Episodes

Thursday Oct 29, 2020
CandW discuss smart TV usage, Peacock growth, and TMobile TVision
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Why are smart TVs catching sticks and boxes in usage? How did Peacock hit 22 million sign-ups in 6 months? And what are the chances that TMobile’s new vMVPD service will be a success?

Thursday Oct 22, 2020
CandW discuss why Quibi was doomed from the start
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Why did Quibi fail? We dissect the demise of yet another mobile video service. With this one, the seeds of failure were sown at the very start.

Thursday Oct 15, 2020
CandW discuss 5 amazing online video viewing data points
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
2021 will see the record for the number of concurrent live streamers smashed according to one new forecast. We discuss that and four more startling online video data points this week.

Thursday Oct 08, 2020
CandW discuss why streamers are big viewers and big spenders
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Are AVOD and SVOD in competition? Not according to ViacomCBS. Streamers are watching more of both types of service. What is more, they are spending more than their non-streaming peers.

Thursday Oct 01, 2020
CandW discuss on-demand TV viewing and CTV platforms
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Most people watch NBCU entertainment shows on-demand, not on live TV. But different show audiences have very different viewing habits. And are you ready to change your connected TV device? Vendors have updates that might sway you their way.

Thursday Sep 24, 2020
CandW discuss three key takeaways from the CTV Ad Summit
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Connected TV has shifted to the center of many media company strategies. But key issues like ad duplication, measurement, and channel conflicts are holding the industry back.

Thursday Sep 17, 2020
CandW discuss AT&T and Comcast pivot to internet TV
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Comcast and AT&T know they don’t need traditional pay TV anymore, but they do still need a video offering of some description. Is what they are doing with Internet TV enough?

Thursday Sep 10, 2020
CandW discuss if Disney’s PVOD debut was a success
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Disney management has said hardly anything about how their first PVOD movie Mulan performed over the Labor Day weekend. However, looking at unofficial data suggests the Disney PVOD debut didn’t match the company’s high expectations.

Thursday Sep 03, 2020
CandW discuss how antenna TV is stuck while local TV moves online
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
The antenna TV market seems to have plateaued after years of growth. Are people just not interested in live TV anymore? Local broadcasters don’t think so. Two hundred of them have gone national with OTT platform VUit.

Thursday Aug 27, 2020
CandW discuss the opportunity for Google’s Sabrina dongle
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Google is rumored to be working on a new TV dongle codenamed Sabrina. It has a remote control, unlike its predecessor Chromecast. Can it succeed in the face of the duopoly of Roku and Fire TV?