Amazon ປິດຂໍ້ຕົກລົງ MGM - ແຕ່ນີ້ແມ່ນເຫດຜົນທີ່ເຈົ້າຍັງບໍ່ພົບ 'Wizard of Oz' ຫຼື 'ຫມົດໄປດ້ວຍລົມ' ຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ

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Amazon finalized its $8.45 billion purchase of MGM Thursday, paving the way for thousands of films to be added to its platform—but the acquisition still won’t give Amazon users access to most of the legendary studio’s classic titles like The Wizard of Oz ແລະ Singin 'ໃນລະດູຝົນ, as MGM’s library from 1986 and earlier now belongs to Ted Turner and WarnerMedia.

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MGM, one of the leading film studios during Hollywood’s Golden Age, has been around since the silent film era in the 1920s, becoming well-known for Technicolor musicals like ຄົນອາເມລິກາຢູ່ປາຣີ and iconic films like ໄປ​ກັບ​ສາຍ​ລົມ.

MGM also acquired films from ສະຫະປະຊາສິລະປິນ (UA) when it bought that film studio in 1981.

Media mogul Ted Turner bought MGM in 1985 and then subsequently sold the company’s production and distribution assets in 1986, along with United Artists—but kept control of MGM’s library of all its films from before May 1986, which includes more than 2,000 titles.

In addition to the Golden Age films, that gave Turner control over later classics like Fame ແລະ ເລື່ອງວັນຄຣິດສະມາດ as well—but not UA movies like the Rocky ແລະ James Bond franchises, which would now be part of the potential Amazon deal.

Turner’s library of MGM films are now under the control of WarnerMedia and parent company AT&T, after Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner Inc. in 1995, and a number of the classic films are now ນ້ໍາ ໃນ HBO Max.

WarnerMedia division Turner Classic Movies confirmed to Forbes in an email that Turner and WarnerMedia still hold the rights to MGM’s pre-May 1986 catalog, and noted the company also has a deal with MGM giving them control of many UA films through 2022.

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$1.2 billion. That’s how much Turner ended up paying for MGM’s pre-1986 library, the Los Angeles Times ລາຍງານ ໃນ 1986.

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Amazon will still get more than ຮູບເງົາ 4,000 ເລື່ອງ and 17,000 television shows from MGM as part of the deal, even without the pre-1986 catalog. In addition to the James Bond ແລະ Rocky franchises, the studio’s catalog includes films like ຄວາມງຽບຂອງລູກແກະ ແລະ Pink Panther ແລະ ຜິວເນື້ອສີຂາວຕາມກົດຫມາຍ series, as well as television series like ບົດຂຽນຂອງແມ່ຍິງ, ສຽງ ແລະ ຜູ້ເປັນແມ່ບ້ານທີ່ແທ້ຈິງຂອງເນີນພູ Beverly. (The companies did not say Thursday when content would become available to stream on Amazon.) MGM’s deals with other producers could potentially become an issue for Amazon, however. Eon Productions, which co-owns the rights to the James Bond franchise, has already ກ່າວວ່າ any future ພັນທະບັດ films will still be released in cinemas rather than solely through Amazon, and producers have ກ່າວວ່າ they wouldn’t support any plans for Amazon to make a ພັນທະບັດ television series for its platform.

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Amazon and MGM ກ່າວວ່າ Thursday the acquisition of the studio was finalized and MGM is now a part of the ecommerce giant, after the purchase was first ປະ​ກາດ in May 2021. The companies were previously waiting on government regulators before closing the deal, and made their announcement Thursday after a ກໍານົດເວລາ for the Federal Trade Commission to lodge any objections passed without a legal challenge being filed. The ໄດ້ມາ marks the second-biggest in Amazon’s history, after its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods in 2017. Though it won’t be getting access to MGM’s full library from its century-long history, Amazon’s ໄດ້ມາ of MGM is a significant investment in the company’s entertainment division, bolstering its streaming offerings to help Amazon Prime compete with other streaming platforms. The deal will also likely be a boon to MGM, giving the studio more solid financial footing and a massive distribution arm. The studio has faced a series of financial setbacks since its mid century heyday, including ປະກາດການລົ້ມລະລາຍ ໃນ 2010.

ອ່ານ​ເພີ່ມ​ເຕີມ

Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion MGM Deal—Adding Blockbusters To Its Platform (Forbes)

Amazon’s Biggest Acquisitions Have Allowed It To Become A Marketplace For Nearly Everything (Forbes)

Turner Sells Fabled MGM but Keeps a Lion’s Share ( Los Angeles Times )

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/03/17/amazon-closes-mgm-deal—but-heres-why-you-still-wont-find-wizard-of-oz-or-gone-with-the-wind-on-there/