Google Making Gains In The OS Wars, Co-Viewing Helps Boost Streaming Reach

The TVOS wars heat up as Google makes gains and Roku solidifies its holds on the US. Meanwhile, viewer-per-household stats assume greater importance.

Alan Wolk 1/6/23 Alan Wolk 1/6/23

Roku Finally Makes A TV Set, Comcast and Charter Roll Out Their Xumo TV Too

Roku and Comcast/Charter (Xumo) both announced their own lines of smart TVs. The question is, will anyone really care?

Alan Wolk 12/16/22 Alan Wolk 12/16/22

WBD Has Other Plans For Westworld, VIZIO's New Calibration Panel For ACR

Why WBD is smart to syndicate some HBO hits to FAST services and why Inscape’s calibration panel is good news for ACR.

Alan Wolk 10/21/22 Alan Wolk 10/21/22

Netflix, Netflix, Netflix!

Netflix deals with subscriber numbers, Wall Street, all-at-once-delivery, password sharing and the launch of their new ad-supported tier.

Alan Wolk 10/7/22 Alan Wolk 10/7/22

Peacock Becomes A Phoenix, Is OAN The Future Of Broadcast?

What’s behind Peacock’s surprising comeback and why diginets might be the future of broadcast TV.

Alan Wolk 9/30/22 Alan Wolk 9/30/22

Will Carriage And Retrans Fees Be The Death Of Linear?, OpenAP Expands CrossPlatform Programmatic Capabilities

Can US cable networks survive the loss of carriage fees and the real value of OpenID’s new unified programmatic buying platform.

Alan Wolk 9/9/22 Alan Wolk 9/9/22

Sephora Settlement Underlines TV Privacy Concerns, Dongles Are Dying But The Hybrid Ecosystem Is Here To Stay

Why data privacy is about to become even more important to TV advertisers and what a new Vizio survey tells us about cord cutting and the importance of the TV OS.