SoftBank Is in Talks With DreamWorks Animation

SoftBank is in talks to buy or otherwise link up with DreamWorks Animation SKG, a deal that could help the Japanese company and the Hollywood studio as they seek new ways to compete with rivals world-wide.

Coming nearly two months after SoftBank dropped a possible bid for T-Mobile US, a DreamWorks Animation deal could give the conglomerate's Sprint unit another way to try to challenge top US mobile carriers AT&T and Verizon Communications. Rather than directly expand his telecommunications network, SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son now appears to be focusing more on acquiring content creators, mostly videogame studios so far, whose products can be used to woo potential mobile subscribers.