索尼:从美国电话电报公司(AT&T)获得“紧缩卷”:《进击的巨人》,一部

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索尼:从美国电话电报公司(AT&T)获得“紧缩卷”:《进击的巨人》,一部

索尼:

12月10日,它正式宣布将从美国电信巨头AT&T收购Crunch Roll。

收购价格为11.75亿美元(约合1200亿日元)。

动漫“魔鬼之刃”:

索尼拥有有影响力的内容,例如动漫“魔鬼之刃”。

目前正提供给主要的视频发行公司,例如Netflix。

紧缩卷:

合并Crunchroll在全球拥有的9000万人的会员基础。

加强将内容直接交付给全球消费者的策略。

从母公司AT&T获得:

索尼将从母公司AT&T手中收购关键业务运营公司的所有股份,并使其成为全资子公司。

Crunch Roll成立于2006年

拥有动漫发行的9000万免费会员,
300万付费会员,
它在欧洲和美国等200多个国家和地区举行。
经有关部门批准后,完成程序。

美国Fanimation制作:

2017年,索尼收购了动漫发行商Fanimation Productions。

目前,在美国有100万会员。

“恶魔之刃” Aniplex:

索尼拥有Aniplex(东京千代田区),该公司在其保护伞下生产了“魔鬼之刃”。

有许多有影响力的动漫作品。

通过此次收购,该业务将得以扩展,以通过自己的发行网络向世界提供内容。

日本经济新闻

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODZ100T10Q0A211C2000000

Sony is buying anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion

Sony will be buying

anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion, Sony and AT&T announced Wednesday.

Specifically, Crunchyroll

will become part of Sony’s Funimation, which already licenses many popular shows such as Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist, and One Piece.

Now that Sony owns both Crunchyroll and Funimation, the company

has tremendous power over anime in the US at a time when many other media companies are trying to figure out their anime content.

Netflix has also invested heavily in both licensing and producing its own anime content.

The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/9/22166585/sony-buy-anime-streaming-service-crunchyroll-at-t-funimation

AT&T to Sell Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation Global Group

Culver City, CA and Dallas, TX,

December 9, 2020 —

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and AT&T Inc.* (NYSE:T)

today announced that AT&T agreed to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Funimation Global Group, LLC.

Funimation

is a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.’s subsidiary, Aniplex Inc.

Sony Pictures Entertainment

https://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2020/1209/atttosellcrunchyrolltosonysfunimationglobalgroup