YouTube is now the dominant media company. And while they are making many smart moves, Alan Wolk arguess that TV is making even more dumb ones.

The recent surge of games returning to broadcast television may represent something closer to a transitional solution than a permanent one.

What is driving Oscars video trends in the lead-up to this year’s awards?

AI can automate the media analytics stack—but as Nick Cicero warns, one bad data point can cascade through an entire agentic pipeline, turning a simple glitch into a very confident (and very wrong) strategic insight.

In this episode of In The Vicinity, local media veterans Tim Hanlon and Jim Wilson have a candid conversation about the pros and cons of consolidation.

Matthew Henick on how Ventura helps OEMs reduce supply-chain friction while still maintaining control over their brand.

Premion’s Blake Hebert provides insight into the findings from their landmark 2026 CTV/OTT Advertiser Survey.

In this Innovator Spotlight interviews from our new Special Report, of FAST we sat down with Magnite’s Ryan Kenney to talk about how he sees the challenges around fill rates, transparency and scale and why FAST continues to grow despite all that.

As CTV investment rises across Europe, Sofie Sue Rutgeerts explains why the real challenge is not supply but coordination across a fragmented ecosystem.

PLUS: Come see TVREV IRL. Check out the TVREV track in NYC March 11 at Marketecture Live III.

Paramount has beaten out Netflix for control of Warner Brothers, but Alan Wolk says that in the end, it really doesn’t matter.

Theatrical box office remains the goal of all movies. But audience tracking data can help studios optimize for at-home money-making before the film even releases.

Is Indianapolis a narrow exception tailored to unique facts? Or is it an early indicator that triopolies — whether through ownership or ecosystem influence — are becoming normalized?

In the premiere episode of In the Vicinity, Vertere Group founder Tim Hanlon sits down with Madhive CEO Jim Wilson—former founder of Premion at Tegna, board chair of GSTV, and board member at Audacy—for a candid look at the future of local media.

Late-night TV is under fire… but have already found YouTube as a workaround to the various challenges being lobbed at it.

In her latest Marconi column, Annie Krukowska explores why the television industry needs to focus more on IP and less on CPMs.

In our latest Innovator Spotlight from our new FAST report, LG Ad Solutions’ Kelly McMahon talks about why owning the glass changes everything, from home screen discovery to cross-platform frequency management.

The Inscape co-founder on building ACR from scratch, why startups require delusion, and how Gray Swan is using AI to help CTV companies stop staring at dashboards—and start flying the plane.

PLUS: Come see TVREV IRL. Check out the TVREV track in NYC March 11 at Marketecture Live III.

How the death of news impacts institutions like the State of the Union address and how Carr’s plan to reign in Colbert backfired bigly.