Hollywood Deal Tracker

Film Distribution Shifts

• 🔥 Amazon Offloads 'Artificial': Amazon transferred Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ to Neon with no upfront payment after...

California's film and TV productions depend on a vast network of small businesses—from caterers and equipment vendors to marketers and event...

Amazon handed Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial to Neon with no purchase price after its $50 billion OpenAI cloud deal created an awkward conflict.

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Netflix is licensing short-form videos (2-20 minutes) from publishers including BuzzFeed, Conde Nast, and Penske Media to launch August 3 across six...

Sky is acquiring ITV’s free-to-air channels, ITVX, ad relationships, and audience access for £1.6 billion — but not ITV Studios.

• This separates...

Hawaii Film Tax Credit Expansion

• 🔥 SB 2580 Signed into Law: Gov. Josh Green signed Senate Bill 2580 expanding Hawaii's film tax credit to a $60...

Tidal is refusing royalties for wholly AI-generated tracks, instead directing payouts only to human-created works. The platform will also label such...

Hawaii's new film tax credit law targets economic diversification while addressing industry worker concerns over lost productions.

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Sky's acquisition unites two of the UK's most recognisable media businesses and secures a £2.1bn content agreement with ITV Studios to support British programming.

Vancouver's VFX and post-production jobs dropped by a third by 2025, with legendary houses shutting down. This previews broader contraction in Hollywood's international footprint.

Disney's $50M settlement addresses claims that its ESPN bundling deals gave it outsized leverage over YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream pricing.

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Canada passed the Online Streaming Act and Online News Act in 2023 as powerful, controversial responses to streaming-era challenges.

Netflix's pivot to originals has cost it major licensed hits since 2021, with more departures looming in 2026.

• Friends and The Office exited in...

Content Acquisition Agreements

• 🔥 Paramount+ $650M Licensing Deal: Paramount+ secured a $650M licensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery...

Amazon Prime Video's first season under its new NBA rights deal delivered 28% year-over-year growth in global audiences.

• Europe surged 129%,...

• Fubo is adding $15 monthly to most plans after restoring NBCUniversal channels following a months-long dispute.
• The hike reverses prior discounts...

Rival media companies are turning to selective licensing to cut costs and boost subscribers, as Paramount+ gains rights to The Big Bang Theory, South...

Sky's imminent purchase of ITV's broadcast and streaming assets creates a Comcast-owned British media giant aiming to rival Netflix and Disney+.

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Fubo is raising prices $15 per month across English-language plans after its new NBC Universal carriage deal, explicitly passing on $4 in fresh fees...

Studio Handovers

• 🔥 Guadagnino Altman Biopic: Neon acquired worldwide rights to Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman biopic after Amazon MGM dropped it...