Fandom sees a failing publishing niche and says “hold my beer”: The entertainment platform’s strategy to save failing entertainment news brands is to increase ad loads.
Positive movement in the chip sector: Samsung aims for 2 nanometer chips, Intel tries its luck with GPUs, and Micron plans to invest $100 billion in a New York factory.
Google exits cloud gaming: Expect Big Tech to continue retreating from moonshots by abandoning underperforming services and products to focus on profitable assets.
Lenovo likes the metaverse’s serious side: The laptop-maker sends a message that the metaverse isn’t a game with its workplace headset. As enterprises crave virtual worlds, it’s a promising bet.
The Trade Desk’s UID 2.0 gets a boost of confidence: Streamer FuboTV is reporting strong results from its adoption of the post-cookie alternative.
Tencent’s stock value crumbles: The gaming giant loses its leadership position as regulators clamp down on new game releases and advertising revenues plummet. The outlook remains bleak for China’s Big Tech sector.
Omnipresent Amazon craves omniscience: The company’s latest products show it wants to get even closer to customers in the real world. But with concerns over privacy and security, there could be trouble ahead.
Dissecting the metaverse in the metaverse: A VentureBeat event on the metaverse showed the tech has a long way to go. But proactive organizations can already adopt its building blocks.
Amazon uses the metaverse, celebrity livestreams to grow market share in India: The retailer hopes the buzz will extend its reach into underserved communities and drive lasting sales growth.
On today's episode, we discuss the details of Netflix's advertising push, which video streaming service has the most impressive content strategy, and how many Americans still have cable. "In Other News," we talk about what to make of Netflix's plans to launch its own video game studio and which is the dark-horse video streaming platform. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Ross Benes.
Podcast listener growth ebbs as pandemic fades: Our new forecast finds Spotify’s fortunes to be increasingly linked to that of podcasting in general.
Competition coming for the Switch: More powerful devices that can leverage 5G connectivity and vast libraries of popular PC and mobile games will be the foundation for next-generation handheld gaming.
Private 5G’s big debut: NTT’s multi-party, multi-phase private 5G project for Las Vegas will boost connectivity in schools, power security and monitoring systems, and make telehealth more accessible.
Podcasting’s questionable metrics could hurt its ad business: Major podcasters spent millions on mobile game ads that dramatically inflated listenership.
The new deal with Roku is a positive sign for Nielsen: The deduplication initiative gives the embattled measurement giant momentum heading into its full launch for Nielsen ONE.
Spam texts are soaring: The FCC is fast-tracking regulation that could quash spam SMS at the network level to combat a growing telecommunications problem.
Streamers are clamoring for video game adaptations: Netflix’s latest animated series shows why game publishers and streamers are striking so many deals.
On today's episode, we discuss the significance of Super Bowl LVII ads already selling out, why personalization is so difficult, ad views in the metaverse, why folks are livestreaming in the wrong place, what to make of Oprah's content deal with Apple TV+ ending, an explanation of the most important sustainability features for retailers to offer, where tailgating came from, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Blake Droesch, Dave Frankland, and Max Willens.
Netflix is learning that games are a long, costly business: The streamer announced that it’s building its own game studio after those it’s acquired run into trouble.
Are Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Discovery+, and Peacock on their way from five to two? Our analyst Jeremy Goldman thinks it could happen by 2025. He shared his thoughts on a recent “Behind the Numbers” podcast.