Inside The Stream

Google's Fiber TV retired, Fall TV linear audience declines, SVOD churn, and the streaming TV executive shuffle are the subjects for our podcast in a busy week for our industry. We dig into the issues and find plenty to disagree on.

YouTube TV and NBCUniversal have become embroiled in a highly public dispute about the details of their distribution agreement. On today’s episode Colin and Will discuss what’s really behind the dispute and the larger industry shifts that are impacting the negotiation.

The acquisition of Jukin Media by Trusted Media Brands brings new media favorite FailArmy and established media perennial Reader’s Digest, among other properties, together under one roof. We interview Bonnie Kintzer, President and CEO of Trusted Media Brands about the deal, the combined companies' strategy and larger industry trends.

Apple is copying Amazon’s flywheel strategy, with heavy product placements in original Apple TV+ shows, meant to boost its ecosystem and core revenue streams. However, in the connected TV device market, it has lost heavily to Amazon despite having first-mover advantage.

Smart TVs are having a moment, with strong growth in penetration and usage. Does this mean streaming sticks and boxes are on the way out? TV[R]EV’s Alan Wolk joins us to discuss the issues.

Amazon Channels helps SVOD providers like AMC+ reach new viewers, but would AMC be better off focusing all its energy on promoting its owned and operated service?

With streamers, CE manufacturers, and content providers fully engaged in delivering virtual linear channels, the US FAST market is set to double in size within two years.

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.

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.

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.