Hollywood isn’t being disrupted by AI, it’s being rebuilt around it. From animation and dubbing to distribution and personalization, AI is now baked into the workflows that drive production and reach. The companies treating AI as core infrastructure, not a…

Fantasy Life has raised $7 million in a funding round led by LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s LRMR Ventures to transform into a fully-integrated fantasy football platform. Central to the shift is its acquisition of Guillotine League, a high-engagement, survival-style…

Basics of Streaming dives deeper into how modern streaming stacks manage video delivery through advanced codecs, streaming protocols, cloud encoding, and DRM systems. The column explains how platforms use codecs like AV1 and VP9 for better compression, protocols like HLS…

Amazon will shut down the standalone Freevee app in August, finalizing its plan to consolidate ad-supported streaming content within Prime Video. As covered by The Streaming Wars in November 2024, Amazon began phasing out Freevee last year to streamline its…

From the Archives chronicles Veoh’s ambitious rise and eventual fall after launching in 2005 to reshape online video. Despite early innovation and backing from major media and tech investors, Veoh’s lack of strategic focus, unclear identity, and unsustainable business model…

Rebecca Avery of Integration Therapy argues that metadata is not just a technical concern but a core business asset that directly impacts revenue, rights enforcement, and operational efficiency. Poorly governed metadata slows decision-making, drives up manual intervention, and erodes trust…

Ask Skip addresses whether it's time to leave media after being laid off—and the hard truth is, traditional media is in strategic decline. But storytelling, strategy, and talent still matter—just not in the same places. The future lies at the…

Radial Entertainment has launched following Oaktree Capital’s acquisition of FilmRise and merger with Shout! Studios. The combined entity brings together 70,000 titles, creating one of the largest independent distributors in film and TV. Oaktree plans to scale Radial through additional…

Netflix will begin carrying live content from NASA+ later this summer, marking its first U.S. partnership with a third-party live feed provider. The deal adds rocket launches and mission coverage to Netflix’s lineup, but more importantly, signals the company's growing…

Ampere Analysis reports that short-form video now surpasses streaming, broadcast TV, and gaming in daily usage, with 63% of the global online population engaging with platforms like TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels daily. The format’s rapid growth is fueled…