Despite the flashy Upfronts, tech giants like Google, Apple and Meta are competing to dominate the future of AI.

Kraken games will appear locally on Amazon (and broadcast TV). And it may show what’s next for local sports rights.

What we’re thinking Amazon’s really going to do with Freevee, and why the real story of the Walmart-VIZIO deal has nothing to do with either company.

In this interview from CES 2024, ESHAP owner and noted media cartographer Evan Shapiro dives into the OS Wars – whoever controls that data controls the “oil in the TV ecosystem.”

A look at how Amazon’s shift to a mainstream content strategy left it well positioned for the transition to an ad-supported model.

Amazon just moved around 50 million US viewers to ad-supported streaming and what that means. Plus how do you get over 300 local broadcasters on a single app.

Why Amazon’s rescue of Diamond Sports mostly benefits Amazon and why Thompson’s vision for CNN is shaking up TV news.

How to read between the lines of the AI hype cycle, why watching sports on TV keeps getting more miserable for fans and why the leagues need to cary about it.

Foxxum’s Ronny Lutzi explains why independent software developers like Foxxum are going to play such a critical role in the OS Wars, especially for local TV OEMs.

Alan Wolk serves up TVREV’s 2024 Prediction realness. Everything from ad-supported Amazon to IPV6.

Why WBD’s purchase of Paramount might serve to make them even more churn-proof and why Amazon’s decision to bail out Diamond Sports might reverberate throughout the industry.

Amazon suddenly has eyes on investing in Diamond Sports — something that actually makes too much sense.

This week’s TVREV highlights, and more news across the industry.

Why streamers are struggling to make the move to mass market and why that’s dangerous in a time of massive churn, and why Amazon’s new self-serve SMB ad product could really help open up the TV ad market.

This week’s TVREV highlights, and more news across the industry.

This week’s TVREV highlights, plus our Local TV Report, the WGA won, iSpot’s MRC accreditation, and more across the industry.

Pay TV revenue may not be all that important to Charter these days, giving it the upper hand vs Disney + why Amazon’s under the radar shoppable content play may be a game changer.

Why Andy Jassy’s not wrong to question Amazon’s content spend and our TVREV take on Threads vs Twitter.

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.

Why reducing streaming lag time for sports is so important and why WBD giving up their NBA rights actually makes sense.