Today, Discovery+ launched in the U.S. for $5 a month with “light” commercials, or $7 commercial free, allowing up to 4 concurrent streams per account and a 7-day free trial. The company is showing “up to 5 minutes” of commercials per one hour of content, hence the “light” branding. This is similar to what NBCU […]
Here’s a rundown of some interesting news over the past few days with links to the stories on LinkedIn where discussions are taking place: Roku’s stock chart over the last 6 months has been pretty incredible, with Roku’s stock going from $113 – $317. Once they get a deal done with HBO Max, expect Wall […]
1. You have to offer something better than others in the market or solve a problem. In other words, you must have a “competitive advantage” in some way. 2. Good execs hire people smarter than themselves. Quibi hired a lot of very smart people, on many fronts, but then didn’t listen to them. 3. Collecting […]
I am excited to announce the launch of www.ottvideo.news, the best OTT news and industry data, curated daily, by a team of streaming execs. For the industry, by the industry. [Follow #ottvideonews on Twitter and LinkedIn] While many want to pull back in these current times, my approach is to do the opposite and double-down. Now, […]
10:47pm ET: And that’s a wrap! Congrats to the FOX Sports team for a great overall Super Bowl streaming experience. Very minor issues, as is the case with all live events online. Interested to see the numbers tomorrow, I’m guessing 3-3.5M simultaneous. 8:30pm ET: So far on the iPad/iPhone, the Super Bowl stream is looking great on […]
With the launch of Disney+ being such a big deal for consumers and the streaming media industry, many have been giving their take on what caused the problems, why it happened, or want to point to poor planning on Disney’s part. But the fact is, the majority of those commenting don’t have any details on what Disney has […]
Reducing video rebuffering can be difficult. One solution that many people are talking about these days is moving to a multi-CDN architecture, a topic I’ve written a lot about. But will going multi-CDN magically reduce your rebuffering and drive away all of your streaming ills? The answer, of course, is complicated. Going multi-CDN can provide […]