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Crunchyroll has announced it's merging with Funimation. But when is it going to happen? How will this affect fans and subscriptions?

Bungie, the "Halo" creator, gave up intellectual property rights to the franchise to Microsoft in 2007. When Sony acquires Bungie, it won't get Halo as part of the package.

Ken Kutagari is a former Sony executive and the father of PlayStation, but his net worth isn't precisely known. Currently, he's working in the robotics field as a startup CEO.

The Spider-Man movie franchise has been successful. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" was released recently. Why doesn't Marvel own all of the rights to Spider-Man?

Sony Playstation 5 is hard to find due to chip shortages. The shortages are expected to last until 2022.

Electronic Arts’ (EA) Packaged Goods segment includes games created and published by the company for consoles, handheld devices, and PCs.

In September 2014, Microsoft (MSFT) announced its acquisition of Mojang, a Swedish company popular for its game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion.

AMD (AMD) provides customized silicon chip solutions to original equipment manufacturers (or OEMs). The chip solutions are found in a variety of products. They help product development.

A rumor has started spreading online that Sony plans to halt the production of the PS5, but gamers have no need to be concerned.

Sony's Funimation purchased Crunchyroll for a hefty fee. What does the tech giant plan to do with the anime streaming service?

In 4Q14, AQR Capital raised its holdings in Apple (AAPL). AAPL constituted 1.46% of the fund’s fourth-quarter portfolio.

21st Century Fox owns STAR India, India’s largest media network. STAR India develops, broadcasts, and produces programming for 51 channels in its portfolio.

Snap (SNAP) is poised to release its second-quarter results amid speculations of the company taking a deeper plunge into gaming.

By the end of August, the S&P Consumer Staples had outperformed the S&P Consumer Discretionary and SPY with respective returns of 0.89%, -0.18%, and 0.50%.

Accounting for over $200 million in revenues, micro-transactions present users with the opportunity to buy items that enhance their gameplay.

“Deleveraging” refers to reducing the debt level. With Japan’s debt burden, deleveraging the economy’s balance sheet seems more than imperative.

Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) 2018 earnings are largely being driven by its CG (Computing and Graphics) segment due to the growing adoption of Radeon and Ryzen.

Tthe number of monthly unique visitors on Twitch’s platform has increased from 20 million in 2012 to 45 million in 2013 to 100 million in 2014.

Sony fell by 1.6% to close at $32.64 per share during the fifth week of August, with weekly, monthly, and YTD price movements of -1.6%, 0.12%, and 32.6%.

As game consoles have six-to-seven-year product lifecycles, AMD’s semi-custom revenue growth has diminished YoY (year-over-year).

The trade surplus for Japan increased to 692.8 billion yen for June—compared to a deficit of 60.9 billion yen in the same month last year.

Mergers and acquisitions aren’t uncommon. In fact, they play an integral role in the growth of the video gaming industry.

Now that we’ve discussed how PlayFab’s acquisition could complement Microsoft’s Azure gaming capabilities, we have to wonder what the acquisition indicates.

Five years ago, Dish entered the video streaming business with the launch of Sling TV—an Internet-based live television and on-demand video service.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a name that has been making the headlines for its microprocessors, is set for an even better 2020.

In today’s Get Real, we saw Tesla’s plans for China, AMD’s expectations for 2020, the state of crude oil prices, and more.

Netflix stock has lost value amid weak Q2 results and increasing competition. Ahead of its Q3 results, investors should watch its subscriber growth.

Samsung has stopped manufacturing mobile phones in China. Stiff competition, rising labor costs, and China’s slowing economy led Samsung to this decision.

The pace that internet video streaming has evolved is nothing short of revolutionary. Streaming is a serious threat to the cable TV industry.

Sony has announced it is acquiring its game development partner, Insomniac Games. Meanwhile, its Spider-Man deal with Disney’s Marvel Studios has ended.

Gaming companies such as Take-Two Interactive (TTWO), Electronic Arts (EA), and Activision Blizzard (ATVI) are highly dependent on popular franchises to drive sales.

AMD is currently working on bringing its second-generation EPYC server CPU, built on TSMC’s 7 nm node, to the market in mid-2019.

After Instant Games exited the beta phase in April, Facebook (FB) began monetizing the digital games platform through in-app purchases in May.

AMD and China’s leading retailer, JD.com (JD), partnered in January to expand the availability of AMD Ryzen processors and desktops in China.

Time Warner’s (TWX) studio segment, Warner Bros., had a weak 1Q18, with both its revenue and operating income falling.

Including Nokia, Solidium owns minority stakes in 13 listed Finnish companies for an estimated value of over $11 billion.

Media behemoth the Walt Disney Company (DIS) has announced the purchase of another media company, 21st Century Fox (FOXA).

EA’s FIFA franchise remains one of the leading games worldwide. It has approximately 42 million players on console platforms PlayStation (SNE) and Xbox (MSFT).

n 4Q17, Time Warner’s HBO segment reported quarterly revenue growth of 13% at $1.7 billion. HBO contributes ~19.5% of Time Warner’s total revenues.

In November 2017, Electronic Arts (EA) announced an agreement to acquire Respawn Entertainment. Respawn is a gaming development studio.

Management at Electronic Arts was surprised at the data released for full game downloads with respect to its games such as FIFA and Madden in fiscal 2Q18.

Sony’s original Aibo sold for between $600 and over $2,000. The new Aibo starts at $1,700, a price that puts the product in the range of competitors.

Between 2012 and 2016, AMD’s revenues fell more than 20% as it lost significant market share in the PC space.

Pixar’s historical success The Walt Disney Company’s (DIS) Pixar continues to boost its Studio Entertainment segment with hit movie releases. To date, Pixar has produced 18 films, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Cars. These movies have generated business of more than $11 billion for the company worldwide. Even its latest movie, Cars 3, released this year, […]

AMD’s 1Q17 revenues rose 18% to $984 million, which was in line with the consensus estimate.

Revenue from EA’s international markets fell 5.0% YoY (year-over-year) from $622.0 million in fiscal 3Q16 to $588.0 million in fiscal 3Q17.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is set to launch its Ryzen desktop processors on March 2, 2017.

Nvidia (NVDA) is looking at new revenue streams within the gaming space after dominating the high-end PC gaming market.

Berry Plastics reported fiscal 4Q16 net sales of $1.6 billion, a rise of 35.3% compared to net sales of $1.2 billion in fiscal 4Q15.

Price movement Boston Beer (SAM) has a market cap of $1.9 billion. It fell 4.8% to close at $155.41 per share on October 14, 2016. The stock’s weekly, monthly, and year-to-date (or YTD) price movements were -1.3%, -5.5%, and -23.0%, respectively, on the same day. SAM is trading 0.16% above its 20-day moving average, 9.5% […]