Netflix联合首席执行官Ted Sarandos表示，授权可用性现在比过去更大。华纳兄弟探索的内容销售总裁David Decker也指出，授权正在重新流行。在接下来的几个月里，迪士尼将向Netflix提供包括《我们这一天》、《老爸老妈的浪漫史》、《越狱》和ESPN的《30 for 30》系列等多个节目。此外，2000年代热门的ABC电视剧《迷失》也将于明年回归Netflix。
Netflix联合首席执行官Ted Sarandos表示，授权可用性现在比过去更大。华纳兄弟探索的内容销售总裁David Decker也指出，授权正在重新流行。在接下来的几个月里，迪士尼将向Netflix提供包括《我们这一天》、《老爸老妈的浪漫史》、《越狱》和ESPN的《30 for 30》系列等多个节目。此外，2000年代热门的ABC电视剧《迷失》也将于明年回归Netflix。
Telegram and Signal Havens for Right-Wing Extremists
Since the violent storming of Capitol Hill and subsequent ban of former U.S. President Donald Trump from Facebook and Twitter, the removal of Parler from Amazon’s servers, and the de-platforming of incendiary right-wing content, messaging services Telegram and Signal have seen a deluge of new users. In January alone, Telegram reported 90 million new accounts. Its founder, Pavel Durov, described this as “the largest digital migration in human history.” Signal reportedly doubled its user base to 40 million people and became the most downloaded app in 70 countries. The two services rely on encryption to protect the privacy of user communication, which has made them popular with protesters seeking to conceal their identities against repressive governments in places like Belarus, Hong Kong, and Iran. But the same encryption technology has also made them a favored communication tool for criminals and terrorist groups, including al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
Telegram hopes to raise $1bn with a convertible bond private placement
The super secure UAE-based Telegram messenger service, developed by Russian-born software icon Pavel Durov, is looking to raise $1bn through a bond placement to a limited number of investors from Russia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the Kommersant daily reported citing unnamed sources on February 18, 2021.The issue reportedly comprises exchange bonds that could be converted into equity in the messaging service that is currently 100% owned by Durov and his brother Nikolai.Kommersant reports that the price of the conversion would be at a 10% discount to a potential IPO should it happen within five years.The minimum bond placement is said to be set at $50mn, but could be lowered to $10mn. Five-year bonds could carry an annual coupon of 7-8%.
