State of the Screens

The bad news: World Series viewership declined for the third year straight. The good news: Viewership declined at a lower rate for the World Series compared to broadcast TV as a whole, and only…

Disney+ is set to launch on November 12th and should get a boost from the announcement that ≈ 50M Verizon subscribers will get their first year of the service for free! Updated subscriber projections for Disney+…

Can you tell me how to get?  How to get to HBO Max... The forthcoming streaming service will be home to the next five seasons (2020-24) of Sesame Street, along with its entire…

The big news: Roku announced plans to acquire dataxu for $150M in cash/stock.

Digital ad spend comparison (% growth) according to IAB/pWc:1) 2016-1H - $32.7B

The big deal: Fortnite went dark for over 36 hours last weekend and, people freaked out!  The crazy part is that this was 100% intentional! Why this happened: Sunday marked the end of the 10th and final chapter…

I’m Netflix subscriber growth in 2019-Q3: 1) Projected - 7.0M 2) Actual - 6.8M Netflix subscribers (% of total): 1) International - 97.7M (62%) 2) Domestic - 60.6M (38%) 3) Total - 158.3M Netflix subscriber growth in 2019-Q3 (% of total): 1) International…

One million fewer fans attended Major League Baseball games versus last year, but revenues continue to rise due to increased media rights. 2019 baseball attendance by level: 1) Major leagues - 69M 2) Minor leagues…

81 different prime-time shows are returning to broadcast this year. YoY change in advertising cost according to AdAge: 1) Decreased - 49 (60%) 2) Flat - 20 (15%) 3) Increased - 12 (25%) Flashback: Here’s how much it costs to advertise in TV's…

The big question: Can the member companies of OpenAP cooperate enough to compete with Google and Facebook?