Just in: After some significant brand confusion around HBO Max and all the other HBO apps, WarnerMedia is officially "sunsetting" HBO Go and will rebrand HBO Now as, simply, HBO.
Yes, @whoisaddison is a TikToker. But she's got even bigger Hollywood ambitions that started long before the app even existed. My profile for the #THRNextGen issue
I chatted with Disney's Kevin Mayer about the Fox deal and the Disney+ streaming service. Some takeaways: Those Marvel shows that Netflix canceled? There's a "possibility" that Disney+ could revive them. Taking Hulu international? "We're talking to Hulu about that now."
Netflix is changing its viewership reporting metrics from 70% of an episode/film to "at least 2 minutes — long enough to indicate the choice was intentional." This also conveniently will probably make viewership seem higher in most cases
A year ago, @Ninja signed a deal that single-handedly sparked a war for top gaming talent. Now, he's a free agent. So I spoke with him about how he was approaching his next deal (and why he's got his sights set on Hollywood)
Netflix makes the point that this new "at least 2 minutes" metric is in keeping with the BBC iPlayer and YouTube. But not sure anyone would argue those platforms have come up with the most holistically accurate way to measure an online video viewer
Netflix says its subscriber miss occurred across all regions, but slightly more in areas where its price increase went into effect. The company says competition wasn't a factor. Instead, its original programming failed to drive growth.
Little Wednesday morning scoop: Another top streamer is leaving Twitch for YouTube. @timthetatman tells me that YouTube is "hungry" and that he was attracted to how the team there works with gamers to make their platform better.
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