Latest articles by David Bloom
Deloitte shocks--shocks!-- the streaming biz by projecting a massive 150 million service cancellations next year
Some observers predicted the just completed carriage talks between Disney and Comcast might make a convenient container in which to resolve Hulu ownership. Why didn’t that happen?
Disney next year will spend nearly twice as much on content as Netflix did in 2021
From WarnerMedia’s escape from a large telecom’s debtor’s prison to an ancient Hollywood studio’s multibillion-dollar Amazon delivery, the turkey will taste moist and delicious for a number of media-tech execs this weekend
Bloom: ‘Last week’s “Undercity Nights” event felt like a combination movie premiere, game-launch junket and theme-park opening, mashing up all that into one big brand extension, as Riot moves further into video, and Netflix moves further into games'
The ‘We’ll be right back’ slate is stark evidence that a streaming service or one of its distribution partners couldn’t sell a targeted ad for that particular moment. It’s a sign of failure, of wasted opportunity
Sure, ‘Gossip Girl’ was a linear flop at the time, but ’I noticed boys and girls were communicating on the couch by phone even when they were sitting next to each other,’ Haskins recalls
It turns out that Apple TV Plus isn't so terrible at 2, while Disney Plus has lost much of that early momentum
Could a Starz spinoff capitalize on the same market heat that has fueled recent deals for MGM, WarnerMedia and Moonbug?
Bloom: ‘Personally, I lobbied for AltriaBook, invoking the rebranding by another notorious maker of toxic, addictive products we can’t quite kick. (SacklerBook was already taken)’
Bloom: The money will very likely come from overeager and unsophisticated 'investors,' regardless of whether a planned social-media app and SVOD service succeed, or even launch
Bloom: The renewal of 'Roku Recommends' suggests not only more such programming for Roku, but also for other streaming companies trying to keep audiences engaged instead of overwhelmed
Bloom: Netflix has long prided itself on a unique culture of 'radical openness,' encouraging frank and constant internal feedback and criticism. When you foster that environment, you have to respond to it
Bloom: Why the slot just behind Netflix, Amazon and Disney is going to be worth billions of dollars to the companies fighting for market share in a brutal SVOD business
Bloom: Will Disney be able transition a platform built on domestic delicacies to global DTC audiences?
Seemingly hours after 'Squid Game' became one of the biggest Netflix shows ever, the streaming company and Walmart announced a digital storefront featuring merchandise from the horror/satire series and other big shows
Now, Hulu controlling partner, Disney, must install a new sucker, er, executive to run its oldest, most lucrative, and most widely used service while it continues to figure out just where Hulu fits in the Mouse House streaming future
Bloom: After reshaping a stubbornly backward-looking Hollywood studio for the streaming future, what could Jason KIlar possibly hang his head about?
‘Our whole strategy is we can still produce the high-value expensive stuff, and by managing windowing and international rights, we eventually get content that is almost paid for when it comes to Crackle,' says Guelton.
Roku is launching a new app to help Shopify vendors buy and build targeted video advertising campaigns for their products on Roku video channels. Your retinas may bleed as a result, but it will be nothing if not fascinating to watch
The Streaming Wars have wrought worn-out legions of workers dealing with brutal production schedules, 15-hour workdays, and corner-cutting on meal breaks. And it looks like at least one union has had enough
To put it simply, one studio just won a talent war right out of 1996. The other just won a battle in the talent wars of 2021 and beyond
Burns' latest multipart project will unspool on the new 'PBS Documentaries' channel Sunday, bolstering PBS' for-profit initiatives led by Andrea Downing
