Amazon's acquisition of MGM Sony's IP strategy and "New order in the video industry" [Munechika Nishida's Imato Mirai]-Impress Watch

The acquisition of video-related companies by major platformers is increasing, but last week the acquisition of a major movie company with a long history was announced. On May 27th, Amazon announced that it would acquire MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).

Amazon buys movie company MGM. Expansion of Prime Video and creation of new IP

Major distribution companies such as Amazon and Netflix are actively investing in their own content procurement, and the acquisition of MGM is part of that.

What is the status of "content procurement" in video distribution? At the same time last week, the Sony Group held a management policy briefing for the press and an IR Day for investors and analysts. bottom. There, too, various phenomena are discussed regarding the supply and procurement of video content.

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This time, I would like to think about distribution and content procurement.