But first: Our Cynopsis Top Women in Media event is fast approaching, so we’re highlighting some of our talented honorees with a short Q&A series! Up first is Maria Tullin of Horizon Media to weigh in on the growing video podcast trend.
As first reported by Puck on Thursday afternoon, after 10 years at Netflix – and just days after being part of the keynote conversation at MIPCOM – Bela Bajaria is leaving her role as Netflix’s chief content officer, to be replaced by former Fox and Disney executive Peter Rice.
The UK government is “minded to intervene” over Sky’s proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of ITV’s TV networks and streaming assets, according to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.
But first: Can AI technology be used to provide better TV measurement data? VideoAmp definitely hopes so, and is investing a lot of time, effort and money into improving video ad performance for publishers and advertisers alike.
That didn’t take long. Skydance announced that Discovery+ is raising its prices just a week after the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger closed.
YouTube wants to have its cake and eat it, too. During a MIPCOM session on Monday in Cannes, YouTube Vice President Pedro Pina told attendees that the platform has no desire to replace traditional television.
Not surprisingly, the Block The Merger coalition – more specifically, Free Press, the Committee for the First Amendment, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Future Film Coalition and the International Documentary Association – officially filed an amicus brief to oppose the settlement Paramount Skydance made with 12 state attorneys general.
Jenny Wall is a veteran of the TV and CTV industry but tends to specialize in what she calls “disruptive” companies.
Should I stay or should I go? Paramount CEO David Ellison is dialing up his threats to relocate the company outside Hollywood in an attempt to close its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.
CTV buyers want more transparency into where their ads actually run. According to a new IAB report, 43% of CTV buyers said they have little or no confidence in the inventory they’re buying.
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