
The Future Of Television. Dissected Daily.
The Tariff Shockwave: How The U.S. Is Trying To Bring Back Hollywood Dominance – And How It Will Fail
In the first piece slated for our Marconi newsletter, Christian Knaebel looks at the effect tariffs will have on the TV industry in Europe and offers some thoughts on how to deal with them.
Survey From Free, Ad-Supported Tubi Finds Viewers Don’t Like Paying For Ads
Streaming at work? Sure. Sharing passwords? I don’t know you that well
Adding Tubi to Super Bowl Lineup Gives Streaming A Trophy In February, Nielsen Says
Streaming had a 43.5% share , up from 42.6 in January. Broadcast and cable combined for a 44.4% share in February.
AI And The Inevitable Triumph Of “Good Enough”
AI excels at creating “good enough” content. But does “good enough” spell the end of great or is there room enough for both?
Why TV Networks May Want To Get Back to Learning Content
People are increasingly using social media for how-tos and DIYs — including around food & drink, which used to be the domain of Food Network.
Media As The History Channel
As media slides into medieval disarray there’s hope that a new renaissance is on the horizon.
MLB’s Outdated Local TV Rules Are Hurting Fans
If baseball is serious about growing its audience, especially among younger fans, it must overhaul its television and streaming policies to make it easier — not harder — for people to watch their favorite teams.
Hot List: Is TV Learning To Ride Again?
Pay TV is recovering through persistence, but new disruptions keep reshaping the ride… PLUS: 2 free reports and 15 originals
What Did YOU Do Last Week, FAST Marketers?
Jonathan Verk lays out the new rules for marketing FAST channels, relying on algorithms and social media to make discoverability easier.
The Resistance Has An Unlikely Hero
How the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board has become the voice of the anti-MAGA center… and what that means for the media industry writ large.
Movies Are In Trouble, Hulu’s Big Oscar Screw-Ups (Plural)
The Movie Issue: Why movies and movie theaters are in so much trouble, plus the fallout from Hulu’s Oscar screw-ups.
How TV Can Build Your Brand. And Your Bottom Line
A new report from Tatari and Morning Brew shows how TV is moving way beyond brand building to become a true performance marketing vehicle.
Comscore Map Shows Where Super Bowl Viewers Tuned In And When Some Tuned Out
Viewership was low in Monterey-Salinas and other West Coast markets
Broadcasters Want To Kill ATSC 1.0 – But At What Cost To Viewers?
The transition to ATSC 3.0 may be inevitable, but it should not come at the expense of consumer choice and accessibility.
Breaking Down TV’s Great Divide: Why Ad Sales Must Evolve
This excerpt from our TVREV Special Report looks at how the divide between linear and streaming his holding TV ad sales back..and what you can do about it.
OKAST's Cédric Monnier On Distribution & Personalization In The FAST Space
We sat down with OKAST CEO Cédric Monnier to get his take on the FAST landscape.
Could A Pharma Ad Ban Shake Up The TV Industry?
TripleLift’s bold new report, written by Mike Shields, looks at what happens to television if a DTC pharma advertising ban goes into effect.
Samsung Ads Makes ‘CTV First’ Campaign Planning Pitch
‘By broadening their CTV targets, marketers can reach lighter category and brand users who don’t fall into traditionally targeted segments but who represent significant growth potential,’ Samsung Ads report says
Hot Takes: The Future Of Shoppable TV
We asked our TVREV Thought Leaders Circle members what they thought would need to happen in order to make shoppable TV take off. Their unexpected responses may surprise you.
Hot List: Moving on from Movie Going and the Era of “Great Television”
12 TVREV originals this week from analysts who tell it like it is.