アマゾンはMGMを90億ドルで買収することに近づいているかもしれない

As confirmed by several industry players to the U.S. media バラエティ、アマゾン is currently negotiating the purchase of the historic MGM。

The deal, which would be closed for a figure close to 9 billion dollars, would be orchestrated by マイク ホプキンス, senior vice president of Amazon Studios and Prime Video; and ケビン ウルリッヒ, chairman of the board of MGM. Although both companies have not wanted to make any comment alluding to these rumours, the truth is that we know that the studio has been for sale since December 2020.

MGM、 地下鉄 ゴールドウィン メイヤー, owns among its main franchises the sagas of ジェームズ・ボンド、ホビット、ロッキー/クリード、ロボコップ そして ピンク パンサー, as well as 17,000 episodes of スターゲイト SG-1、スターゲイトアトランティス、スターゲイトユニバース、バイキング、ファーゴ、侍女の物語、名声、アメリカングラディエーターまたは Teen Wolf. The studio also has several unscripted shows in its portfolio such as ザ・ヴォイス、サバイバー、シャークタンク そして The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Amazon Prime, in growth

With more than 200 million subscribers worldwide, アマゾン プライム ビデオ continues to make moves to consolidate its presence in the VOD platform market. The acquisition of MGM could mark a before and after, as well as the recent signing of Jeff Blackburn, who after a stint at other companies has returned to Amazon Prime Video to oversee the media and entertainment division.

Prime is currently one of the fastest growing segments in Amazon’s business model. In 2020 alone, the company invested $11 billion in TV series, movies and music for all of the company’s media divisions.