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Tube Trends: On YouTube, Colbert Lands Where Fans Already Are
Colbert’s potential YouTube move is a migration to where he — and the rest of traditional late night — has already established an engaged audience.
Teaming Up For Programmatic, Moment-Based Streaming Ads
A new partnership from StreamLayer and Curated.Media aims to provide programmatic access to key moments during live sports (and other programming).
Tube Trends: How YouTube Creators Are Using Longer Videos To Compete With TV
YouTube wants its creators to make more TV-like content. From a run-time perspective, the transition is already happening on the platform.
Tube Trends: Can YouTube Be Everything, Everywhere, All At Once?
At Upfronts, YouTube made the case that it IS TV. It’s hard to deny the platform has a hold on audience attention at this point.
NFL Subtly Shifts TV Schedule To Streaming-First
As the NFL’s 2026 schedule takes shape, the league appears to be quietly embracing its destiny as streaming-first.
Gemini Is Tone Deaf (And Other Adventures In Using AI For Television)
Gemini’s inability to pick up on emotional clues makes it a bad choice for a TV recommendation engine where such skills are key.
Tube Trends: How YouTube Has Turned Itself Into a Sports Hub
YouTube has seen enormous growth as a hub for sports content worldwide. Now comes the hard part: Merging highlight behavior with live game watching.
TV Is TV Again
Annie Krukowska draws inspiration from Guy Edri’s keynote at StreamTV Show Lisbon to explain why we need to stop balkanizing what we call “TV.”
Dear John Ternus
An open letter to John Ternus on what Apple needs to do to stay on track and regain its former glory.
Tube Trends: NFL’s Impending YouTube Deal Shows Where Ball Is Heading
The NFL’s potential YouTube deal is about more than just money. It’s about the future of TV.
Tube Trends: Eventful Q1 Fuels Cable News YouTube Views Increases
A tumultuous March of news drove increased YouTube viewership for cable networks like Fox News, CNN and MS Now, as Tubular data revealed.
Excerpt: The Collapse Of The Monoculture And The Rise Of Feudal Media
The introduction to my upcoming book (Fall 2026) on The Collapse Of The Monoculture And The Rise Of Feudal Media
NFL Will Counteract TV’s Spending Limits With More Streaming Packages
The NFL isn’t waiting for traditional TV to build out how it increases media revenues. It’s using streaming to grow revenues rapidly, with or without networks.
Before You Commit At NewFronts, Ask One More Question
Operational infrastructure can’t be lost in the larger shuffle of NewFronts, as XR: Extreme Reach CMO Graham McKenna explains.
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Oscars nominees no longer represent the apogee of popular culture, Alan Wolk argues. But in the age of Feudal Media, they don’t have to.
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.
The AI Backlash Is In Full Force
X users have turned against AI this month in the long-predicted backlash. There are multiple camps, Alan Wolk explains, though their rationales are frequently interlinked.
Tube Trends: ‘Primetime’ For Social Video? It Depends
Does social video have a “prime time” window? John Cassillo explores.
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.
Tube Trends: How A&E Uses YouTube To Appeal To Cordcutters
A&E isn’t shying away from the evolving way audiences are tuning in, embracing YouTube in a way that brings their programming directly to where viewers are.

