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Disney Attributes Black Widow s Same-Day Streaming Release To Box Office Hesitancy
Vaccines are rolling out faster than ever, but theaters aren t filling up just yet.
You know the old saying which came first, the movie theater, or the audience? That s the conundrum that studios like Disney are experiencing in our post-pandemic world, and Disney CEO Bob Chapek addressed that question in an interview at JP Morgan s Technology, Media, and Communications conference this week, via The Hollywood Reporter. As we have seen with the domestic box office, and to some extent the international box office, we are seeing some hesitancy to return that wouldn t look anything like normal in 2019, Chapek said. This led to the company s decision to release the upcoming Marvel Studios film Black Widow to both theaters and streaming this July.
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AT&T CEO: WarnerMedia Spin Will Let Investors ‘Seize the Multi-Hundred-Billion-Dollar Opportunity’ in Streaming Variety 1 hr ago
AT&T CEO John Stankey positioned the proposed merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery as letting the companies and their investors better tap into the global direct-to-consumer opportunity, by separating the media assets from the telco.
“I think, realistically, HBO Max would not be where it is today if not for the strength of the two combined companies,” meaning WarnerMedia and AT&T, said Stankey, speaking Monday at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Communications Conference.
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That that, Stankey added, what became clear was that in order to “seize… the multi-hundred-billion-dollar opportunity” in direct-to-consumer streaming globally, WarnerMedia needed a different investor base and structure that would position it for global expansion. He argued that the tie-up with Discovery does just that, given the David Zaslav