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DAZN is pursuing local NBA rights for 13 teams without RSN partners, offering short-term deals in the $8M to $15M range while trying to secure a foothold ahead of the NBA’s planned centralized local streaming hub. DAZN’s ViewLift acquisition gives…

GameStop’s unsolicited $55B bid for eBay is being viewed less as a likely acquisition and more as a strategic repositioning effort by Ryan Cohen to frame the company as a platform-scale acquirer. While GameStop says it has secured $20B in…

Netflix's turning mobile discovery into a higher-frequency engagement loop with Clips, a TikTok-style vertical feed that lets users sample, save, share and launch titles from short-form highlights. The move gives Netflix a stronger mobile entry point, more ways to promote…

Basics Of Streaming breaks down blockchain’s role in streaming as a coordination layer focused on rights, payments, and transparency rather than core video delivery. It highlights that blockchain can improve royalty tracking, licensing, and multi-party data sharing, but it doesn’t…

Roku’s platform business crossed $1.13 billion in Q1 revenue, up 28%, as advertising and subscriptions scaled together and pushed the company to $86 million in net income. Roku’s results show its platform model’s getting more durable, with distribution, monetization, and…

DAZN’s acquisition of ViewLift positions it to operate as both a rights buyer and a full-stack streaming provider as U.S. local sports distribution undergoes rapid disruption. The move gives DAZN immediate DTC infrastructure capabilities at a time when teams are…

From the Archives revisits how Turner Broadcasting System built SuperDeluxe into a digital-first comedy lab that prioritized speed, experimentation, and platform-native distribution, but couldn't reconcile that model with ad-driven corporate expectations. The studio showed that social-first, creator-led content could break…

Amazon reported Q1 2026 earnings that beat expectations with $181.5 billion in revenue and $2.78 EPS, driven by strong growth across AWS, advertising, and subscriptions. AWS surged 28%, giving Amazon more capacity to fund media investments, while advertising jumped 24%…

YouTube’s Q1 ad revenue rose 11% to $9.9 billion, putting it near a $10 billion quarter as Alphabet reported 22% overall revenue growth and 350 million paid subscriptions. YouTube’s scale on TV screens, low-content-risk economics, and behavioral bundle across ads,…

Roku’s Howdy has surpassed 1 million subscribers within its first year, with Antenna data showing strong early growth and a roughly 51% retention rate that outpaces typical streaming benchmarks. The $2.99 ad-free service leverages Roku’s owned distribution ecosystem and licensed…