Analyst Insights
A True Disruptor? Thoughts on Disney+
Last week, Disney offered specifics on its new direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service, Disney+, including a detailed view of its first year of...
Why Google’s New Cloud-Gaming Service, Stadia, is a Game Changer
Earlier this week at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, Google formerly announced Stadia, its cloud-gaming initiative. Reaction to...
WarnerMedia – Too Big to Succeed?
With the stated goal of being properly structured to better compete with its deep-pocketed streaming rivals, WarnerMedia announced its new...
T-Mobile, 5G Video, and the Evolution of Telecom
After originally promising to launch a “disruptive” OTT TV service in 2018, T-Mobile’s meteoric rhetoric turned out to be hollow. The path to...
An EDM DJ Held a Live Concert on Fortnite and 10 Million Attended. No, seriously.
On Sunday evening, the Recording Academy handed out awards for excellence in the music industry at the 61st Grammy Awards. The conventional...
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...