Entertainment

Tubi has launched a native app inside ChatGPT, giving users conversational access to over 300,000 titles and enabling instant playback based on natural language queries. The move shifts Tubi’s discovery engine beyond its owned app and into an AI-driven interface…

Basics of Streaming breaks down how interactive streaming turns video into a state-driven system where playback depends on user decisions, shifting the player, manifest, and delivery stack into a coordinated decision engine. It highlights the tradeoffs, including higher CDN costs…

From the Archives revisits NBC’s DotComedy, an early attempt to build a digital-first short-form comedy platform before the infrastructure for online video was ready. NBC used it as a talent incubator and experimental content hub, but limited broadband, weak monetization…

Bent Pixels has acquired Sunny State Agency for more than $23 million, giving it direct control over how creator content is distributed, reformatted, and monetized across platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, and MSN. The deal pushes Bent Pixels beyond creator…

ESPN’s intervention in the WWE lawsuit shows it’s enforcing arbitration to keep streaming-related disputes private and under its control. The case also exposes distribution gaps in ESPN Unlimited, where uneven carriage deals led to inconsistent pricing and access for WWE…

Basics of Streaming breaks down how music streaming operates on a licensing-driven, per-stream cost model that ties revenue directly to usage, unlike video streaming where subscription fees aren’t tied to consumption. It highlights how this structure limits margin expansion, shifts…

Warner Bros. Discovery has set an April 23 shareholder vote to approve its $110 billion sale to Paramount Skydance, marking the final procedural step before closing and signaling the deal has shifted fully into execution. The $31 per share offer,…

From the Archives examines how Roku’s shift from a neutral device to a platform control layer has moved power toward its owned interface, discovery, and monetization systems. The Roku Channel, subscription aggregation, and hardware-level distribution like remote shortcuts have positioned…

TikTok is expanding its monetization strategy by turning core app surfaces into premium ad inventory, led by Logo Takeover, which places brand messaging at launch and guarantees immediate, high-impact reach. The company is pairing this with formats like Prime Time,…

Warner Music Group struck a multiyear first-look documentary deal with Netflix, giving the streamer a repeatable pipeline of music films and series built around WMG artists, songwriters, and catalog rights. The agreement matters because it turns Warner’s music IP into…