Alan Wolk

1 week ago | streamtvinsider.com | Alan Wolk

The joke going into Cannes was that if you did a shot every time you heard the word “AI” you’d be dead in a few hours. But if you chose "fragmentation," well, mes amis, your lifespan would be considerably shorter. Le fragmentation is the television industry’s biggest issue right now. It’s everywhere and depending on where, it can be terrible, great or a bit of both. But it’s a problem, not to mention one of the few things people can actually agree on the meaning of.

1 week ago | tvrev.com | Alan Wolk

The joke going into Cannes was that if you did a shot every time you heard the word “AI” you’d be dead in a few hours. But if you chose "fragmentation," well, mes amis, your lifespan would be considerably shorter. Le fragmentation is the television industry’s biggest issue right now. It’s everywhere and depending on where, it can be terrible, great or a bit of both. But it’s a problem, not to mention one of the few things people can actually agree on the meaning of.

1 week ago | streamtvinsider.com | Alan Wolk

Back in 2018, when The StreamTV Show was still the Pay TV Show, I launched the first TVREV opening track by standing up on a chair in the breakfast room of the hotel and announcing that we were about to start our session to pick up their coffee mugs and come inside. What a long, strange trip it’s been. This year the show moved to yet another level, with a brand new location and a much bigger crowd. How much bigger? The TVREV track that opens the show has always been a draw.

2 weeks ago | tvrev.com | Alan Wolk

Back in 2018, when The StreamTV Show was still the Pay TV Show, I launched the first TVREV opening track by standing up on a chair in the breakfast room of the hotel and announcing that we were about to start our session to pick up their coffee mugs and come inside. What a long, strange trip it’s been. This year the show moved to yet another level, with a brand new location and a much bigger crowd. How much bigger? The TVREV track that opens the show has always been a draw.

2 weeks ago | tvrev.com | Alan Wolk

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Dave Zaslav announced this morning that the company would be splitting into two separate entities: a “Streaming and Studios” business, to be led by Zaslav himself, and a “Global Networks” business, to be run by CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels. Streaming and Studios (S&S) gets all the shiny stuff—HBO and HBO Max, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, and DC Studios. The parts of the company that generate headlines and Emmys.