Jon Lafayette
Sports Editor at Barrett Media
Journalist at TVREV
Check out my blog about television at http://t.co/98pXYzVvnH
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1 week ago |
tvrev.com | Jon Lafayette
Many have declared the steaming wars to be over. In the subscription segment in particular, Netflix clearly wears the crown But it seems like no one has told the big streamers, including Netflix, to stop buying ammunition. They are continuing to add programming to their platforms, especially sports programming.
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1 week ago |
tvrev.com | Jon Lafayette
The alcohol industry thinks consumers could use a drink. And naturally, booze marketers would love for their own brands to benefit. The prohibition on advertising liquor in television commercials lifted in the late 1990s. That’s meant “cheers” for the TV business ever since. According to measurement and analytics company iSpot, alcohol brands spent $276.2 million on national linear TV in the first quarter, up 33% from a year ago. Those ad dollars impressions, rose 21%.
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1 week ago |
tvrev.com | Jon Lafayette
The entire television business must be thinking about how to compete with YouTube. Not so long ago, the big strategic question in the TV business was would HBO become Netflix faster than Netflix could become HBO? Netflix appears to have won that battle, with more subscribers, viewership, revenue and profits than Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform, which will again be known as HBO Max after a short-lived stint as just plain Max.
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2 weeks ago |
tvrev.com | Jon Lafayette
With sports rights migrating to streaming, it is getting harder and harder for fans to find where to watch their favorite teams play at home. It’s even harder on the road. Literally. In cars. There will be more listening and watching sports in cars as more vehicles become autonomous, a fancy way of describing cars that drive themselves. If a car is driving itself, what are the passengers going to do?
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2 weeks ago |
tvrev.com | Jon Lafayette
To folks still recovering from the upfronts last week, Nielsen has a fresh report that shows that television viewers continue to move towards streaming. In April, Nielsen said, streaming’s share of television usage rose to 44.3% from 43.8% in March. This year, streaming’s share has risen every month since February. Streaming usage is up 15% from last April, when streaming’s share was 38.4%. At the same time, broadcast viewing has dropped 7% and cable has plummeted 16%.
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College football gets HUGE ratings in markets with no pro teams. https://t.co/cLNNj24gyc https://t.co/ubXyg8BQkm
If you are interested in the future of TV, you might want to read this. DBC asked me to look at where the industry is heading. The first installment examines how broadcast can avoid ending up on the dust heap of history. Here is a link to the story. https://t.co/QiogCwazJS https://t.co/t0qEH6VPhE
Would love to hear what Doug would have said about today’s loss,
Thaaats right, little buddy. We love @LouMalnatis in Lincolnwood for this. https://t.co/6s8A5uwFZk