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Why The Incredible Shrinking TV Season Is Hurting TV
TV seasons are shrinking and that is hurting streamers ability to retain viewers. Brandon Katz looks at the numbers behind the Big Shrink.
Weekly TV Ranking: Oscars Not ‘Kenough’ to Beat Basketball
Men’s college basketball and the NBA again lead Inscape’s weekly ranking of most-watched TV programming, while the Oscars placed fourth.
Streamlining Contextual Targeting: Richie Hyden Explains How IRIS TV's CTV Deal Library Is Changing The Game
How IRIS TV’s new deal library is making it easier than ever to place contextual buys on streaming TV and how that’s changing the way the industry looks at contextual.
CTV Might Get The Headlines, But Social Video Is Still a Juggernaut
Mediaocean’s Grant Parker looks at the “media-creative” gap and why brands need to better integrate social video and CTV.
Madhive CMO Jeff Fagel On Local TV
In this interview from CES 2024, Madhive CMO Jeff Fagel explains its point of view on Local TV, and that “there’s no such thing as national anymore.”
Political Ads Are Streaming Into America
Data from Madhive shows how CTV political advertising is already off and running in 2024.
Netflix Keeps Veering Mainstream, VIZIO’s FAST Success
There’s a good reason Netflix is moving towards more mainstream content and what VIZIO’s very good Q4 tells us about the direction of the TV OS Wars.
acTVe FAST Channels CEO Geoff Clark On The FAST Ecosystem Over The Years
In this interview from CES 2024, Geoff Clark, CEO at acTVe FAST Channels, talks about how the FAST ecosystem has evolved over the years and where we are headed.
Mind The Gap
There is a major opportunity to creatively reinvent what local station streaming can more broadly offer viewers, far beyond today's repurposed made-for-TV newscasts.
Basketball, ‘SVU’ Lead Last Week’s TV Watch-Time
NBA grew its viewership share week-over-week but couldn’t get the jump on men’s college basketball games, per Inscape.
Content Calculus: Introducing ROI Into The Development Process
Streaming services need to weight the popularity of a new series with their potential impact on the bottom line. Brandon Katz unpacks what content teams need to consider.
CCR Media’s Ben Saboe and Zach Frost Share Insight Into Local TV, Cord-Cutting and Sports Media
CCR Media’s Ben Saboe and Zach Frost share key trends in local TV and its intersection with sports media moving into the streaming era and beyond.
Streaming Prices Soar, Google’s Woke Chatbot Debacle
Why streaming prices will continue to shoot up, especially for the ad-free product and how the TV industy can capitalize on Google’s “woke” AI fiasco.
Scott Cunningham’s Take On How A Cookie-less Future Will Impact Local TV
Founder of Cunningham Tech Consulting Scott Cunningham predicts how, with the desecration of cookies in 2024, local TV and advertising will have to evolve.
The Shoppable TV Report: 2024 and Beyond
LG Ad Solutions’ new report uncovers U.S. consumer perceptions around “shoppable” TV advertisements一such as scannable QR-enhanced ads 一as well as subsequent purchasing behavior after seeing TV ads.
Houston (and Cleveland, and Wichita, and. . .), We Have A Problem
Local TV station FAST channels have an ad monetization problem; here are some possible ways to fix it.
XR’s Jo Kinsella On Why Creative Is The New KPI
In this interview from CES 2024, President of XR Extreme Research Jo Kinsella shares how it’s going to change the industry with creative metadata
Basketball, NASCAR Lead Latest Ranking of Most-Watched TV Programming
Fueled by the Daytona 500, NASCAR Cup Series captured a 1.14% viewership share for Feb. 19-25, per Inscape.
Getting Past The Urge To Merge: Can Yango Play Show Hollyood The Way?
Can a Middle Eastern media company called Yango Play be the path forward for America’s media giants? Brandon Katz explains why.
OrkaTV’s Mike Woods On The Marriage Between Local TV & Streaming
OrkaTV Founder and CEO Mike Woods talks about “the three horsemen of the streaming apocalypse”, and why local TV and the future of streaming are a perfect match.