Week In Review: Google Gears Up For Streaming Wars, Amazon Integrates vMVPDs
The one where we look at how Google is once again going over the wall and into the fray against Amazon and Roku and then look at Amazon’s linear play. Read More
Conference-Only College Football Season Could Have Numerous TV Effects
As college football conferences start trimming schedules for fall, it has major effects for both the schools and television partners alike. Read More
Get Our New Special Report, ‘Local OTT: What You Need to Know’ Today
TV[R]EV’s newest special report looks at how broadcasters and MVPDs are using OTT to reach local audiences, so crucial during the pandemic. Read More
Week In Review: YouTubeTV Raises Prices And Everyone Remembers vMVPDs Are Still Cable TV, Verizon Makes The First Move In The MVPD New Bundling Wars
The one where we yet again explain why vMVPDs are not cord-cutting and look at Verizon’s free Hulu for a year deal for new broadband subs. Read More
Will Fox News Be A Victim Of The Shift To OTT?
Given Fox News’s reliance on traditional pay TV viewers, the expected swing to OTT may leave them without much of an audience. 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
Binge Report: ‘Las Vegas’ Is the Weekend’s Most Binged Time-Shifted Show
According to Inscape.tv, during the weekend of June 26-28, the most binge-watched time-shifted shows were “Las Vegas,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “The Office” and “Chicago P.D.,” in that order. Read More
Week In Review: HBO Plays Hardball, Amazon Goes Linear
The one where we look at AT&T’s continued efforts to shoot itself in the foot with regards to Roku and Amazon and examine Amazon’s linear TV plans. Read More
Boycotting Facebook? Time To Take Another Look At TV
Brands that are joining in the Facebook boycott next month would do well to take a second look at television which is more targetable than ever while remaining brand safe. Read More
2020 NewFronts: Quick Highlights from Days 1 & 2
This is a quick recap of the first two days of the 2020 NewFronts, with advertising and programming highlights from some key platforms and services that have been taking the virtual stage. Read More
Day One of the NewFronts And Data Is King
A look at why data and data-driven advertising was front and center on Day One of the (virtual) 2020 NewFronts. Read More
Binge Report: ‘Yellowstone’ Is the Weekend’s Most Binged Time-Shifted Show
According to Inscape.tv, during the weekend of June 19-21, the most binge-watched time-shifted shows were Yellowstone, NCIS: Los Angeles, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Watchmen and Chicago P.D. Read More
TV’s Moustached Asshats and the Inevitability of Innovation
Change is the status quo. It never stops. And yet, often anchored inside of that change like a rock in a river, is a stubborn system of power that prevents Read More
Week In Review: HBO Digs Itself In Deeper, Project OAR Goes Live
1. HBO Digs Itself In Deeper AT&T dug itself into an even deeper hole this week, announcing that it was going to sunset HBO Go (its OTT product for MVPD Read More
Q&A: Paket Media’s Raffi Bagdasarian on Simplifying Streaming Video’s Sign-In Chaos
Entertainment executive Raffi Bagdasarian talks about how Paket Media aims to solve the emerging headaches of streaming video: finding, signing into, and paying for our proliferating portfolio of subscription channels. Read More
Unified Ad Platform Plans Could Signal Disney’s Strongest Push Yet Into Video Ad Wars
Disney’s Unified Ad Platform future ups the ante on addressable and puts the company squarely in the middle of the video ad wars. Read More
Network Deep Dive: A&E
This deep dive uses analysis from Inscape and iSpot to surface viewership trends and advertising highlights around A&E so far this year. Read More
Week In Review: AMC Makes Some Moves, Roku And Amazon Play Hardball
The one where we look at AMC’s advertising and programming moves and look at why Roku and Amazon still have the upper hand vs Flixes. Read More