It has become a common practice of everyone who thinks he understands the industry - or at least pretends to do so - to publish some key trends, predictions (or call it hypes) for the TV & broadcast industry. I do not want to...
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FAST TV is one of the hottest trends in international #Television that I witnessed in the past ten years. But what is FAST TV, what is so new and hot about it? In a few quick slides I bring you up to speed (!) fast. ...
Netflix gets a lot of bad press lately because they failed to secure as many new subscribers as the markets would have expected. Consequently, the markets reacted and the Netflix share price was in free fall for a few days - resulting in further bad...
Weekends are my time for catching up on things. This past weekend I was listing to some podcasts, doing some chores around the house, checking my financials. For fun, we made a snowman as well. In the podcast series "The Prof G Pod" of my much-admired...
News surge in times of crisis. But will it last beyond the current state? Here are some challenges that news organization and #TVNews in particular face. The consumption of #news has grown dramatically during the pandemic. People look for reliable information. They want to get an understanding of what is...
Don't call it a "streaming WAR". It is not a war! It becomes common practice to speak of the #streaming wars. I fell prey to this wording myself. And yet, I grew to despise this coining of a regular and completely normal market competition a “war”. A war -...
Over the past year we could witness a revival of linear TV. People were bound to stay home, and either out of boredom, curiosity or interest in latest news and information, flocked again in front of the TV to watch ‘old-fashioned’ linear TV channels. The...
As we celebrate International Women's Day it is fair to ask what the status of equality is in the TV industry. This year's theme #ChooseToChallenge is well chosen indeed, as women's inequality is still prevalent in our industry and a challenge, that have to...
We are still in the middle of the pandemic and it is too early to call it quits. Yet the impact on our life’s and particularly also on the TV industry can be felt across the globe. These impacts set off some trends which will...