AbakwaSony's Funimation baqeda ukutholwa kweCrunchyroll kwa-AT & T.
Amandla amabili e-anime ayajoyina, nezindaba zokuthi iSony Pictures Entertainment Inc. isiqedile ukutholwa kwebhizinisi le-anime le-AT & T Inc. nge-Funimation Global Group, LLC. UFunimation ubambisene phakathi kwe-SPE ne-subsidiary yakwaSony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., i-Aniplex Inc. Isivumelwano samenyezelwa okokuqala ngoDisemba 2020.
ICrunchyroll iyinsizakalo ehamba phambili eya kubathengi eqondayo eya kubathengi enababhalisile abayizigidi ezi-5 ze-SVOD futhi ekhulayo. Ikhonza abasebenzisi abayizigidi eziyi-120 ababhalisiwe emazweni angaphezu kwama-200 nezindawo ezinikela nge-AVOD, imidlalo yeselula, ama-manga, imicimbi, ukuthengisa nokusabalalisa. Lesi sivumelwano sihlinzeka ngethuba leCrunchyroll neFunimation lokwandisa ukusatshalaliswa kozakwethu bokuqukethwe nokwandisa okunikezwa ngabathengi okugxile kubalandeli.
"Sijabule kakhulu ukwamukela uCrunchyroll kwaSony Group," kusho uKenichiro Yoshida, uMongameli, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO, iSony Group Corporation. “I-Anime ingumkhuba okhula ngokushesha othakazelisa futhi ovuselele imizwa phakathi kwezithameli emhlabeni jikelele. Ukuqondaniswa kweCrunchyroll neFunimation kuzosivumela ukuthi sisondele nakakhulu kubadali nabalandeli abasenhliziyweni yomphakathi we-anime. Silangazelela ukunikela ngokuzijabulisa okwehlukile okugcwalisa umhlaba ngentokozo nge-anime ”.
"ICrunchyroll ingeza inani elikhulu emabhizinisini akwa-Sony akhona, afaka phakathi iFunimation nozakwethu abathandekayo e-Aniplex naseSony Music Entertainment Japan," kusho uTony Vinciquerra, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yeSony Pictures Entertainment Inc. "NgeCrunchyroll neFunimation, Sizimisele ukudala isipiliyoni se-anime sokugcina kubalandeli nokwethula ithuba eliyingqayizivele kozakwethu abakhulu, abashicileli kanye nabadali bethalente elikhulu lokuqhubeka nokuletha okuqukethwe kwabo okuhle kubabukeli emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokwengezwa kweCrunchyroll, sinethuba elingakaze libonwe lokusebenzela abalandeli be-anime ngendlela engakaze yenzeke futhi sinikeze isipiliyoni se-anime kunoma iyiphi ipulatifomu abayikhethayo, kusuka kubhayisikobho, ukuya emicimbini, ekuzijabuliseni kwasekhaya, ekudlaleni imidlalo, ekusakazeni, ku-TV eqondile, yonke indawo futhi ngazo zonke izindlela abalandeli abafuna ukuzwa ngazo i-anime yabo. Inhloso yethu ukwakha umuzwa wobumbano we-anime obumbene ngokushesha okukhulu. "
Intengo yokuthengiselana ingu- $ 1,175 billion, ngokuya ngemali yesiko yokusebenza nokunye ukulungiswa, futhi imali etholwayo ikhokhwe ngokheshi eduze. I-AT & T ihlela ukusebenzisa imali etholakele kulokhu kuthengiselana ukusiza ukuxhasa imizamo yayo yokusiza izikweletu, ngezinhlelo zokuzuza isikweletu esilungisiwe esingaphansi kuka-2,5x EBITDA ekupheleni kuka-2023.
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