Australia’s proposed AI copyright frameworks could give major catalog owners and collecting societies more leverage by making scale and rights administration more valuable to AI developers. A quota model could let a few large licensing deals unlock broader access to…

Skip explains how Disney can use Disney+ to drive more value across parks, cruises, merchandise, games, and ESPN without turning the app into a storefront for the entire company. The bigger opportunity is “one fan, one account,” using shared customer…

Amazon’s quindle bundles AMC+, BritBox, MGM+, PBS Masterpiece and STARZ for $29.99 through Prime Video, nearly 39% less than buying them separately. The deal gives Amazon control of the customer relationship while giving the services a new acquisition and retention…

FAST channel launches have gotten cheaper, but profitability still depends on generating enough audience and ad revenue to cover programming and operating costs. A channel keeping 35% of ad revenue needs about $28,600 in gross monthly revenue to cover $10,000…

Netflix, Amazon and YouTube launched the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance as Washington takes a harder look at the cost and complexity of streaming sports. The coalition gives them a unified voice as regulators consider rules that could weaken exclusivity…

Media companies are forcing costs that once hid inside broader growth strategies to justify themselves as slower growth makes cross-subsidies harder to defend. Microsoft, Warner Music, Netflix, Channel 4 and The Trade Desk are all tying spending more directly to…

Basics of Streaming explains how TV operating systems increasingly control what viewers see before they open a streaming app, making Home Screen merchandising a critical part of distribution. Streamers need to measure that pre-app visibility alongside viewing data to determine…

YouTube and AI are exposing the same economic fault line across media: technology gets embraced when it cuts costs and resisted when it threatens labor, IP, budgets, or pricing power. The real fight is over who captures the productivity dividend.

College football's push toward a 24-team playoff could create 12 additional games, giving ESPN and the conferences more media-rights, advertising and streaming inventory to monetize. The economics favor expansion, but each added game risks weakening the scarcity, tradition and regular-season…

The Trade Desk is cutting 15% of its workforce after quarterly revenue grew just 3%, despite having roughly $1.5 billion in cash and no debt. The restructuring is aimed at restarting growth as Amazon, Google, and other platform owners gain…