Analyst Insights
Amazon Flexes its Advertising Muscle with New Streaming Service
More than a year ago, TDG predicted that Amazon would be launching a free ad-supported streaming service, so the news from this past week that its...
ESPN’s MegaCast – Mega Hit or Mega Hype?
Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game featured two titans of college football, as the defending champion Alabama...
Cloud Gaming: Gold Mine or Fool’s Gold?
The already-hot category of cloud gaming just got hotter, with Charter Communications announcing an unspecified investment in the cloud-based...
Peak TV Has Not Peaked
Three years ago, FX Networks CEO John Landgraf coined the term “Peak TV” to describe how the explosion of scripted original shows across online...
The Impact of Pause Ads on Streaming Platforms
According to a recently published Variety article, AT&T and Hulu announced plans to introduce pause ads on their streaming platforms in 2019. A...
Why YouTube Failed in the Originals Space
YouTube made headlines this past week by announcing that it will make its original programming free to its two billion monthly users, abandoning the...
A Skinny Bundle with a Twist
Atlanta Based Vidgo, a prepaid live TV streaming service, soft-launched its first two Latino content bundles nationwide this past Sunday. The launch...
Thoughts on the Future of Skinny Bundles & Sling TV
Last week, the vice president of product marketing and management for Sling TV, Jimshade Chaudhari, said during an interview that the fatter channel...
Can AT&T Compete with Netflix?
AT&T’s WarnerMedia made headlines this past week by announcing plans to unveil a direct-to-consumer streaming service by the end of 2019. This...
Swift Voting
If you believe that the power of a celebrity influencer is overstated, the case of the Taylor Swift’s Instagram voter registration post should put...