Amazon is buying MGM for $8.5B, making the deal second only to its $14.5B purchase of Whole Foods. Is Jeff Bezos just looking to bolstering Prime Video, or does MGM bring other value to the etail giant?

AT&T is spinning off WarnerMedia just three years after buying it. We look at why the deal never made sense from the start and if the combination with Discovery is a better idea.

Kevin Westcott of Deloitte joins us this week to discuss SVOD churn post-lockdown, AVOD’s impact on SVOD usage, and what to expect from Internet TV in 2022.

At the NewFronts this week, Samsung, Roku, NBCU, Crackle, Vevo, Tik-Tok, and many others pitched advertisers on their audience reach. It illustrates the gold rush is on streaming TV advertising.

This episode is sponsored by Verizon Media. When you have quality connections at scale, you’re truly connected.

TrueView for Action ads helped boost YouTube’s revenue by 50% in Q1. Are the 120 million YouTube connected TV viewers ready for the format? Scripps thinks antenna TV use is booming, but the data suggest otherwise.

Before the pandemic, just 4% of Vevo’s music video business was on the connected TV. Today, it is half. Vevo’s head of West Coast sales explains how the company got it done and what it means to its ad business. Listen on to find out more.

Smart TV manufacturers are getting serious about making recurring revenue from their devices. And who can blame them when most digital ad professionals view connected TV as more effective than traditional TV.

This episode is sponsored by Verizon Media.

YouTube grew users in the US during the pandemic while most other social sites stood still. We break down the numbers. And we give you a perspective on Disney+’s revenue contribution to the company’s bottom line.  

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Connected TV devoured more than 60% of device ad views in the second half of 2020 and is now widely used by all age groups in the US. Listen on to hear how it will help drive AVOD ad revenue to $53 billion in 2025.

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The NFL claims its new TV license deals through 2033 bring the game unprecedented stability. But there is nothing stable about the TV market, and even the game may be forced to adapt in the next ten years.

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