Tubi has appointed Snap and Viacom veterans Sharon Silverstein and Katelyn Kroneman to bolster its ad sales leadership, signaling a deeper push into vertical-specific ad strategies. Silverstein will serve as SVP, Head of U.S. Industry Verticals, while Kroneman joins as…
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…
AT&T has sold its remaining 70% stake in DirecTV to TPG, fully exiting the pay TV business it entered in 2015. DirecTV, now wholly owned by TPG, plans to expand its investment in video innovation and streaming. The move lets…
ESPN is finalizing major distribution deals with Verizon, T-Mobile, Roku, and Take-Two ahead of the launch of its standalone streaming service this fall. Internal documents also indicate negotiations with Walmart, Hulu + Live TV, and Cox, as well as an…
CoComelon tops the list as the most-searched YouTube channel in the U.S. with an average of 87,607 Google searches per month, according to new data from Riverside. MrBeast and Taylor Swift follow in second and third, highlighting the blend of…
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…
JioStar CEO Sanjog Gupta is leading a bold strategy to position sports as the ultimate audience aggregator for India’s evolving entertainment landscape. His $500 million investment plan emphasizes leveraging marquee events like the IPL to fuel broader platform engagement across…
Dr. Phil McGraw’s Merit Street Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is suing distribution partner Trinity Broadcasting for breach of contract. The network struggled to attract viewers despite claims of wide reach, failed to pay content partners like…
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…
