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As the OTT market continues on its historic growth trajectory, a land grab spending spree is unfolding in the “Streaming Wars”. In this war, studios and production companies are the “bullet makers”; a finite group of suppliers servicing an unprecedented growth of demand. Increasingly, these companies are being offered 8-10 figure revenue opportunities via output pacts, licensing deals, and acquisition offers from streamers, studios, and networks in need of compelling content. Therefore, in the last several years, billions of investment capital — from venture, growth, and private equity — flooded into studios and production companies in order to flip these assets to their content-hungry partners over the next 12-36 months. But the “arms race” is far from over…
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