Televisionation

This episode features Bill Stratton, Global Head of Media, Entertainment and Advertising at data cloud company, Snowflake. Among other things, he defines key concepts in the data space, including databases, data lakes, data warehouses and clean rooms; explains how audience measurement is being adapted for a cookieless world; stresses the importance of frictionless data connectivity and sharing; discusses Snowflake’s work with such clients and partners as NBCU, PlutoTV, LiveRamp, and Horizon Media; and outlines new opportunities and new forms of collaboration that he believes the data cloud will enable going forward.

This episode features Cameron Church, Founder and CEO of WatchingThat, a London-based company which provides an independent monitoring and optimization platform for streaming video, and whose customers include the New York Post and Fox. Among other things, he explains the capabilities that WatchingThat’s platform offers its customers and the technology that underpins the platform; describes how the company makes use of both human and artificial intelligence; and casts light on its innovation roadmap.

This week’s episode of The Friday Fireside welcomes Jon Giegengack, Principal at Hub Entertainment Research. In a world where the more we know, the less we understand, Jon provides clarity and focus for entertainment decision-makers. Our primary topic (one that is near and dear to The Good Doctor’s heart) is how we can cure the increasing consumer frustration over FINDING SOMETHING TO WATCH! We have more choices than ever before, but we literally don’t know where anything is. And Jon’s research strongly suggests that a very large number of consumers would welcome a return to a modified (e.g. less expensive) form of Cable TV (I think I’ve been saying that…). Watch and learn.

This episode features Jim Louderback, formerly CEO of, and now Strategic Advisor to, VidCon. Among other things, he discusses the significance of Paramount’s 2018 purchase of VidCon; outlines the increasingly important role that independent video creators and the communities they attract are playing both in the entertainment/media economy and in society at large; shares his thoughts on YouTube, TikTok, Roblox and the other platforms that are driving the creator economy; speculates on the impact that the metaverse might have on the space going forward; and more.

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This week’s Friday Fireside welcomes Mike Nagle, newly appointed General Manager of Streaming for Gannett USA Today. With an astonishing wealth of news outlets in 46 states, plus one of the top news brands in the county with USA Today, Gannett’s streaming services are currently well-distributed and poised to explode under Mike’s leadership. We believe that news is the cornerstone of any television service—national or local—and USA Today Streaming is right there, right now.

This week’s episode of The Friday Fireside welcomes Aviram Sharon, Co-Founder and CEO of InTheGame, the Israel-based viewer interaction platform. Beyond their success with engaging sports fans interactively on a wide variety of television platforms, InTheGame has SERIOUS adtech capabilities that can encourage (and reward) viewers for STICKING WITH television programs. Imagine watching “NCIS” on CBS, and when you start to change channels you see a message that says, “WATCH FIVE MORE MINUTES FOR A $10 MCDONALDS CERTIFICATE!” Fascinating stuff. Watch and Learn.

This episode features Dana McGraw, SVP of Audience Modeling and Data Science at Disney Advertising, and Lauren Wetzel, COO of data-collaboration platform, InfoSum. Among other things, they discuss the demise of cookies; the Disney Audience Graph; Disney Select (a suite of audience segments that employ Disney’s first-party data to improve audience targeting); new developments and ongoing challenges in the Data Clean Room space; what is meant by “data collaboration”; and much more.

Jonathan Steuer, EVP of TV Strategy and Currency for VideoAmp, one of the ad industry’s most respected and popular execs, joins us in a fast-moving, fact-filled and FUNNY Friday Fireside. In a no-holds-barred discussion, Jonathan disassembles long-held myths about TV advertising, and provides a truly entertaining backdrop for what’s coming next. Watch and Enjoy!

Today’s episode of The Friday Fireside is devoted to "Taking Wing—Legends of Emimencia", an under-development virtual-reality and augmented-reality Broadway show from producer, Julie Saltman, and Broadway star, Richard Blake. It will take you out of your comfort zone into a Broadway theater with an immersive VR/AR experience and Cirque du Soleil acrobats flying from the ceiling. YIKES! It’s a fascinating departure from our usual TV-based Friday Firesides.

The Friday Fireside welcomes David Berkowitz, SVP of Corporate Marketing and Communications for Mediaocean. Both a media industry veteran and marketing visionary, David opines on the future of advertising on Netflix, the impact of creativity in television advertising and the complex relationship between television content, television platforms and television viewers. "Viewers might be watching 'The Daily Show’ on their phones, their connected TVs or in Madison Square Garden surrounded by 20,000 people; but to them, it's still television!"