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MLB Wins With The Midsummer Classic
MLB All-Star audiences grew for a third straight year as the Midsummer Classic keeps fans engaged yet again.
How Is Sound Used in Advertising? Songtradr’s Amber Morris Explains It to a Teenager
I got the chance to interview Amber Morris of Songtradr at a VaynerX event, and got to talk about how sound is used in advertising.
Disney's Strategic Gamble: Combining Hulu and Disney+ for a Four-Quadrant Streaming Service
Does Hulu + Disney+ = HBO + Discovery+? Audience demand stats from Parrot Analytics provide a clue.
Game, Set, Match: Wimbledon Wins for TV Viewership
Per Inscape, the 2023 tournament scored 1.70% of all live, linear minutes watched July 3-9.
The Night Has 600 Drones: LG and Kargo Light Up Cannes
A drone show put on by LG Ad Solutions and Kargo really did break through the clutter while promoting the power of CTV.
TV Is Evolving- How Is Advertising Going With It? Adam Bergman of VIZIO Explains It to a Teenager
Talking to Adam Bergman in the VIZIO suite at Cannes about TV advertising and his job.
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.
Dun-Dun! ‘SVU’ Was TV’s Most-Watched Live, Linear Program Last Week
The Dick Wolf stalwart frequents the top of Inscape’s viewership ranking, but hasn’t made it to first place this year until now.
The Top Four Media Conversations I Am Having This Summer
The continued impact of carriage fees, streaming ad budgets, FAST channels vs FAST services and LinkedIn vs Twitter.
The Enduring Appeal of Star Trek: Paramount+'s Secret Weapon
Is the television industry sleeping on the Star Trek franchise? New data offers a very rational clue.
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.
Baseball Hits Home Run For Live TV Viewership
The men’s college world series led in watch-time last week with MLB a close second, per Inscape.
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.
Spider-Man’s Popularity Is A Streaming Strength
Spider-Man’s popularity is booming, which spells great things for Sony, in particular.
Unlocking New Taste Clusters: Gateway Titles and the Power of Strategic Affinity
As streaming services merge, their recommendation engines need to expand their horizons as well. Brandon Katz explains why.
U.S. Open ParTees Atop Inscape’s Ranking of Most-Watched TV Programs
The four-day golf championship accounted for over 4% of all live, linear TV watched last week, per Inscape.
Why TV Out-of-Home (TVOOH) is Real Television
Orka.TV’s Jonathan Moffie explains why TV out-of-home is TV and not digital and why the industry needs to regard it as such.
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.
Netflix Can Do Live Sports That Are Made For Netflix
Netflix is interested in live sports… sort of. But the service is smartly taking its time and handling things its own way.
Peak IP: Paramount+ Uses Franchises Like Star Trek, Sheridan-Verse to Drive Demand
Franchise IP comes in all different shapes and sizes, as Paramount Global can attest to.