The Covid-19 shutdowns have done a lot to hurt the economy overall but it was good for streaming companies. A new study shared by the Hollywood Reporter showed that streaming accounted for 25% of TV viewing last quarter. Being home all day every day changed the way people approach TV in a big way with…
When YouTube TV raised its prices it started all over again. Some asked if the end of streaming was on the way, or if the price of cord-cutting was getting too prohibitive compared to the traditional bundle. This is the latest misunderstanding of streaming and cord-cutting. While we have never subscribed to former Cord Cutters…
History repeats itself in mass media but not usually in the same exact place. I say this because the growth of most mass media industries follows a pattern. It starts like the Wild West, lots of little radio stations that eventually banded together as networks and became national because of the popularity of certain programming….
On July 23rd, Bijan Stephen, writer for The Verge, published an article about Plex. No doubt as a Plex user I’m obviously biased in favor of this particular software and I won’t deny that I use it far more frequently on my Roku TV than I do my subscription to Hulu or Netflix but one…
According to eMarketer, Hulu is now the second most popular paid streaming service in the US. The firm posted numbers from a recent study that shows Hulu has 26.8 million subscribers overall as well as 2 million subscribers to its live TV service which bundles in the on-demand streaming option in along with around 50…
