Ask Skip tackles Hollywood’s AI push, exposing it as a cost-cutting measure disguised as creative empowerment. Studios are rapidly replacing pre- and post-production tasks with AI to slash overhead, not inspire storytelling. The true innovation won’t come from the top…
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…
Gen Z and younger millennials aren’t disengaging from streaming—they’re optimizing. According to Ampere Analysis, this high-value cohort cycles in and out of services based on perceived value, not loyalty, and demands daily engagement, not just tentpole content. Platforms that fail…
Nielsen’s Gracenote reported that Netflix led all major SVOD platforms in Q2 2025 with an 18.2% increase in its content catalog. The top five services collectively added 4,500 new titles, with sports programming driving the highest growth at 7.8%. Netflix,…
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,”…
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…
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…
According to Nielsen’s The Gauge report, YouTube hit a record 12.4% of total U.S. TV usage in April, maintaining its position as the dominant connected TV platform. Streaming overall reached an all-time high of 44.3%, driven by multi-platform hits like…
Future of TV Briefing explores how Amazon and Google are turning up the pressure on The Trade Desk by offering advertisers discounts and credits to buy third-party CTV inventory through their own DSPs. While the incentives are relatively small, they…
