Instagram’s TV push shows how media competition is shifting from format wars to attention wars. The winners in the Everything Era won’t defend TV, social, streaming, or gaming as separate lanes, they’ll use each format to build discovery, habit, engagement,…

Media companies are shifting away from the traditional Hollywood model toward cheaper, faster, and more flexible systems built around creator ecosystems, AI tools, interface control, and direct audience engagement. Disney's Fortnite strategy, Fox's interest in Roku, the rise of video…

Basics of Streaming explains why sports isn’t just another streaming category. Live urgency, exclusive rights, scarcity, and premium ad demand make sports one of the few products that can still anchor bundles, justify higher pricing, reduce churn, and give platforms…

Lionsgate remains one of the few studio assets buyers can still realistically underwrite because it has a focused studio operation, a deep library, production capacity, theatrical distribution, and recognizable franchises without a legacy cable network burden. Netflix’s reported interest and…

Disney and Epic Games are bringing The Simpsons into Fortnite's IP Partner Program, allowing creators to build and publish original experiences using official Simpsons characters, locations and assets. The expansion builds on strong engagement from Fortnite's Simpsons season and signals…

BBC is cutting £80 million from commissioning budgets, reducing TV development spending by 15% annually and eliminating hundreds of hours of television and audio programming as part of a broader £500 million cost-reduction effort. The move reflects growing pressure on…

Skip explains why many companies are using AI as a cost-cutting tool first and a product improvement tool second. AI can absolutely improve discovery, support, personalization, workflows, and media operations, but too many companies are pointing it at headcount reduction…

OnlyFans is becoming a recurring shorthand in scripted TV for the broader creator economy, where individuals build audience relationships and turn attention into recurring revenue. Streaming trained consumers to pay monthly for content, and creator platforms have extended that behavior…

Kirby explains why video podcasts are becoming retention infrastructure for streaming as companies chase cheaper ways to drive habit, ad inventory, and creator-led loyalty. The format can pull recurring weekly hours into owned ad systems, but streamers risk killing the…

Fox's acquiring Roku in a $22 billion deal that gives it control of Roku’s home screen, streaming OS, ad platform, The Roku Channel, and a direct relationship with more than 100 million streaming households. The deal moves Fox from owning…