Steve Nathans-Kelly

3 weeks ago | chireviewofbooks.com | Steve Nathans-Kelly

In the summer of 1991, as Spike Lee was making the last revisions to the shooting script for his Malcolm X biopic, poet and Black Arts icon Amiri Baraka staged a rally in Harlem to protest Lee’s involvement with the project. Insisting that Lee had neither the directing chops nor the political understanding to bring Malcolm’s radical message or story to the screen, Baraka declared, “We will not let Malcolm X’s life be trashed to make middle-class Negroes sleep easier.

1 month ago | streamingmedia.com | Steve Nathans-Kelly

The last two weeks of April saw the release of two data-rich research reports from Adtaxi and IAB, which revealed some encouraging, if not especially surprising trends about the ongoing shift from linear to CTV and streaming, and also the impact of sports on recent breaks in the game. Adtaxi’s report focuses on audience migration while IAB’s naturally zeroes in on trends in ad spend.

1 month ago | streamingmedia.com | Steve Nathans-Kelly

One of the buzzwords we hear from streaming vendors at every NAB is “personalization.” Often this refers to content discovery, to streaming platforms and EPGs that translate the personal data we’ve provided to them through expressed or demonstrated viewing preferences and saving us from sorting through the endless morass of content choices by foregrounding the shows we’re most likely to want to watch next.

1 month ago | streamingmedia.com | Steve Nathans-Kelly

In this interview with Streaming Media contributing editor Jan Ozer, Alchemy Creations' Andy Beach, recently named Conference Chair of Streaming Media 2025, offers an advance look at the event, set to take place at Santa Monica's spectacular Fairmont Miramar, October 6-8, 2025. Beach highlights the event's focus on technology, monetization, and content creation in the streaming media industry.

2 months ago | streamingmedia.com | Steve Nathans-Kelly

On April 7 at NAB 2025’s Streaming Summit, conference chair Dan Rayburn and LG Ad Solutions CMO Tony Marlow squared off in a fireside chat on “Performance Storytelling in the CTV Era.” From the outset, Marlow declared, the challenge and the goal LG Ad Solutions sets for itself is to “monetize CTV premium ads from the moment you turn on your TV.” Rayburn, recognizing that this monetization challenge demands tracking a moving target, asked, “How are changes in how users consume content changing...