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YouTube Scores a Touchdown With Week One of NFL Sunday Ticket Streaming
YouTube had a great first week streaming their NFL Sunday Ticket package and executed the games with a few technical errors that, from what I can tell, didn’t impact the majority of users. [See my...
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Executive Interview: Roku Discusses the Latest Advertising Metrics, Formats...
For my latest “Executive Interview” podcast, I sat down with Dan Robbins, VP of Ad Marketing and Partner Solutions at Roku who joined me for a discussion about the latest challenges and opportunities...
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Episode 68: The Implosion of The Pay TV Market as Blackouts, Increasing...
Podcast Episode 68 is live! This week we detail how the current model of licensing broadcast networks to pay TV distributors is completely broken. With a recent blackout on Spectrum due to a licensing...
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Amazon Says TNF Averaged 16.6M Viewers Across “All Media Platforms”, but...
Amazon says that according to Nielsen’s custom Integrated Live Streaming Report, Prime Video averaged 16.6 million viewers (AMA) for the Thursday Night Football kickoff game of the Vikings and Eagles...
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Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Fubo, Vevo and Others Headline the Streaming...
From the business of FAST, to the latest in ad tech, encoding workflows and delivering live events at scale, we’ve got a great lineup of speakers for the Streaming Summit at NAB Show New York, October...
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Episode 69: NFL Streaming Kickoff: Detailing How YouTube, ESPN, Peacock,...
Podcast episode 69 is live. This week I recap the opening weekend of the NFL season reviewing streaming services across YouTube (NFL Sunday Ticket), ESPN (Monday Night Football), Amazon, (Thursday...
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Budget Constraints, Longer Sales Cycles, and Higher Funding Costs Are Not...
Since IBC ended, I’ve seen multiple posts by attendees on LinkedIn commenting how the biggest theme they heard at the show was that customer’s budgets are smaller, sales cycles are taking longer,...
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Episode 71: No Viewership Transparency Included in The WGA Deal Terms; Court...
Podcast episode 71 is live. This week we detail the language in the new terms announced by the WGA in their deal with the studios (AMPTA) that have come as a result of the writers strike. The new deal...
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Episode 72: Exploring Apple’s Formula One Bid; Candle Media’s Poor Revenue...
Podcast episode 72 is live. This week we detail the language in the new terms announced by the WGA in their deal with the studios (AMPTA) that have come as a result of the writers strike. The new deal...
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Executive Interview: The Complex Road Ahead for Ad Measurement Data and Metrics
For my latest “Executive Interview” podcast, I sat down with Diane Strutner, CEO of Datazoom, for a detailed discussion on the current state of advertising data and the complex road ahead as inventory...
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A List of the Top 10 Largest Live Streaming Events in History and How They...
[Updated Nov 19, 2023] It has been three decades since some of the first live events were streamed online in 1993, starting with audio-only events suited for dial-up users. Since the start of the...
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Episode 73: Netflix’s AVOD Business; ESPN’s Balance Sheet; and Lumen Exits...
Podcast episode 73 is live. This week we break down the numbers from Netflix’s Q3 earnings, their content spend for 2024, what their ad business looks like today and the reasons why many are...
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Harmonic Doing a Strategic Review of Their Video Business but Doesn’t Need to...
During Harmonic’s Q3 earnings call the company announced they will undergo a strategic review of their video business. While some are suggesting this means their product line is having problems, is...
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Bitmovin Discloses Revenue in the “Twenties Million” Range and Growing to the...
In a recent discussion with CEO Stefan Lederer at Bitmovin, the company is seeing some accelerating growth in the market this year with 2022 revenue in the “twenties million” range and growing to the...
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CDN77 Discloses 2023 Revenue of $140M-$150M With 30% Year-Over-Year Growth
While a private company, CDN77 is allowing me to disclose its revenue and growth numbers, which comes at a great time with some of the vendor changes in the market. Revenue for 2023 will be in the...
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Talking About the “Growth” of Fast, Without Business Metrics and Data to...
The hype around FAST, with almost no metrics tied to business is ridiculous. Every day there is a new report published that says FAST is “growing”, or that it is “taking share”. Growing how? Taking...
View ArticlePodcast: Streaming Reality Vs. Fantasy With Dan Rayburn
Thanks to Seeking Alpha for having me on their Investing Experts Podcast discussing the “Reality Vs. Fantasy” in the streaming media industry. I broke down key earnings data, what some OTT platforms...
View ArticleVideo Interview: Streaming Industry Faces Challenges Despite Positive Q3...
Thanks to Carlo De Marchis for having me on his latest video interview series talking about the current business economics of the streaming media industry, AI, personalization and the need to focus on...
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Netflix and Comcast in Discussions for Renewal of 2004 Interconnection Deal
It’s incredible to think it’s been ten years since Netflix and Comcast signed their interconnect deal, which is due to expire in 2024. This took place at the height of net neutrality and only a year...
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Breaking Down Paramount’s Finances: Not Going Bankrupt but Balance Sheet...
Numbers matter, especially financials. Some in the media are reporting that Paramount doesn’t have enough cash and will go bankrupt next year, neglecting to mention the cash Paramount will get from...
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