Alan Wolk

NBCU gave Peacock away to so many for so long, a lot of Olympics watchers were surprised to find out they had to pay to see their favorite events

One way to keep subscribers hooked is to have a really deep and broad library of well known series and movies that they can turn to during the 23 hours when they’re not watching your hit show

Alan Wolk: While the entertainment offerings on streaming today easily surpass the offerings on cable in terms of both quality and quantity, the same cannot be said for news and sports

Alan Wolk: While the MGM sale may seem like it’s a part of the so-called ‘streaming wars,’ the game Amazon is playing remains a whole lot bigger than just TV

The leading smart TV makers are taking a page from the Roku playbook and are also now close to making more money selling ads than gadgets

The services that made the most extensive use of social media, Netflix and Disney, are also the ones that hav experienced that greatest subscriber growth

Analyst calls T-Mobile’s surrender 'TV’s Stalingrad, the moment the tide turned inexorably in the opposite direction'

As TV[REV] Analyst Alan Wolk notes, it was only last month that we were writing its obituary

Analyst Alan Wolk ponders what happens now to WarnerMedia's big streaming service. To its long-awaited Roku deal? And those poor cinema chains?

A look at the AVOD exclusive series and movie announcements to date

Once one of the last pay TV bastions, it's now fast becoming a FAST programming staple

Or, why the increasing peril of digital advertising should steer brands into OTT

Alan Wolk: It’s the first of many similar decisions NBCU and other big networks are going to be making as they consolidate their linear offerings on linear and prepare to migrate the bulk of their business to streaming

TV[REV] Analyst Alan Wolk: Why it’s exciting to see that iSpot, a company that is busy redefining TV measurement in many ways, has now added the subjective to their arsenal

TV[R]EV analyst Alan Wolk ponders six essential questions about WarnerMedia’s huge distribution move

As analyst Alan Wolk notes, we may have written off the MVPDs for dead, but the truth is that there are still far more people who still subscribe to them than don’t

Alan Wolk: How is the industry going to handle this new interim period, where traditional pay TV is far from dead, but streaming is rapidly growing an audience?

The regional sports network model remains intractable, but the disruptive viewing habits of younger fans--not to mention the pandemic--could change everything

Apple’s biggest mistake in its bid to become a major player in the TV industry has been its puzzling decision not to roll out a lower priced streaming device

This was the proverbial elephant in the room during this week's Apple event. And the big bundling announcement did little to address it

We have been predicting this new era for the past 10 years or so, but it seems that the massive change is finally underway

Is it just a silly media-tech myth, or do recent OTT deals portend a major retrograde trend?