Author: Stu Rohrer
Who owns America’s movie screens?
The COVID pandemic that flared up in 2020 forced extended closure of more than 40,000 screens in 5,500 American movie theaters — a devastating blow to an industry already facing long-term structural competition from stream-at-home movie services. Since the pandemic, most theaters have re-opened and are slowly re-building their audiences. Here are the major players…
Streaming video scramble
A scrum of streaming video competitors has emerged in the past few years to challenge front-runner Netflix. Specific subscriber data is closely held, but here is the competitive landscape as of mid-2021 according to public sources. Subscribers to U.S. video streaming services (Q2 2021 or as noted) Company US & Canada Subscriptions Global Business model…