Inside The Stream

Inside the Stream – Will SkyShowtime shake up the European TV market?

Comcast and ViacomCBS are partnering on a new European SVOD service dubbed SkyShowtime. Why did they decide to work together rather than go it alone with Peacock and Paramount+? Listen on to find out why.

Inside the Stream – Why Hollywood Is In A Deep, Dark Box of Its Own Making

The economics of smaller to mid-size budget movies have broken down. We discuss how it is a problem of the studios’ own making and why taking theater releases directly to SVOD exacerbates the situation.

Inside the Stream –FandangoNow-Vudu and the shift from ownership to access

A minor deal involving online movie stores FandangoNow and Vudu speaks volumes. It shows how fundamentally the market for video has changed in the last ten years.

Inside the Stream – Why Peacock's Olympics coverage misses the mark

Peacock is supposed to be Olympics central for online viewers, but finding a timely replay or clip or live stream of a favorite sport is an exercise in frustration. Is this a missed opportunity for NBCU?

Inside the Stream – Netflix stuck on one product, one business model

Netflix survived Q2 2021 with only a small loss of subscribers in the US and Canada. But if investors were hoping for a new revenue stream for the company, they were out of luck. There will be no ads for Netflix, not even in the company’s new games services.

Inside the Stream – PVOD Black Widow release and the future of theater

Black Widow had a huge opening weekend, with premium VOD playing a significant role in its success. Will Hollywood allow PVOD to dominate, or will theater-going return to its former central role?

Inside the Stream – Why Innovid is going public now; biggest CTV ad challenge

Independent buy-side ad platform Innovid is about to go public. We talk with the company’s co-founder and CEO, Zvika Netter, to understand why now and why fragmentation is the industry’s greatest challenge.

Inside the Stream – The inside scoop on JW Player’s $100M financing round

JW Player closed a $100 million financing round this week. We talk with the company’s co-founder and CEO, Dave Otten, for the inside scoop on the deal and how he plans to use the money.

Inside the Stream – CTV flywheel effect driving industry to new heights

There was plenty of swagger in the step of AVOD and Fast providers at the Connected TV Ad Summit last week. And why not, when the CTV flywheel effect looks to be spinning the industry to new heights.

Inside the Stream – Bloomberg Quicktake morphs social news into a 24-hour channel

Last November, Bloomberg launched Quicktake, a 24/7 streaming news network. The head of Quicktake tells us why the company morphed a social news project into a full-blown TV news channel.