TDG 3-Minute Reads
It’s Not All About Content Spend
With the recent merger of Warner Media and Discovery, and Amazon’s acquisition of the MGM archives, it has become quite popular to compare the...
HBO Max with Ads – Success or Strategic Blunder?
During its virtual upfront meeting last week, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar announced the much-anticipated launch of “HBO Max with Ads”, a...
AT&T Discovers Entertainment Is Hard
On yet another day that rocked Hollywood, June Gloom came early for Jason Kilar and his streaming dreams. CEO John Stankey continued the unbundling...
Godzilla v. Kitty
During the last year, those divining the future of moviegoing have toggled between extremes, at times forecasting its rapid demise, only to reverse...
Hurry Up and Play Something!
Netflix recently launched Play Something, a feature that automatically starts a show on launch versus going directly to the scrolling menu. According...
Winner Takes Most
In a rather ironic move, Netflix has been quietly debuting some of its movies in U.S. theaters with a 7-day window (i.e., Netflix streams the films...
The Uncertain Future of Regional Sports Networks
Live sporting events have served as a bulwark against cord-cutting and have been largely credited with keeping the MVPD model afloat. Unfortunately...
Flip or Flop?
Talent Management as a Point of Differentiation Southern California is no stranger to drama. The Great Recession of 2008, for example, inspired the...
And the Winner Isn’t…
Thoughts on the Future of Awards Shows on TV It was not that long ago that network broadcasts of awards shows were “Appointment Television.” With...
Revisiting Super Bowl LV
Thoughts on the Future of TV Sports Although viewership numbers were the lowest since 2007, there were some bright spots for Super Bowl LV. It was...