Inside The Stream

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.

Inside the Stream – Can AVOD originals deliver enough to justify their cost?

Original shows have been the engine driving SVOD growth. Now AVOD players are getting into the crowded and costly originals game. Can they make money, and what else do they hope to gain?

Inside the Stream – Is Amazon’s $8.5B MGM purchase worth it?

Amazon is buying MGM for $8.5B, making the deal second only to its $14.5B purchase of Whole Foods. Is Jeff Bezos just looking to bolstering Prime Video, or does MGM bring other value to the etail giant?

Inside the Stream – AT&T-Time Warner didn't work. Will WarnerMedia-Discovery?

AT&T is spinning off WarnerMedia just three years after buying it. We look at why the deal never made sense from the start and if the combination with Discovery is a better idea.

Inside the Stream – SVOD churn, AVOD’s impact, and Internet TV 2022

Kevin Westcott of Deloitte joins us this week to discuss SVOD churn post-lockdown, AVOD’s impact on SVOD usage, and what to expect from Internet TV in 2022.

Inside the Stream – 2021 NewFronts and the streaming TV ad gold rush

At the NewFronts this week, Samsung, Roku, NBCU, Crackle, Vevo, Tik-Tok, and many others pitched advertisers on their audience reach. It illustrates the gold rush is on streaming TV advertising.

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Inside the Stream – YouTube 50% ad growth, Scripps investment in antenna TV

TrueView for Action ads helped boost YouTube’s revenue by 50% in Q1. Are the 120 million YouTube connected TV viewers ready for the format? Scripps thinks antenna TV use is booming, but the data suggest otherwise.

Inside the Stream – Growing Vevo’s CTV ad revenue 10x in 12 months

Before the pandemic, just 4% of Vevo’s music video business was on the connected TV. Today, it is half. Vevo’s head of West Coast sales explains how the company got it done and what it means to its ad business. Listen on to find out more.