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Tube Trends: Assessing The Pre-Oscars YouTube Cycle
What is driving Oscars video trends in the lead-up to this year’s awards?
Hot List: What You Need to Know this Week
PLUS: Come see TVREV IRL. Check out the TVREV track in NYC March 11 at Marketecture Live III.
What ‘Hoppers’ And ‘The Bride’ Tell Us About At-Home Demand
Theatrical box office remains the goal of all movies. But audience tracking data can help studios optimize for at-home money-making before the film even releases.
Tube Trends: Late-Night Fights Headwinds With YouTube
Late-night TV is under fire… but have already found YouTube as a workaround to the various challenges being lobbed at it.
From ACR Pioneer to Agentic Ad Ops: Zeev Neumeier’s Next Act: Gray Swan
The Inscape co-founder on building ACR from scratch, why startups require delusion, and how Gray Swan is using AI to help CTV companies stop staring at dashboards—and start flying the plane.
Hot List: Everywhere Is War
PLUS: Come see TVREV IRL. Check out the TVREV track in NYC March 11 at Marketecture Live III.
The Great PSKY-WBD Mashup: It’s Not a Media Merger, It’s a Training Data Heist
Everyone’s debating synergies, churn, and the “ticking fee.” They’re missing the real story. This isn’t about streaming scale. It’s about training data dominance.
Tube Trends: MrBeast Uses Giveaways To Hit New Highs
MrBeast’s focus on giveaways has fueled all-time highs in views and engagement — and has laid the groundwork for content growth that brands and publishers haven’t necessarily picked up on yet.
The Real Battle in Premium & Social Content: Reach vs. Activation
Whether you’re a social media creator, legacy film studio, or historic cable brand, reaching and activating audiences has never been so difficult.
Hot List: 10 Originals: How AI, Social, Data are Changing TV/Hollywood
PLUS: The Revisionists with OpenAP’s Brittany Slattery, Warner Bros. hijinks, and more
Tube Trends: ‘Primetime’ For Social Video? It Depends
Does social video have a “prime time” window? John Cassillo explores.
Ahead In Awareness, Behind In Urgency: ‘The Odyssey’ vs. ‘Oppenheimer’
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ will undoubtedly be a box office winner. But can it surpass the moneymaking highs of ‘Oppenheimer?’
POTUS Day: Ads, Frauds and Local Tensions
PLUS: ChatGPT’s ads thing, freeing the airwaves, audits and accreditation, and more
Tube Trends: YouTube Audiences Still Love Comedy As Other Formats Flee
Comedies have shrunk as part of TV and movies, but they’re still alive and well on YouTube, as data from Tubular shows.
Interest Creates Potential. Conversion Creates Hits.
Most major films generate strong interest. Only some convert it into urgency. A look at why box office outcomes diverge even when audiences are paying attention.
Hot List: Pre-Game Reading on TVs Biggest Day
PLUS: ChatGPT’s ads thing, freeing the airwaves, audits and accreditation, and more
Tube Trends: Bad Bunny And The NFL’s Gen Z Pitch
Bad Bunny’s Gen Z appeal is a big part of the NFL’s larger efforts to get younger, and stay ahead of the streaming curve.
Could AI Undermine YouTube’s Mission To Grab More TV Ad Dollars?
As AI-fueled video floods YouTube, brands chasing efficiency risk alienating consumers — and undermining YouTube’s push to win TV ad dollars.
Tube Trends: Has Super Bowl Finally Become ‘Creator Bowl?’
A look at the increasing footprint of creators during the Super Bowl, as the NFL and advertisers invite digital video further into its domain.
Highly Anticipated, Less Exciting: The Curse Of The Hyped Up Sequel
Hollywood continues to misunderstand the economics of sequels, leaving industry execs scratching their heads over the front-loaded box office.

