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Inside the Stream: Making Sense of the Disney-Fubo Deal
Talk about events moving fast. Not long after Colin and I recorded and posted this week’s podcast about the Disney-Fubo deal from earlier this week, the three Venu Sports JV partners said they were cancelling the service.
At the end of the podcast we cautioned that with DirecTV and EchoStar raising the possibility of a renewed Venu litigation, the JV partners might have second thoughts. Given the new twist this week’s Inside the Stream is kind of optional listening. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up!
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Inside the Stream: PBS’s Digital Head Explains Importance of Amazon Deal
Happy New Year and welcome to the first podcast of 2025. We’re pleased to have PBS’s Chief Digital and Marketing Officer Ira Rubenstein join us to discuss PBS’s recent partnership with Amazon. Under the deal more than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS Kids channel will be included in the Prime Video FAST section. Two new PBS FAST channels will also be included.
Ira explains how the Amazon deal keeps PBS accessible for those who have cut the cord, don’t have an antenna, etc. PBS is also talking to other potential partners, especially those who can support donations and benefit PBS stations. Beyond the Amazon deal, Ira also shares his thoughts on the broader industry and key changes he’s paying attention to.
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Inside the Stream: Antenna’s CEO Shares Top Streaming Insights from 2024
This week Antenna’s Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Carson joins us for an exclusive interview to discuss the firm’s top streaming insights from 2024. Antenna’s research has become a go-to source of data for executives from around the industry.
In the interview we dive into a number of findings, including the shift in subscriber growth from paid to ad-supported streaming services, how sports and live events provided the top subscriber acquisition moments in 2024, the role of sports in driving virtual pay-TV operators’ growth and which promotions worked best for new sign-ups.
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How AI is Shaping Media & Entertainment in 2025
Friday, December 20, 2024, 10:33 AM ETPosted by:Albert Lai
Global Director for Media & Entertainment, Google CloudThe media and entertainment industry was abuzz with excitement over generative AI in 2023. Companies, driven by curiosity and a sense of urgency, began experimenting with this new technology, exploring its potential to disrupt the industry and transform themselves. This period of exploration and innovation quickly yielded tangible results, and by 2024, many companies successfully implemented AI solutions with measurable ROI and turned the AI conversation from “if” to “when”.
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