Sony buys the Crunchyroll platform for more than one billion dollar

In October 2020, the Japanese giant finalized negotiations to crunch the service to the 120 million users, before announcing it in December. This time is: after a favorable arbitration of the American administration's antitrust department, an official statement finally announces the closing of the operation for $ 1.175 billion , a billion euros round.

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If the former owner, the AT & T telephony operator will take advantage of a cash paid to reduce the amount of his debt, Sony Pictures has not yet unveiled his plans for Crunchyroll , What nevertheless did not prevent his CEO Tony Vinciquent publicly welcoming the operation:

The arrival of Crunchyroll brings considerable value to the animation activities of Sony Pictures Entertainment. With Crunchyroll and Funimation, we are committed to working to create an ultimate experience, and offer a unique opportunity to our key partners, talented publishers and creators.

The two dissemination platforms will remain in the immediate future in their activities, but the few months necessary for the consideration of this transaction will undoubtedly have allowed Japanese to refine its plans, and the changes should not be delay to be announced. In the meantime, the group reiterates its elements of language:

Here we are now facing an unprecedented opportunity to offer a complete experience, regardless of the platform of their choice: cinematographic events at home mailing through video games or streaming. Our goal is to propose a unified subscription as quickly as possible.

Already the owner of Wakanim, Sony Pictures, therefore, reinforces his offer, and only the future will tell us if this new taking of war will come or not integrate surreptitiously in its multiple groove subscription offers.

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