY+ has their big DISNEY+ DAY on September 8.
APPLE TV and PRIME VIDEO would discount if they could find their financial business model plans (coulda sworn we had ‘em around here when we started 🤔…).
And NETFLIX, well…
BASICALLY: This is all about kickstarting those Q3 user numbers back in the right direction in the US… and then counting on a strong Q4 of programming on all Streamers to keep growth going.
AND: PARAMOUNT you owe me $10 for announcing major streaming biz news on friggin’ August 31st. Not cool man.
IN THIS EDITION
SNAP outlines the layoffs and spending cuts as they try to stem the red ink
Some new (not confirmed) details emerge from the loose-lipped Ad biz world on NETFLIX’s ambitions for their Ad supported tier.
Bateman joins Egerton NETFLIX pic
Coppola adds LaBeouf and more to his next (almost) $100 Million pic
PAR+ officially makes $15 the new $10 in Streaming, and more
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
