
The Future Of Television. Dissected Daily.
Disney Takes The One-App Route, VIZIO Doubles Content Offering
A look at why the strength of the Disney brand name gives the company a competitive advantage in everything from apps to vMVPDs and why FASTs continue to be such a hot commodity.
Disney Now Owns All Of Hulu, The World Series Tanks
Hulu is all DIsney’s now—what that means and what DIsney needs to do about it. Plus why MLB needs to be worried about the World Series abysmal ratings.
Streaming’s Mass Market Dilemma, Amazon Takes On SMB
Why streamers are struggling to make the move to mass market and why that’s dangerous in a time of massive churn, and why Amazon’s new self-serve SMB ad product could really help open up the TV ad market.
Measurement Wars Heat Up, Roku Gains A Beachhead In Britain
How the JIC is helping to move TV measurement into this century and why Roku’s big plans for Europe start in the UK.
Streaming Prices Rise, Xumo Joins The OS Wars
Why Netflix won’t be the only streaming service to raise prices and a look at the latest entrant into the OS Wars and what they’ve got going for them.
Another Nail In ATSC 3.0’s Coffin, Is Max’s Programming Too Good For Its Own Good?
A recent court ruling may finally put an end to ATSC 3.0’s prospects and why the quality of Max’s shows might be impacting their ad-supported tier.
Max Gets Sporty, The JIC Gets Inclusive
Will Max’s new Sports bundle make them “Must Have TV” and what the JIC and the MRC need to do to make sure the new alternative currencies succeed.
Charter Can Get It For You Wholesale, MVPDs Are The Future Of Local
Why wholesale pricing on DIsney’s streaming service will create a new kind of streaming bundle and why that bundle is likely to include local broadcast.
Scripps Tries Pushing Antenna Use, The VAB Is Beefing With Nielsen
Why Scripps might want to push streaming rather than over-the-air and why the VAB and Nielsen really need to do more to get along.
CNN To Launch On Max, Syndication Market In Flux
Why CNN Max is not going to cannibalize CNN OG (but which one will be the alpha) and why old players are getting out and new players are getting in to the daytime syndication game.
Nielsen’s Gauge Is All About The Others, Cable News Is The New Twitter
All about The Gauge’s “Other” category and why nomenclature matters + the vested interest print journos have in cable news.
Fox Still Hearts The Cable Bundle, Disney Raises Prices And Loses Subscribers
Why Fox’s call on the value of old school cable bundles is the right one and why solving Disney’s many challenges is a multi-part epic.
People Like Ad-Supported SVOD, Analyzing WBD’s Q2 Results
A new survey indicated viewers might be amenable to ad-supported subscription services and what WBD is doing right.
The Film Industry’s Post-Barbenheimer Future, Netflix Ads Reconsiders Microsoft
A look at how streaming impacts the film industry, for better and for worse, and why Netflix is over its deal with Microsoft.
Netflix’s Murky Q2 Numbers, Local Broadcasters Push Back On vMVPDS
Netflix’s lack of clarity around its latest earnings numbers has Wall Street worried. Local broadcasters demand their fair share of retrans fees from vMVPDs.
FASTs Crash The Emmys, Roku Goes Shopping
Why the Emmy only highlight the industry’s urgent need to make more mainstream content + what not to do now that shoppable TV is becoming a thing.
Amazon CEO Questions Spending, Threads Takes On Twitter
Why Andy Jassy’s not wrong to question Amazon’s content spend and our TVREV take on Threads vs Twitter.
CNN’s International Max Out, Roku Is Off To The Races
WBD is adding a live CNN feed to Max…overseas. Why they can’t do that in the US and why Roku and Paramount’s motorsports deal looks like the future of live sports on the FASTs.
Week In Review: Special Cannes Edition
Our take on Cannes, the messy optics and how to sound like you know what you’re talking about when you talk about AI.
FASTs, Personalization Were The Watchwords At The Stream TV Show This Year
While the big FAST services look for ways to differentiate themselves, generative AI promises to provide a superior experience for everyone involved.