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Book Excerpt: Netflix Just Won't Be Netflix With Ads
An exclusive excerpt from Amanda Lotz’s new book examines the dramatic impact advertising would have on Netflix.
As Kilar Exits, CNN+ Is On The Clock
Jason Kilar departs WarnerMedia days after launching CNN Plus, and days before merging with Discovery. Will CNN Plus survive the merger, given the crushing debt and need for major cuts facing CEO-in-Waiting David Zaslav? Kilar says it’s not broken, don’t fix it. But the clock is ticking.
When Do The Streaming-Friendly Oscars Become A Streamed Event?
As the Motion Picture Academy starts to embracing streamed Oscar winners, maybe it’s time to embrace a streamed Oscar ceremony. The possibilities for an online awards show are vast, from prop bets, to behind-the-scenes conversations, to actually showing all those banished awards categories live.
Streaming Services Positioned For A Big Oscar Night: We Handicap The Contenders
HBO Max’s Dune grabbed 10 Oscar nominations, one of several streaming-first projects in position to win big at Sunday’s awards.
Exclusive: Don’t Look Up’s David Sirota Makes The Case For Streamers To Tackle Tougher Issues In Their Programming Choices
Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, ‘Don’t Look Up’ co-creator David Sirota discusses the movie, values-based media, and the tension facing streaming news and consumers.
Disney+ Parental Controls Could Seal Hulu’s (Eventual) Fate
Parental controls further blur the lines between Disney+ and Hulu on-demand, putting the latter service at a crossroads.
HBO Max And Discovery+ Will Combine Forces. Should They?
The pros and cons of Warner Bros. Discovery combing HBO Max and Discovery+ under a single roof…
Why Verizon’s PlusPlay Could Be A Big Deal For Subscription Services Of Any Kind
Verizon’s just-announced PlusPlay will aggregate easy a la carte access not just to streaming-video networks but a variety of other subscription service providers, potentially a big deal for a fractured industry and frustrated customers, while dealing another blow to the battered cable bundle.
HBO’s ‘Winning Time’ Is Less About Sports And More About Following Its Sunday Night Formula
Winning Time is about sports, for sure. But it’s more about HBO doing what it usually does successfully.
Talking to Your TV Isn’t Crazy Anymore
Using voice commands to control technology has gone from sci-fi to standard procedure in a very short time. Today, 62 percent of Americans say they regularly use it with at least one device. The most common place voice is used is with apps on smartphones. Voice control is not an emerging technology; it’s mainstream and as close as your pocket or purse.
CNN Follows Its Journalism Roots To Chart New Path Amid Wartime Footing
Just as the first Gulf War effectively birthed CNN as a global 24-hour news network, so could the Russian invasion of Ukraine provide a path to its rebirth.
ViacomCBS Doubles Down On Paramount Brand, DTC Future
ViacomCBS has declared that every corner of the mid-major media company is focusing on maximizing its streaming future.
Is Peacock Finally Ready To Strut Its Stuff On The Big Stage?
Comcast and NBCU clearly grasp the opportunity they have to push Peacock amid the Olympics-Super Bowl confluence, judging from the last month’s fusillade of news releases, announcements, presentations, and other public statements.
Canvs AI Presents the ‘All The Feels’ Awards for 2021
The last two years have witnessed one of the most transformative periods for TV viewership. Consumers' reached for content that hit the right notes, whatever those notes might be, from feeling part of a community, touching their soul, tickling the funny bone, or just plain fun...We’re proud to present the Canvs “All the Feels” Awards (AF Awards) for 2021!
With Netflix’s Big Drop, Do Other Streaming Services Change Course?
The brutal plunge in share prices that hit Netflix after last week’s so-so earnings announcement is sparking broader questions about the economic underpinnings of the entire streaming-video sector.

