Week In Review: Disney Plus Rolls Out In Europe, Showtime and Sling Offering Up Free Trials
1. Disney Plus Rolls Out In Europe Disney began its international expansion at what may be an opportune time for them, judging by the 5 million downloads the app got Read More
TV Streaming on the Rise Along with Connected TV Ad Requests During Quarantine
With more U.S. audiences stuck in front of televisions, streaming has increased — as have ad requests, according to Beachfront. Read More
Against The Wall #1: Three Silver Linings To The Olympic Postponement For NBCU
Given that we’re all stuck at home, we have a chance to play with video and this is our first episode of what we’re calling Against The Wall, because that’s Read More
ESPN Without Live Sports: Looking at Ad, Programming Changes
With no live sports for the foreseeable future, sports networks are being forced to adjust their business. Here’s a look at ESPN without its main subject. Read More
FuboTV Banks On Facebank Merger Amid Skinny Bundle Challenges
Skinny bundle video service FuboTV merges with tech developer Facebank Group, and plans to go public as soon as possible, even as its live sports programming is hobbled by COVID-19 impacts. Read More
ViacomCBS’ VidCon Cancels
The biggest annual event in social media, the giant VidCon gathering in Anaheim, Calif., has been cancelled because of COVID-19. Organizers hope to create a replacement in the fall. Read More
Week In Review: Ratings Are (Unsurprisingly) Up, Fox Buys Tubi
1. Ratings Are (Unsurprisingly) Up As pretty much everyone predicted, linear TV ratings shot up last week, as large swaths of Americans stayed home from work and from school. So Read More
Could Drooping Disney, Other Media Companies Be Takeover Targets Amid Pandemic?
Collapsing share prices for Disney and other media companies could be an acquisition opportunity for Apple or other deep-pocketed tech firms, an analyst suggested. Read More
Week In Review: The World Turned Upside Down. (How The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Impact The TV Industry)
It seems more than a little odd to focus on minor shifts to the TV ecosystem this week while The World As We Know It has been turned on its Read More
Could Streaming Services be a Liferaft for Scuttled Movie Releases?
With movie releases seemingly grinding to a halt amid coronavirus fears, studios could opt to use streaming as a means to get films in front of audiences. Read More
Q&A: Vizio’s Katherine Pond On Connected TVs And The Fight For Audience Attention
Katherine Pond is VP of business development for Vizio. As such, she presides over some of the most valuable real estate in streaming video: prime spots on a major Connected TV platform. Read More
Inscape Explains Project OAR [VIDEO]
What is Project OAR? Greg Hampton is Vice President, Business Development at Inscape and was happy to dive into the consortium’s purpose. Read More
Netflix Still Holding Its Own vs. Disney+ with Extensive TV Show Catalogue
Disney+ has the known intellectual property, but that hasn’t given them an advantage over incumbent Netflix just yet – at least on the TV show front. Read More
State of Ad Tech Study: 92% See Need for Industry-Wide Standardization
It makes sense that standardization is desired given the state of digital ads. Still, just 6% of respondents are satisfied with current digital ad ecosystem Read More
LTN Global Discusses How Addressable TV Avoids Privacy Issues [VIDEO]
LTN Global CTO + Head of Strategy Alan Young recently noted how addressable can avoid privacy issues, prioritizing targeting that puts the individual first. Read More
Quibi Nabs $750 Million More, Names News Programs Ahead of Launch
Mobile video startup Quibi is having a good week, one month before its launch: it said it has raised another $750 million, and detailed news shows made for it by BBC, NBC and Telemundo. Read More
The Content Cluster Blueprint for OTT Success
We’ve already talked at length about the massive effect America’s growing Hispanic population is having on the entertainment landscape. Reaching these viewers isn’t just a moral imperative; it’s a financial Read More
AT&T TV Service Feels Like Cable’s Bad Old, Good Old Days
AT&T TV launched nationwide today, a successor to the collapsing DirecTV. But for all its modern features, it feels like a throwback to cable TV’s bad old days. Read More