Ana Maria Jipa, CEO of Olyn, argues in this Thought Leaders Circle essay that box office surges like Memorial Day weekend’s don’t signal a theatrical revival, but rather a shift toward event-driven viewing. She emphasizes that modern film distribution has…
TelevisaUnivision is replacing Donna Speciale with Tim Natividad as President of U.S. Advertising Sales and Marketing, effective June 9. Natividad, with a strong background at TikTok, Roku, Amazon, and Google, brings platform and data-driven expertise at a time when the…
Starz, now fully independent from Lionsgate, posted a 6% revenue decline and a widened operating loss in its first quarterly report, driven largely by a $177.4 million restructuring charge, including major content write-downs. CEO Jeffrey Hirsch is pivoting the strategy…
Disney+ is locking down its preschool dominance with the future arrival of CoComelon from Netflix, while Bluey, Spidey and His Amazing Friends, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse continue to lead in viewership. Bluey alone has racked up 70 billion minutes viewed…
From the Archives revisits Walmart’s abandoned 2018 plan to launch a budget SVOD service aimed at Middle America. With former Epix CEO Mark Greenberg leading the charge, the retailer considered pivoting Vudu into a subscription platform priced at $8/month. But…
The LA Times discusses how Darren Aronofsky’s partnership with Google DeepMind marks a high-profile test case for AI in filmmaking. Through his studio Primordial Soup, Aronofsky is producing shorts using Google’s Veo and Flow tools, with the first film, “Ancestra,”…
tvScientific is aiming to bring AppLovin’s AI-driven, outcomes-based ad model from mobile to CTV, backed by a recent $25.5 million Series B funding round. The company is focused on transparency and control, offering advertisers log-level data and the ability to…
Netflix holds a 31% share of South Korea’s streaming market, but local platforms Tving, Coupang Play, and Wavve collectively command 40%, according to Omdia. Tving, backed by CJ ENM, is investing an additional $106 million into content this year on…
Apple has until June 22 to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act or face recurring penalties, following a €500 million fine for anti-steering violations. The European Commission ruled that Apple’s restrictions on developers promoting and linking to alternative payment…
Ask Skip tackles a blunt truth about FAST: it was built for clearance, not performance. Flat CPMs, low engagement, and high churn aren't signs of market saturation—they’re symptoms of a model designed for scale, not outcomes. With undifferentiated content and…
