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Nexstar’s Majority-Stake CW Acquisition Solves Problems For Everyone
Nexstar’s CW acquisition gives it something it needs, while also giving Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery what they want.
How LG Uses Data To Stand Up The FAST Channels Users Want Most
LG Ads Solutions CEO Raghu Kodige explains how ACR data helps it to personalize its FAST for users and advertisers alike.
Paramount+ Teams Up With Walmart, Bundles Make Scoring The Streaming Wars Even Harder
The many reasons Paramount was wise to join forces with Walmart, time for the streaming industry to stop focusing on subscriber counts.
B1G Implications: What’s Next For Networks After Big Ten’s Record TV Rights Deal
The Big Ten’s record deal has lasting implications for the Big Four broadcast networks, ESPN and its own cable channel.
Tom Ryan On The Value Of Curation And The Early Days Of Pluto TV
Co-Founder Tom Ryan explains how hands-on curation helps to set Pluto TV apart from other FASTs in the latest Innovator Spotlight from our report FASTs Are The New Cable
Disney Beats Netflix (Sort Of), Walmart Wants To Be A Bundler
Why Disney’s subscriber numbers come with a giant asterisk and the thing people don’t want to talk about when they talk about Walmart’s bundling ambitions.
Should Streaming Services Be ‘A Little For Many’ Or ‘A Lot For Fewer’ At This Point?
Warner Bros. Discovery is going to fit HBO Max and Discovery+ together… and they’ll likely be better off for it.
Time For Plan B On ‘Perpetual’ Deals For Forgotten Streaming Shows?
It’s easy for TV shows to effectively disappear algorithms after a year or two on a streaming service. While media companies try to develop options for ‘lost’ shows, maybe it’s time to stop buying shows forever.
Why Magnite Is Bullish On The Future of FASTs
Magnite’s CRO Sean Buckley on ways they are helping clients to stay on top of the shift to FASTs in this Q&A from the new TVREV report, FASTs Are The New Cable.
FASTs Really Are The New Cable, The Great Rebundling Continues Apace
Tubi is now available via Verizon FIOS, Paramount+ is now available via The Roku Channel: The Great Rebundling continues.
Live Sports Climbs To 25.5% Of TV Ad Impressions During 2022’s First Half (Report)
iSpot’s new report sheds light on the top TV ad trends of the first half of 2022, including live sports’ growing dominance, a Spanish-language impressions surge, and much more.
Discovery Won’t Be Content To Let Warner Bros Or HBO Maintain Status Quo
With Batgirl sidelined, the new approach to streaming and movies starts to take shape for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Will Amazon Thursday Night NFL Experiments Transform Live Sports Shows?
Amazon is promising lots of experimentation with the viewer experience when it launches its version of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football in a few weeks. Will the shift of sports to streaming service set off an explosion of experiments as leagues and media partners try to entice younger audiences to watch?
Special Report: FASTs Are The New Cable
From the team who coined the term, the definitive report on the booming FAST ecosystem.
Disney Flip-Flops Again, Americans Like Bundling
Disney steps on a political land mine again, consumers still love bundles.
It’s The Audience (Not The Device), Stupid
Mediaocean’s Michael Tuminello explains why brands need to focus on audiences, not devices or delivery methods.
Analysts Turn Thumbs Down On Paramount, But Does It Deserve The Gloom?
Paramount Global has seen five analysts downgrade the company’s shares in the past few weeks, despite generating $1 billion in revenue last quarter amid continuing strong subscriber growth for Paramount+. Are the analysts right to be gloomy amid a looming recession? Or are they overlooking something?
Theatrical Releases Still Hold Advantage Over Streaming at San Diego Comic-Con
After a couple years off, San Diego Comic-Con’s in-person return showed movies are still controlling the zeitgeist more than streaming — at least in the superhero genre.
The Sky Stops Falling On Netflix, Hulu Is Disney’s New Superhero Franchise
The big issues confronting Netflix coming out of their Q2 earnings calls and why a resurgent Hulu may be an issue for Disney.