Is Xumo why NBCU is shutting down free Peacock and why WBD was smart to sell off some of its library content to Roku and Tubi.

The DOJ is coming for Google and the IAB is coming for Apple. Plus why we’re still bullish on streaming RSN apps.

Netflix and Apple have flexed their pocketbooks at the Sundance Film Festival this week, each picking up a hot title for around $20 million. But many competitors have done little so far in acquisitions, a bad sign for indie film, and a telling one for the growing gap between the richest services and everyone else.

Download this new report from Evan Shapiro and PCH that explores the coming wave of subscription churn

Why you’ve already forgotten about the FAST service YouTube launched in March 2022 and why SVOD services should be glad #PeakTV is finally over.

Key takeaways from this afternoon’s Netflix Q4 earnings call.

It’s only been about three years since the Streaming Wars kicked off, but analysts say we’re much further along in the process of figuring out the new era’s winners and losers. While 2023 may not decide anything, it’ll make for a great set-up pitcher for the final innings.

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

Why the smart TV OS wars should be the big TV industry story of CES 2023.

Once again, TVREV’s annual predictions about what to look for in the year ahead.

2023 Predictions from the top executives in TVREV’s Thought Leaders Circle.

Things are not all that grim in TV land if the industry can just come to grips with two slightly unpleasant realities.

Bob Iger has been back as Disney CEO for two weeks, and has said all the right things to investors and employees. But the list of challenges facing the company and Iger are long, and his contract is for only two years. What’s he going to prioritize in that time?

Watch Alan Wolk discuss the future of CTV and ad-supported streaming with the eMarketing Associations’ Kevin Lee.

Disney had a very bad quarter, surprising analysts, and raising questions about its ability to turn its streaming operations into a profitable enterprise within just another 15 months or so. Patience may be a virtue, but Wall Street wasn’t waiting around, sending share prices down 12 percent.

Alan Wolk discusses the launch of ad-supported Netflix with Cheddar News anchor Baker Machado

MyBundle.TV CEO Jason Cohen explains how the service lets broadband providers give consumers a way to create their own bundles.

Is Apple TV+ finally ready to act like a real streaming service, moving toward making money and paying its own way? Price hikes and more ads, maybe even an ad-supported tier, suggest Apple’s little project is growing up.

Viewers aren’t cutting the cord as much as they’re shifting most of their viewing to streaming and what that means for TV’s future.

Xperi has reshaped itself, spinning off a division focused on patents, now focused on taking its Pay TV technologies such as TiVo and TiVo+ to connected TVs, especially in international markets in Europe and Latin America.