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To make a real difference, you have to be prepared to take a risk. Sinead Boucher and her incredible Stuff team (Joanna Norris et al) have guts. Buying Stuff for $1 and making it work, and now boldly putting a plan in place to ensure TV3 will have a news product at 6pm. Great news for New Zealand journalism but it's not all roses. The incredible team at Newshub will still lose their jobs - but they are being asked for expressions of interest to be part of the Stuff programme. It will be very difficult for Stuff to create a programme that stacks up to what Newshub and TVNZ deliver so I hope they soak up as much TV expertise as they can. That way people will watch it and there's a chance it will survive. This is a smart decision by Stuff. It is also a smart, commercial decision by Warner Brothers - having a flagship news programme will help preserve their audiences, particularly given other homegrown programmes are likely to go. News is changing. More and more people are getting their news from social media where there is a plethora of AI generated content, dis- and misinformation. We need journalists to produce news that people can trust and it's innovation like this that will see it survive. Let's get behind everyone involved. https://lnkd.in/gmE7zVDp

Thank you, Gavin Bridge, for this interesting article. I believe the US is a "mature" market for FAST, which is why streamers are starting to streamline their channel offerings and optimize their catalogs. This aims to provide a better experience for their viewers and to better monetize their content. It’s a normal and desirable evolution for the #FAST ecosystem. This is indeed a great opportunity for SoFAST to offer some of our 630 FAST channels to these platforms to refresh their offerings. #FASTCHANNEL #TVDISTRIBUTION #OTTPLATFORMS

It is not easy, but critical to build an organization that is able to keep long term and short terms goals in mind and in plan, simultaneously.

If you listen to John Malone, you always need to read between the lines. And this time he clearly says: Big Tech will likely take over all of media industry eventually (at least in the USA). What he says between the lines is, that we need stronger regulations to help media to survive indepentendly- or better: to have cable businesses survive. In his interview with research firm MoffatNathanson, Malone argues that traditional media (especially cable and legacy TV networks) was so comfortable with the old ways of doing business, that they failed to address consumer needs properly. Well, we all knew that and it was Malone‘s businesses that kept on fixating the old ways of doing business…. Basically he is now lamenting the power of the monsters he helped to create. Asking for the government to step in is also a new form of Malone. He was very adamant in the past to keep any regulations away from cable and related businesses. It shows the dramatic shift towards Big Tech and that they are indeed about to take over the industry entirely… in the US. The rest of the world can still learn from the mistakes that the US giants made! A summary of the full interview can be found in the insightful article from Forbes. https://lnkd.in/e4QiXieK

Did you know that Audio campaigns can drive 18%+ life in branded search volume?! 🎶 The More You Know 🌈 Myself, Giles Martin and Tucker Peleuses covered this and more in the latest episode of the Media Roundtable podcast. You can check out all of the mind blowing facts about audio & branded search by downloading our latest case study, "The Sound of Growth: How Audio Fuels Branded Search" at https://lnkd.in/gkZfufUR

Ever wondered where you can find programming needs and content strategies for hundreds of commissioners? Then STOP what you are doing. Our Senior researcher Tom Williams is here to take you through the Commissioner Index - a database of over 470 buyers from across the UK & US. Each commissioner on the site has their own profile with details on their programming needs, content strategies, pitching preferences and we even supply their contact details or the best way to get in touch with them! A few key reasons why our members use the Index: ⭐Discover what content is on commissioners' wishlists and just as importantly what isn't. No more wasting time pitching to someone who is no longer interested in that type of content - know before you contact! ⭐ A wider view across the landscape means wider opportunities. Being able to filter by genre, keyword, company, and territory means you can get a view of every commissioner who is looking for content like yours. ⭐It's simple and easy to use. Instead of wasting time going through hundreds of sites to find the intel you need. You have one database with every detail you need. Ready to explore the whole site? Book a FREE demo here: https://bit.ly/3rGxhDN #TVCommissioning #TVProduction #Broadcast #BroadcastIntel #Demo

Big changes in broadcast and media business continue, with the future of broadcast ownership in play and changes in media supply and customer engagement. The Tiffany Network (CBS) is no longer the leader in media.

In our The State of the Video Creator Economy session, Tim Peterson chats with Emma Harman of Whalar about the latest trends and developments that creators are seeing and publishers should be paying attention to. #digidaypublishingEU

What’s shaping media and publishing in 2025? We asked 33 leaders from BBC Studios, Future, The Arena Group, Yahoo! and more to share their insights. The outcome? A focused guide to the 5 key forces set to change the industry next year. 📥 Download the 5 Factors for 2025 Report today: https://lnkd.in/dBkstDK3 A special thanks to our expert panel for helping us map the path ahead. Don’t miss this essential resource for what’s next.

A spot on opinion piece from Dvai Ghose - https://lnkd.in/gG27Bc9P "So, what went wrong and what lessons can be learned for investors, regulators and the Canadian public? Corus’s challenges come down to a combination of consistently bad regulatory decisions that have favoured behemoth global content providers over domestic players: changing viewership, rising U.S. content costs, the questionable acquisition of Shaw Media in 2016, poor execution and a lack of substantial cost cutting. Some of that is unique to Corus, but the most important part of it is not. Corus’s woes point to a future of American-media dominance and ever-shrinking Canadian content."