Who Needs the Other More: ESPN or the NFL?
Disney would prefer to avoid paying double the current rate on its next NFL deal. So who has the leverage here? Read More
VIDEO: The Moneyball Approach To Content Acquisition
BY POPULAR DEMAND: Peerlogix Founder and CEO Will Gorfein explains the theory behind their Moneyball approach to content acquisition. Read More
Discovery Streaming Adds 7 Million Subs But Can It Sustain Linear Too?
Discovery more than doubled its streaming subscribers in the past seven weeks, with plans to add 1,000 more hours of programming this year. But can it really afford to sustain its legacy cable operations too? Read More
HBO Max, Disney+ Bet On Premium Puts Pressure On Competition
Early data on the consumer appeal of new premium content initiatives at Disney+ and HBO Max suggest their competitors will have to come up with a lot more money to continue to compete, and with more than just high-profile movies. Read More
Is Live News The Next FAST Frontier?
Tubi announced a huge expansion of its News section, adding live 24-hour feeds from nearly 80 stations owned by four big groups. Is live news the hot new fashion for free streamers? Read More
European Streaming Hitting Records Too, Thanks to Netflix, Amazon
Netflix and Amazon were just as big in Europe’s record year for streaming video as they have been in the United States, a new survey shows. But there were some distinctive Continental differences when you look further into the numbers. Read More
What TV Shows Does Amazon’s New CEO Watch?
Amazon is about to make Andy Jassy, the company’s just anointed successor to Jeff Bezos and an expert on cloud computing, one of the most powerful people in Hollywood. So does this guy even watch TV? Read More
Smart TVs Looking Even Smarter In Latest Pandemic Usage Study
Smart TVs saw the biggest growth in a great quarter for the online-video business, a new Conviva study found. Roku and YouTube also had big quarters, while South America and Africa viewership boomed. But ads got longer, despite consumer preferences. Read More
Tubi’s Pitch To Brands Shows Where FAST Services Should Go Next
Tubi pitched advertisers this week with some big numbers on its first year with Fox. But contained within the pitch were key factors that all the free, ad-supported services will need to embrace amid stiffer competition for audiences. Read More
Does Roku Need To Invest In More Shows To Justify Sky-High Share Prices?
Roku’s shares are up almost a third in less than two weeks. How to keep them there? We have an idea. Read More
What Next For Roku After Record Week And Quibi Deal?
Roku set all kinds of records in January’s first week, and made its first original-content deal. Where does it go from here? Read More
How Did Streaming Video Services Fare In TV[R]EV’s 2020 Report Card?
In a year when seven big subscription video services launched, Netflix ruled. How did all the competition grade out in TVRev’s report card? Read More
Netflix Looking Strong For Long Haul, But May Face Short-Term Bump, Analysts Say
Thanks to Netflix’s embrace of movies while Hollywood studios stick with a shuttered exhibition business, the streamer is looking strong, one analyst says. But another says this quarter could have a short-term surprise. Read More
Q&A: Frost Prioleau, CEO Of Simpli.Fi Demand-Side Ad Platform
Connected TV advertising has taken off during the pandemic, says Frost Prioleau, CEO of the long-time digital advertising platform Simpli.Fi. TVRev talked trends, who’s winning, and what the future holds for CTV advertising. Read More
Amid Sale Talk, Crunchyroll Shows How Niche Services Can Take Care Of Best Fans
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll may be on the sale block, but its latest strategy shows exactly how niche streamers should take care of their best fans. Read More
Apple, Disney Take Baby Steps Toward The Great Rebundling
Apple announced a bundle with Showtime and CBS All Access, and Verizon will add Hulu and ESPN+ to its free Disney+ offering. Let the Great Re-Bundling commence! Well, at least a little bit. Read More
Disney, NBCU, Warner, ViacomCBS Pivot Into Whole New (Streaming) World
Four big Hollywood media companies signaled this week that they’re steering hard into their streaming-video future, with reorganizations, write-offs, a new global focus and more. It’s bad news for theaters, cable TV operators and old ways of doing business. Read More
The Quarterly Report Card: How Did The Big SVOD Streaming Services Do?
TV[R]EV analysts David Bloom and Alan Wolk take a look at how the major SVOD services (aka “Flixes”) did during the pandemic. Read More
Today All Day, WeatherSpy, Quincy Newell Service Join Streaming Gold Rush
Three new streaming services were announced just ahead of the launch of NBCU’s Peacock, and two will be on there too. But they’ll need to find ways to appeal to tightly defined audiences to be heard. Read More
Subscription Video Services Hitting The Churn Zone At Crucial Time
Subscription-video churn rates jumped in the first quarter as locked-down consumers tried new services and cancelled others, a Parks Associates study found. For newcomer services, it’ll be a big challenge to attract and retain customers. Read More
Apple Still Loves Its TV+ Streaming Service, We Think
Apple’s WWDC mostly focused on “historic” shift to its own chips for Mac computers, but still found time to talk about a sci-fi show coming on TV+. That’s good news. Read More