David Bloom

Finally disclosing that 175 million Prime Video members worldwide use its subscription video service, Amazon clarified one of the biggest mysteries in the streaming business … and underscored just how powerful it really is

The new devices will leverage Apple’s powerful home-brewed CPUs

According to new data, churn rates for newer SVOD services are as high as 37% right now

Sony and ‘Knives Out’ pacts may encourage smaller companies to take hard look at their hands and decide if they truly can afford to stay in what's become a very expensive poker game

Why T-Mobile’s smart pivot still doesn’t paper over the bigger problems facing the vMPVD business

From pay TV set-tops to smart TVs to the latest OTT devices, how Google’s increasingly popular middleware is popping up everywhere

The major media companies are ready for a post-pandemic return to theatrical releases, familiar business models, a normal awards season, and most importantly, a hybrid streaming future that still does most of what studios have done for 110 years

It’s clear the big media companies, pushed by tech giant Amazon, are coming closer to the Big Kiss Off, ending one of the great love affairs in television history

From Studios production to Prime Video SVOD, IMDb TV AVOD and Channels a la carte distribution, to the Fire TV ecosystem, why the sun never sets on Amazon's OTT business

Disney tears down the silos between its secondary streaming platforms and tightens up its bundles

From its TVision pay TV platform to its free Netflix and Hulu unlimited plan promos, how the now No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier aims to become a video force

ViacomCBS delivered a three-hour onslaught of familiar film and TV franchises, all available for $4.99 a month with ads

From pricing to programming to device support, what ought to be revealed at ViacomCBS’ investor day event on Wednesday

Or, why you can expect those monthly SVOD prices to go up real soon

How the (relatively) small streaming service is key to the newly merged ViacomCBS' direct-to-consumer plan

The owner of the deepest pockets in tech again demonstrated it is increasingly willing to spend what it takes to make a dent in the intensely competitive streaming market

How will ad-supported streaming platform fit into ViacomCBS’s fast-evolving streaming universe?

Company says it no longer plans to issue billions of dollars of additional high-yield debt to finance its content splurges

A look at the Next Gen applications station groups and startups are delivering today

It hit 51.2 million users worldwide, surpassed Samsung in the smart OS TV biz, and reached a $50 billion market cap on Wall Street. But its deal to buy 75 original shows from Quibi ended any remaining pretense of platform neutrality

We catch up with the Chinese-owned social-media powerhouse, currently in the crosshairs of both Trump Administration Microsoft

Plex has long been the preferred media management application for folks who know their computers. Now, it’s trying to become a streaming service for everyone

Everything you need to know about Jeffrey Katzenberg’s well-backed, star-studded and competitively challenged mobile-first video platform

Bad news for battered media execs: The rollercoaster of reformation that has sent the industry careening into the future isn’t likely to pull into the station anytime soon