
The Future Of Television. Dissected Daily.
The Spotifyization Of Television
A flashback to something I wrote in 2014 that is proving oddly prescient today.
Does Content Overlap Matter In Streaming Bundle Era?
While Disney+ tries to avoid crashing its fandom content into each other, those shows can collide with major Hulu programs — something that becomes more apparent when it’s all under one roof. But should that matter anymore?
New, Smaller Bundles Rise With New DirecTV-Paramount Global Agreement
Subscribers now can get some Paramount programming—sports, kids—without having to buy all of its cable channels
As FCC Ownership Rules Loosen, Two Divergent Futures Emerge For Local TV Stations
Not all local stations are created equal, and the paths ahead for network-owned stations and independently owned affiliates couldn’t be more different.
“Meet Them Where They Are”: Premion’s Daniel Spinosa On Making CTV Simpler For Local Buyers
In this new post-Cannes Q&A, Premion’s Daniel Spinosa explains how local CTV is evolving and what it means for measurement, omnichannel buys and contextual targeting.
YouTube Rules TV Again In May, Aims To Dominate For Next 20 Years
YouTube creators will ‘flip formats, blend genres and push deeper into the mainstream,’ Neal Mohan says
Why Interoperability And Transparency Are The Real Currency In Ad Tech
This is the first Innovator Spotlight excerpt from our new Special Report, Currency Reimagined: What Matters Most In The Age Of Streaming, featuring Magnite’s Kristen Williams.
Hot List Originals: How Retailers Rocked Cannes
Cannes was all buzz, but Amazon and Walmart dropped the real bombshells in TV ads—what it all means is still up in the air.
At Cannes, “Fragmentation” Is The New Normal
Even AI seemed to get eclipsed by all the talk about media fragmentation swirling around Cannes. Alan Wolk explains why.
From Public Trustee To Private Courier: The Curious Pivot Of ATSC 3.0
The public interest requires nothing less than the full realization of ATSC 3.0's commercial television potential before spectrum is diverted to enterprise applications.
Programmatic Strategy Paying Off For DirecTV After Focus Shifts To Streaming
Programmatic campaigns across DirecTV’s expanded footprint are seeing increases of as much as 50% in response rates.
NFL TV Draft: Which Games Will Draw The Biggest Audience In 2025?
Which NFL games are likely to draw the biggest TV audiences this season? We took a swing at the games that have network and streaming partners (and TV viewers) excited.
How Measurement Is Powering CTV Adoption Among B2B Marketers
An Innovator Spotlight conversation from “The CTV Playbook For B2B Marketers”, iSpot’s Stuart Schwartzapfel discusses how LinkedIn is using its rich professional data to drive precision-targeted CTV campaigns.
Streaming Makes TV History, Topping Combined Broadcast, Cable Usage Combined in May
Sports sponsorship measurement system launched
The Cost of Bad Data
All marketing data today is built on massive error. The data compiled is based on guesswork and inferences.
Amazon Helps Marketers Learn From Creator and Influencer Videos on Amazon Live
Insights from Amazon Live product piches are fed into the Amazon Marketing Cloud, where they can ba analyze to guide campaigns.
Hot List: 14 articles, 2 Special Reports
A baker’s dozen (+1) of TVREV OG’s, two new special reports, and catch us if you Cannes in the French Riviera
The Great Rewiring: What StreamTV Revealed About Media's Identity Crisis
The Stream TV Show reveals some important lessons about the industry…and TVREV.
Could Animation Be Superhero Content’s Best Liferaft?
Recent box office concerns for superhero movies may yield a new streaming/TV approach centered around animation instead.
More Targeting Brings Advertisers Big Lift in Results, TransUnion Study Finds
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