State of Streaming Podcast
Covering the topics, trends, people, and acquisitions shaping Streaming TV.
Episodes
50 episodes
Why US and UK Streaming Models Diverge and How AI Reshapes Global Monetization | Rahul Bhatia & Hemant Soni, Cloud and Media Experts
Tim sits down with cloud and media experts Rahul Bhatia and Hemant Soni for a speci...
Why Sports Streaming Is Fragmented and How Roku Is Solving Discoverability | Joe Franzetta, Head of Sports at Roku
Tim sits down with Joe Franzetta, Head of Sports at Roku, to map out how Roku is solving sports discoverability, unifying fragmented streaming rights, ...
Why Platform-Reported Measurement Is Wrong and How to Solve It | Moe Chughtai, Global Vice President at MiQ
Tim Rowe sits down with Moe Chughtai, Global Vice President at MiQ, to untangle the fragmented state of modern television and how advertisers can responsibly measure multi-channel medi...
Why Live Sports FAST Monetization Is Broken and How to Fix It | Keith Bedford, GM EMEA at Wurl
Tim sits down with Keith Bedford, GM of EMEA at Wurl, to map the infrastructure gaps standing between live sports and FAST monetization ...
Why Direct CTV Buys Used to Be "Dumb" and How They Became Programmatic Winners | David Nyurenberg, SVP Digital at InterMedia Advertising
Tim Rowe sits down with David Nyurenberg, SVP of Digital at InterMedia Advertising, days before the Ad Exchanger Awards Gala at Programmatic I/O — where three of InterM...
Why Traditional TV Keeps Fading and How Video Podcasts Replaced It | Emily Williams, Consumer Expert at MRI-Simmons
📊 Read the MRI-Simmons Video Podcast Report: mrisimmons.comTim sits down with Emily Wi...
Why Niche Sports Docs Work and How 'Wing Bowl' Was Made for Streaming | Pat Taggart, Documentary Director
Tim sits down with Pat Taggart, filmmaker and founder of Sky Blue Creative, to discuss his new documentary No One Died: The Wing Bowl...
Why Sports Streaming Needs Disruption and How an NFL Legend Is Doing It | Shawne Merriman, Founder of Lights Out Sports TV
Tim sits down with Shawne Merriman, three-time Pro Bowler and CEO of Lights Out Sports TV, to trace the journey f...
Why Meta Faced an $18.1B Settlement and How YouTube Got Dragged In | Mark Stenberg, Senior Media Reporter at Adweek
Tim sits down with Mark Stenberg, Senior Media Reporter at Adweek, to unpack the real ripple effects...
Why Live Sports Rights Are Splintering and How Publishers Can Win | David Dembowski, Streaming TV Architect
Tim sits down with David Dembowski, Streaming TV Architect, to break down the business of live sports streaming through the lens of the Five D's — Digital, Data, Distribu...
Why Language Barriers Restrict Global Audiences and How to Translate Live Games | Giovanni Galvez, VP of Sales at SyncWords
Tim sits down with Giovanni Galvez, from SyncWords, for a special webinar replay recorded live — including a real-time demo where S...
Why Fleeting Attention Fails and How 'Durable Audience' Became the Creator Credit Score | Josh Stein, Attention Capital
Read Josh's most recent piece on State of Streaming here 👈Tim sits down with Josh Stein
Why YouTube Is the New TV and How It Leads to $100 CPMs | Michael Beach, Cross Screen Media & State of the Screens
Tim sits down with Michael Beach, author of Screen Wars and Publisher of
Why Wall Street Misread Netflix and How the Math Actually Works | Simeon McMillan, Founder of Accrued Interest
Tim sits down with Simeon McMillan, Principal of Accrued Interest, to work through four of the most consequential questi...
Why Traditional Media Planning Is Dead and How AI Is Replacing It | Josh Hudgins, CPO at VideoAmp
Tim sits down with Josh Hudgins, Chief Product Officer at VideoAmp, to unpack how the performance media platform connects ad exposure direc...
Why The Big Screen Won and How TV Took Over Digital | Jon Schulz, CMO at Viant
Tim sits down with Jon Schulz, CMO at Viant, the day after the company reports its best quarter ever — revenue up 34%, CTV now 50% of ...
Why Broadcast TV Collapsed and How Streaming Took Its Place | Matthew Keys, Publisher at The Desk
Tim sits down with Matthew Keys, Publisher of The Desk, a media outlet covering the broadcast, streaming, and digital medi...
Why Static Ad Pods Fail and How AI Is Evolving Them | James Smith, GM Monetization at Frequency
James Smith, who leads monetization at Frequency, joins Tim Rowe to unpack why the ad pod is broken — and why the fix isn't more ads, it's smarter o...
Why Channel-First Buying Is Obsolete and How to Shift to Audience-First Planning | Emily Williams, Consumer Expert at MRI-Simmons
Emily Williams, Consumer Expert at MRI-Simmons, joins Tim Rowe to unpack why the streaming industry's measurement habits are failing the consumers they're supposed to serve — and why frag...
Why CTV Is Consolidating and How M&A Is Redrawing the Power Map | Justin Ruiss, SVP Media Sector at BWG Global
Justin Ruiss, SVP of Media at BWG Global, joins Tim Rowe to break down three of the biggest deals in streaming right now — Walmart's acquisition...
Why Short-Form Is Dominating and How Microdramas Are Reshaping Vertical Streaming | Nathaniel Danziger, SOS Vertical Streaming Insider
The conversation is a companion to Nathaniel's recent piece on microdramas.Nathaniel Danziger, Founding Voice at State of Streami...
Why Walled Data Fails and How Open-Source Insights Are Evolving Streaming | Josh Matthews, Publisher at StreamScoop
Tim sits down with Josh Matthews, Founder of StreamScoop, a Substack publication that aggregates open-source viewership data...
Why Intermediaries Cost You Money and How DTC Streaming Gives Creators Control | Wim Sweldens, Co-founder of Kiswe
Wim Sweldens, co-founder of Kiswe, built a direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming company because he unplugged his cable box — and never plugged it back in....
Why Linear Measurement Is Broken and How to Track Sports in a Streaming World | Russell Fink, SOS Sports Measurement Contributor
Tim sits down with Russell Fink, a two-decade veteran of regional sports networks, to dig into the measurement crisis hiding in plain sight inside sports streaming. The conversati...