Downstream

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Jason Snell and a rotating group of experts break down the present and future of television. Hosted by Jason Snell.... more

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The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.

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December 11, 202484: The Hulu of It All
How Disney's strategy has led to ESPN inside the Disney+ app, Disney and Netflix content strategies, Warner Bros. Discovery and Comcast make a deal, the ramifications of Comcast's "SpinCo," crafting a theatrical hit out of a Disney+ TV show, and TV picks!
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Trakt.tv: Track shows and movies you watch. Discover what's hot and where to stream it. Get 50% off your first year.
Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door.
Guest Starring:
Josef Adalian
Links and Show Notes:
Show picks:
Jason: Somebody Somewhere (HBO)
Joe: Shrinking (Apple TV+); Sugarplummed (Hallmark Channel– yes, really)
Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback Disney’s Grand Streaming Vision Is Finally Coming Together Is ESPN+ Going Away? How the Disney+ App Integration Works Comcast Gets Max Bundling Rights Under Warner Bros. Discovery Deal ‘Moana 2’ Shatters Box Office Records Around the World | The Walt Disney Company 'Moana 2': Why Disney Decided to Turn a Series Into a Theatrical Movie
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1h 8min
November 27, 202483: CNBC without NBC is just C
Apple's movie mistakes, Comcast pushes cable channels onto the ice floe, Diamond exits bankruptcy, Netflix goes live, the holiday season as a streaming opportunity, and our TV picks!
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Trakt.tv: Track shows and movies you watch. Discover what's hot and where to stream it. Get 50% off your first year.
Guest Starring:
Natalie Jarvey
Links and Show Notes:
Natalie mentioned: A Man on the Inside (Netflix), No Good Deed (Netflix), Squid Game (Netflix), The Agency (Paramount+), Skeleton Crew (Disney+), Scotland's Home of the Year, and Rivals (Hulu/Disney+).
Jason mentioned "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (Paramount+).
Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback Jon Watts On Why He Canceled George Clooney & Brad Pitt 'Wolfs' Sequel Comcast Announces Intention to Create Leading Independent Media Business Through Spin-Off of Select Cable Television Networks Comcast Cable Spinoff Employee Reaction: Skepticism but Also Optimism Diamond Sports cleared to emerge from bankruptcy after new MLB deals | Reuters MLB plans new national TV packages for 2028; changes to revenue sharing, CBA crucial - The Athletic Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Was the Most Streamed Sporting Event in History - Netflix Tudum
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1h 3min
November 14, 202482: What Is This Horror?
Monday Night football on ABC, streaming delays, and more TV picks. (Downstream+ subscribers also get: an Unrivaled new sports TV product; Amazon's deal with the NBA; and pondering the limits of the NFL.)
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Trakt.tv: Track shows and movies you watch. Discover what's hot and where to stream it. Get 50% off your first year.
Guest Starring:
Will Carroll
Links and Show Notes: Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback ESPN’s Delicate Streaming Balance - Puck Grand Designs Australia - Wikipedia
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33min
November 01, 202481: Reba Reboot
Holiday specials and streaming rights; the questionable future of linear cable channels; Bob Iger's Endgame gets interesting; Sports Corner with Rob Manfred, Jason Kelce, and Charles Barkley; Behold, the power of CBS; and some TV shows you should watch.
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Trakt.tv: Track shows and movies you watch. Discover what's hot and where to stream it. Get 50% off your first year.
Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door.
Guest Starring:
Josef Adalian
Links and Show Notes:
Joe's picks:
Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List (Peacock)
CBS Thursdays: Ghosts, Matlock, Elsbeth
Jason's picks:
Bad Monkey (Apple TV+)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Don Giller’s YouTube channel
Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ Is Moving From CBS to NBC Why Is "Rudolph" and "Frosty the Snowman" Not Streaming? Can Comcast Save Cable TV With a Channel Rollup Company? Disney Names James Gorman Chairman, Sets ‘Early 2026’ for C.E.O. Change - The New York Times Disney’s Race to Replace Bob Iger: The Succession Strategy Game Watch Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Streaming Online | Peacock Don Giller - YouTube Letterman - YouTube
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1h 21min
October 18, 202480: Shifting Landscape
Apple TV+ comes to Prime Video, and the Diamond bankruptcy continues to disrupt the entire economy of sports. [Downstream+ listeners get: ESPN Flagship, Paramount and the NFL, the future of sports rights, and in praise of narrowcasting.]
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Trakt.tv: Track shows and movies you watch. Discover what's hot and where to stream it. Get 50% off your first year.
Guest Starring:
Will Carroll
Links and Show Notes: Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback Apple TV+ Coming to Amazon Prime Video as Subscription Add On Diamond Looks to Retain Some MLB Contracts as Chapter 11 Exit Looms Texas Rangers leaving Diamond Sports Group, considering local media options for 2025
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35min
October 03, 202479: Decade of Confusion
Brian Williams will bring live news to Prime Video, but what's the future of streaming news? Also: More cable bundles include streaming services; Amazon programs a night of game shows; Netflix's coming compensation crunch; and a Diamond/MLB update.
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Trakt.tv: Track shows and movies you watch. Discover what's hot and where to stream it. Get 50% off your first year.
Guest Starring:
Josef Adalian
Links and Show Notes: Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback "Max Headroom" War (TV Episode 1987) - IMDb Does Brian Williams’ Return Offer a Future for Cable News? - Puck Brian Williams is set to anchor election night coverage on Prime Video. Is Amazon getting into live news? | CNN Business ‘Free HBO’ Isn’t the Full Picture of WBD’s Charter Bundle NBCU-Charter Renewal Deal: Peacock Bundled With Spectrum Select TV Are You Smarter Than an Amazon Streaming Executive? What We Watched the First Half of 2024 - About Netflix The Limits of Netflix’s Semiannual Viewing Ratings Broadcaster Diamond Sports Group drops two MLB teams, implies nine others are in danger - The Athletic
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1h 7min
September 17, 202478: The Calgorithm
Will Carroll re-joins for a mega Sports Corner episode. We discuss the power of the NFL and the future of highlights. [Downstream+ subscribers also get: sports rights, Diamond bankruptcy, Venu doom, and tangents.]
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Trakt.tv: Track shows and movies you watch. Discover what's hot and where to stream it. Get 50% off your first year.
Guest Starring:
Will Carroll
Links and Show Notes: Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback | NTangible™ - Measure The Unmeasurable | Instagram (3) Under The Knife | Will Carroll | Substack NBC draws strong viewership for NFL Kickoff The NFL’s $20B Gamble on “Sunday Ticket” - Puck .@jessica_smetana gives @mikegolicjr and @golic the lowdown on the "Cal-gorithm".
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35min
September 06, 202477: TV Show Movies
Larry Ellison's ownership of Paramount and what it might mean for CBS News; why Netflix and Apple just don't get movies; Hallmark's new streaming service; the rise of Tubi and FAST; and streaming's lack of curation.
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Trakt.tv: Track shows and movies you watch. Discover what's hot and where to stream it. Get 50% off your first year.
Guest Starring:
Josef Adalian
Links and Show Notes: Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback Larry Ellison Will Control Paramount After Skydance Deal Closes Hallmark+ Is Launching the Company Into the Streaming Wars Chiefs' Hallmark Christmas Movie Gets Debut Date, First Look Photos Tubi’s Free Streaming Explodes in Popularity, Outranking Max and Apple TV+ - The New York Times Apple Rethinks Its Movie Strategy After a String of Misses - The New York Times Edgar Bronfman Jr. Drops Pursuit of Paramount - The New York Times
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1h 9min
August 23, 2024 76: Defund the Bundle
A judge puts a stop to the launch of Venu, bringing the entire economics of the cable bundle into question. [Downstream+ subscribers also get: Paramount's sale complication, Disney+ success metrics, Olympics wrap-up, and theatrical's revival.]
Guest Starring:
Josef Adalian
Links and Show Notes: Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback Venu Sports launch temporarily blocked following Fubo’s legal challenge - The Athletic Legal Headaches for the Venu Sports Streamer - Puck Venu Trial: Is the New Sports Streaming Service in Trouble? - Puck Live & On-Demand TV | Frndly TV
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24min
August 09, 202475: Playing the Long Game
Meg James of the Los Angeles Times joins Jason to discuss Paramount and WBD results, the WBD/NBA conundrum, Peacock and the Olympics, Venu's price, the NFL dodging the antitrust bullet, a Disney price hike, and the high cost of prestige TV.
This episode of Downstream is sponsored by:
Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door.
Guest Starring:
Meg James
Links and Show Notes: Get Downstream+ and don't miss a segment! Submit Feedback Paramount Global takes $6-billion write-down, announces layoffs - Los Angeles Times Warner Bros. Discovery Hits $107M Streaming Unit Loss, 103.3M Subs Warner Bros. Discovery's David Zaslav's struggles extend to a lost NBA contract - Los Angeles Times Warner Bros. Discovery sues NBA for not accepting its matching offer | AP News Warner Bros. Discovery-NBA lawsuit proceedings to drag into October How David Zaslav Killed the NBA on TNT - Puck Forget retirement or new network. Charles Barkley is staying with TNT - Los Angeles Times Roger Goodell’s $5 Billion Triumph & Michael Rubin Blowback - Puck Crunchyroll Officially Surpasses 15 Million Subscribers - Crunchyroll News
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1h 9min

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How many episodes does Downstream have?

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