2019 was the year marked with the largest adoption in the US visual field. Although it is almost impossible to repeat this year, it is possible for small fish to end up in a large gaznate. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, known as MGM, is one of them. Also Apple has read its adoption, as featured on CNBC (via AppleInsider).
James Bond in the hands of Apple (or Netflix)?
MGM has held consultations with numerous companies, including Apple and Netflix, to gauge their interest in adoption, according to two people. MGM has a James Bond catalog and its studio has made popular series such as The Maid & # 39; s Tale, broadcast on Hulu, and Live PD, which is a reality television show that used to be the most watched television show and broadcast on A&E. He also owns an Epix premium cable television.
Interestingly, Apple held talks with Epix eight years ago when it was a company to broadcast independent. CNBC suggests that MGM It is managed by three funds: Anchorage capital, Highland Capital and Solus Alternative Asset Management. These funds have saved research on the damage done in 2010 and have since been waiting for them.
MGM earned $ 1 billion in the first nine months of last year. Of these, 600 million come from television and film licenses, another 300 million from subscriptions by Epix. Annual revenue is approximately $ 1.300-1.4 billion dollars.
Conversations between MGM and Apple or Netflix seem to be in their infancy. Even when such leaks occur in the media, it is easy to assume that they have a purpose. Here it seems clear that MGM funding is about now they want to put on a studio now
The second wave of integration and adoption in broadcasting
After a massive merger and acquisition deal last year, with the emergence of Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Comcast, Disney and Netflix, it is now a multinational company. From CNBC show which is about the value of your company:
- Discovery: $ 40 million.
- ViacomCBS: $ 25,000 dollars.
- Gate Lions: 6,000 million dollars.
- AMC Networks: $ 5.2 billion.
- MGM: private, anonymous.
- Tony pictures: mixed with Tony.
By comparison, big ones players they have to test that it's worth hundreds of billions of dollars. In the case of Apple, it's over a million dollars, even though we commit ourselves to the whole business in all of these cases. This comparison is good to remember that big fish of to broadcast , there are many, full packs to do projects.
Thus, small fish is seen as a food bowl. Especially MGM, with its catalog The Rocky saga or Fargo series, among other achievements. It's not Fox or Time Warner entertainment, but it's adorable. Of course, if Apple decided to acquire MGM it would be a major change to its plan. So far, the company has chosen to roll out what's called catalog back, a "creative" content catalog, and focuses on building their own programs, series, movies and books.
