Sling announced a price increase this week that will see its base Blue and Orange plans go from $35 to $40, and the combined plans from $50 to $55. And with another price increase, I can already tell we will see people understandably complaining online about how vMVPDs are priced…

Wells Fargo announced a downgrade for Paramount Global, questioning the long-term profitability of their streaming strategy, especially given the rapid linear TV declines plaguing the industry, including Paramount. Given that the library of content Paramount owns is worth more than the company itself, it was suggested that Paramount Global follow…

The past few weeks have been a difficult time for linear television. This isn’t anything new; the past several years have been rough with the industry imploding. But in these past few weeks, there have been some high-profile departures and closures that have really made it clear change is happening. G4 …

Let me just start off by saying how painful it is that G4 is no longer around. As a fan of the new shows, someone who had been paying close attention since the 2020 announcement, who was a weekly viewer of AOTS, Name Your Price, Hey Donna, and the other…

Back in 2020 when the media conglomerates were starting up their streaming services, I would’ve placed money on Peacock having the winning strategy. While the others were starting subscription services, known as SVOD, and some with free ad-supported services, known as FAST or AVOD, Peacock stood out as both free…

I’ve seen more than a few people discuss their belief that streaming is turning into the cable TV of yesterday. The belief is because what was once a few services Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video has grown into several streaming services, it basically brings you back into spending a lot…

Every few months, I’ll see an article about the subscription fatigue that consumers face in today’s world of streaming services. And it’s completely understandable. In the past, you largely only paid for one subscription service, and that was cable. Whether it was just basic cable, enhanced cable packages, premium channels…

Over the years, I’ve owned several different brands of smart TV devices like the Amazon Fire TV, Google Chromecast, TiVo Stream 4K, and Chromecast with Google TV. Still, I kept finding myself going back to my original choice back in 2011: Roku. …

We are well past the point of linear pay television’s days. Sure, there are plenty of linear free streaming services doing very well. Pluto TV has reached $1 billion in ad revenue, a service which Viacom paid $340 million to acquire. It succeeds because consumers can generally deal with advertisements…