Media & Entertainment

Instagram reported its click-through rate of 1.50% for the month of August to date. This is almost double Facebook’s rate. Instagram clearly has the potential to churn out big money for Facebook.

Informed investors can profit from businesses that have filed for bankruptcy. A chapter 11 bankruptcy gives a company a second chance to revive its business.

Netflix is grabbing eyeballs with its original content and taking advantage of an audience prone to hyper-consumption or binge viewing.

In the camcorder market, GoPro (GPRO) has the leading market share of 47.50%. It’s followed by ION, Sony (SNE), and Polaroid.

Netflix pricing is the lowest among all video streaming service players. Its basic plan of $7.99 is propelling the company’s streaming membership growth in the United States.

In May 2012, Facebook’s stock price was $38, and its PE ratio was 80.0 x. The ratio reached an all-time high of 7,930x, when net income dropped to $53 million that year.

New Charter is the proposed merged entity. The company will include networks of some of the largest cable operators in the US.

At a May 13 MoffettNathanson event, Walt Disney’s (DIS) senior vice president of investor relations, Lowell Singer, discussed the company’s acquisitions.

In the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit on May 13, the company highlighted its intellectual properties portfolio.

An integrated business model helps Walt Disney (DIS) utilize value created by its intellectual properties such as Frozen across its different segments.

The Gigabit Pro service can provide much faster speeds than those offered by Verizon (VZ) FiOS, AT&T GigaPower, and Google Fiber.

What are the components of a risk arbitrage spread? There are a number of factors that figure into a trade. Let’s look at a typical cash deal first.

Not all deals are cash deals, however. Often companies will issue stock in lieu of giving cash for a deal. This adds a layer of complication to the process and also some risk factors we need to consider.

In this space, companies whose franchises have yet to make a mark spend considerably on marketing to raise customer awareness.

IBM (IBM) intends to fuel its growth in the cloud space through the investment of billions of dollars, as well as strategic acquisitions.

In 3Q15, Electronic Arts (EA) managed to report good revenue growth due to its major sports titles—Madden NFL mobile and FIFA 15 Ultimate Team mobile.

Bioware, an operating division of Electronic Arts (EA), made Disney’s (DIS) Star Wars: The Old Republic, the fastest-growing subscription MMORPG in history.

The largest studios are owned by conglomerates like 21st Century Fox (FOXA) whose studio had the largest 2014 domestic box office market share.

Electronic Arts’ (EA) EA Studios encompasses studios and development teams that create games and related content, franchises, and services.

Six Flags’ per capita guest spending increased $2.79, or 7%, to $42.97 in 2014, primarily due to improved admissions pricing and new offerings in the parks.

Six Flags’ (SIX) admissions revenue per capita increased by 9% in 2014, primarily driven by pricing improvements on multi- and single-use ticket offerings.

Tiger Global Management’s holdings included 48 stocks during the third quarter. The size of the fund’s US long portfolio fell slightly from $7.8 billion to $7.5 billion.

Kraton is a leading global producer of engineered polymers and one of the world’s largest producers of styrenic block copolymers. The company reported sales revenue of $323.8 million in the second quarter.

The additional capital will support AMC’s strategic focus on more guest comfort and convenience, enhanced food and beverage, and premium sight and sound.

“If approved for NTM patients, we believe Arikayce would be the first and only approved inhaled antibiotic for the treatment of NTM lung infections.” – Insmed

ValueAct Capital initiated a new position in 21st Century Fox (FOX). It’s a diversified global media and entertainment company. FOX accounts for 0.67% of the fund’s first quarter portfolio. 21st Century Fox is home to a global portfolio of cable and broadcasting networks and properties.

Variety first reported that Google (GOOG)(GOOGL) reached a preliminary agreement to buy Twitch for $1 billion. Then Business Insider reported that Yahoo (YHOO) had also made an offer to buy Twitch.

On June 15, 2014, Medtronic (MDT) and Covidien (COV) reached an agreement to merge via a scheme of arrangement. The two companies more or less offer complementary goods.

Merger arbitrage, otherwise known as “risk arbitrage,” is an investment strategy that primarily focuses on mergers and capturing the spreads on announced deals.

During economic uncertainty, investors want steady, guaranteed returns from the Treasury instead of quick returns from price movements in equity ETFs.

The businesses in the Consumer Products segment generate royalty revenue by licensing characters from its film, television, and other properties to third parties.

In 2013, Parks and Resorts revenues increased 9%, to $14.1 billion, and segment operating income increased 17%, to $2.2 billion

For the fiscal year ended September 28, 2013, the company reported record results, with an 8% increase in diluted EPS, to $3.38 compared to $3.13 in the prior year.

Spinco will have one of the largest, most diversified portfolios of strip centers and malls in the United States. It will hold a total of 98 assets.