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New UK media legislation is focused on helping local broadcasters battle global SVOD.  However, a small part of the law could be beneficial in the US. Guaranteeing prominence is key.

Three years ago, subscriber growth in the US SVOD market appeared to have peaked. Today, it is growing again. Here are four reasons for the resurgence in growth.

What is the real reason behind Netflix's interface changes? Fox's CEO says investors don't value Tubi's impact. Will he sell it? Shibuya uses crowdfunding to help fund creator projects.

To get young people watching your long-form video, you'll need vertical format shorts on social media. In this interview, Quickplay's Paul Pastor explains how to automate Shorts creation.

Netflix wants to join the short list of eight companies with a $1T market cap. To get there, it needs to at least double revenue by 2030. Will its business model get it there?

How much time do Netflix subscribers spend watching top titles? How many people stream first when turning on the TV? How influential is mobile on TV viewing?

Are you partnering with the right TV OS provider? You'll find out this week as I reveal the penetration and programmatic ad revenue leaders and discuss why it matters.

This week, we look at the LLM video licensing market, how AI simplifies complex tools, cloud solutions to help pay TV to survive, and how the NAB show's star is fading.

This week, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos was appealing to YouTube creators and twisting the knife in the movie theater business. Will creators and theater owners pay attention?   

People have reached their limit on paying SVOD price increases despite spending less overall on entertainment than in 2014. Why don't people feel the savings? Listen on to find out why.  

May 2025 marks the second anniversary of HBO Max's renaming to Max. In that time, WB Discovery has failed to establish a clear differentiation for Max and is paying the price.

How many people subscribe to generative AI services and use Amazon to consolidate their SVOD services? Bando's Giles Tongue has new data that reveals the answers and more. Bando's free report, which is discussed in this podcast, is available here. 

While much television viewing has switched to streaming, much of the revenue has not. But that is changing, and viewers are already reaping the benefits in their pocketbooks.

The 2H 2024 Netflix Watch Report shows the hours streamed were about the same as in 1H 2023. However, per-subscriber engagement is down 20%. Fewer titles and originals could be to blame.

Revy's fight with The Trade Desk has spilled into the trade press. In this interview, Revry's co-founders explain why all specialty, niche, and fan-forward providers could be affected.

YouTube is the most popular television channel in the US. It is draining billions of dollars from premium TV providers and grows bigger with each passing day. So, why is Hollywood ignoring it?

Comcast says it is getting out of the cable TV channel business but will keep Bravo and its regional sports networks. What's happening, and what does it mean for Peacock and its subscribers?

The TVOS market continues to change, with Whale TV and The Trade Desk entering in the last few months. Will they all survive, or is there a different endgame ahead for the TVOS?

AI is set to help viewers with their biggest challenge: finding something to watch. However, despite moves by Google, LG, and Samsung, business problems will stop AI from achieving its full potential. 

With so many connected TV experience problems, why weren't there more advancements at CES 2025? Only Google, LG, and Samsung had anything to say, and all looked to AI to help.

This week, Tubi released impressive audience and viewing hours growth in 2024. But the numbers hide the fact that engagement is falling. A strategy shift is needed to fix the problem.

Sports were the big story in streaming TV in 2024. Premium sports drove big gains for YouTube TV and SVOD services. Smaller leagues are using FASTs to grow their audience.

Connected TV advertising has failed to take advantage of technology to deliver a better viewing experience. But that could be about to change, according to the CEO of Qortex. 

A long-time cable TV executive warned peers not to say cable anymore. Cable TV programmers are listening and switching brands to streaming. It looks like cable is at a tipping point.

In what could be the last comparison of Vizio and Roku's platform businesses, Roku extends its active user lead while Vizio narrows the engagement and ARPU gap.

Amazon's decision to ditch the Freevee brand and fold the content into Prime Video makes sense for the etailer. But it has more brand purging to do to fix its strategy and clear up confusion.

Netflix and Roku are cutting off crucial data—subscriber counts and revenue per user—hiding key insights into their business health and market power. Here's why it matters.

As streaming box providers continue to update their devices, fewer people plan to buy them. Have streaming boxes lost their innovation edge over smart TVs?

As people abandon the big bundle of paid TV channels, vMVPDs must adapt or die. Philo, Fubo, and Sling TV are adapting by giving their audiences what they want in the way they want it.

FAST growth has slowed dramatically in the last six months. In this interview with Wurl's VP of Sales and Partnerships, we discuss why and how to jump-start the industry's growth.

New data shows that Baby Boomers are on board with digital media and TV technology and, despite their advertising reluctance, are worth pursuing, even over the preferred Gen-Z audience.

How do you avoid your globally distributed content falling into the cultural dead zone of regional markets? SphereX CEO Teresa Philips explains how measuring cultural distance is the key.

The crowded TV OS market has another consumer-facing brand. Whale TV's marketing head explained the name change and how the OS differed from the competition.

During the Olympics and Euros, Yospace stitched 10 billion one-to-one targeted ads into live sports streams. Yospace's head of marketing explains how the company got it done.

Vizio's WatchFree+ is the engine powering the company's transformation into a service business. The company's Group VP explains why the FAST service is expanding outside Vizio Smart TVs.

Disney's TV strategy is confusing in many ways. This week, we look at three issues: zombie subscribers, password-sharing curbs, and flexibility with traditional pay TV operators.

Comparing Vizio vs. Roku in Q2 2024 shows Roku extended its lead in terms of active accounts. However, Vizio is catching up fast in the important areas of ARPU and engagement.

SVOD grew its share of US home entertainment spending in Q2 2024 by a massive 7%. It took all its share gains from MVPD and vMVPDs, but they still dominate spending.

Fubo's sports-oriented vMVPD has consistently delivered solid growth since its launch. So, why does it think Venu Sports, the Disney-Fox-WD Discovery sports JV, is such a huge threat? With Brett Sappington of Sappington Media.

Fishtank used Livepeer's blockchain-powered network to let the audience pay to participate in its live reality show. The model helped create a multi-million-dollar franchise.

Younger viewers have dumped TV for short-form video, which is a problem for Hollywood. It doesn't understand the short-form medium and is losing badly to those that do. 

How did Curiosity Stream achieve profitability? The company's President and CEO explained that an advanced distribution strategy is essential and that GenAI is part of its future.

The incoming New Paramount CEO thinks the ultimate bundle is what viewers and service providers want. But is the market really crying out for a “one stop-shop with a nice EPG”?

Akta has just integrated its video platform with Google's Gemini. In this interview, Akta's Chairman explains how editors use the solution to cut summary clip creation by 90%.

SVOD providers try to avoid customers who come for one show and then cancel. But Magid's EVP of Global Media says a large group of high churners are worth chasing.

Comscore says that Roku OS delivers three times more connected TV viewing hours than Amazon and that The Roku Channel dominates FAST linear viewing. But other data raises doubts

vMVPDs face the same fate as cable TV and growth is already slowing. FASTs could be partially responsible for the slowdown but could also offer the industry a way forward.

The foundation of the FAST industry is technology that creates linear channels from on-demand and live video. This week, I interview the CEO of Frequency, one of the leading providers of this technology.

The FAST market has been experiencing hyper-growth for four years, so it's time for a FAST reality check.  I look at growth and profitability to find out, as well as which channels are the most popular.

Tubi continues strong growth and has emerged as the leader among FAST services in the US. Prime Video managed to get most users to watch ads, but its value suffered during the process.

Did the introduction of Prime Video ads in January make an impact on Amazon's first quarter? And with big price increases in Peacock and others coming, do SVODs still represent a good deal?