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One thing is certain: The last few years have not been boring.
1.Netflix: Dominant then, dominant now
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Netflix doesnt innovate like it once did, but almost anything it does still makes the biggest splash.
Last weeksearnings report from the streamerunderscores this point.
(And yes, that applies to Oscar nominations.
It once again racked up themost noms of any individual studio.)
Or, as it has in the past, will Netflix continue to prove the doubters wrong?
2.Streaming became more like linear TV rather than the other way around
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All of this was probably inevitable once legacy-media giants such as Comcast, Warner Bros.
Discovery, and Paramount Global jumped into the streaming pond.
And to be sure, theres plenty of dumb and no shortage of greed in Hollywood.
3.Free streaming took off
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While theres no denying its success, the FAST corner of streaming is still very much in flux.
4.First-run movies became more essential to streaming
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Jason Kilars run as CEO of WarnerMedia (now known as Warner Bros. Of course, Hollywoods film community,particularly Christopher Nolan, hatedthe idea,as did theater owners.
This was a 2,000-pound bomb dropped on the notion of movies having a theatrical window before they hit TV.
Kilar, however, was dumped after Discovery and WB merged in 2022.
But that has all changed over the last few years.
And the combination of the Universal and WB actions prompted Disney and Paramount to shrinktheirwindows as well.
5.Gravity came for the streaming business
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And then, of course, the whole cycle would repeat itself over again.
Its true that we havent seen the No.
Correction: This article previously misstated Netflixs forecasts for profits and revenue and has been updated.
