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The Flywheel Is a Lie! Distinguishing Between Ecosystems, Business Models, & Network Effects in the Streaming Wars

(Welcome to my series on an โ€œIntelligence Preparation of the โ€œStreaming Warsโ€ Battlefieldโ€. Combining my experience as a former Army intelligence officer and streaming video strategy planner, Iโ€™m applying a military planning framework to the โ€œstreaming warsโ€ to explain where entertainment is right now, and where I think it is

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Netflix is a Broadcast Channel Part II

My most popular article of the year is clearly this buzzy headline titled, โ€œNetflix is a Broadcast Channelโ€ Why? Since Netflix is the sexy topic in entertainmentโ€”a titan of digital subscriptionsโ€”my article probably got some clicks because itโ€™s an โ€œaggressively moderateโ€ take on Netflix. (A lane Iโ€™ve decided to lean

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The 2019 Star Wars Business Report – Toys

This is part III in a multi-part series estimating how much money Disney made off โ€œStar Warsโ€ in 2019. Go here for my larger series on Disney purchasing Lucasfilm in 2012.) – Introduction and Feature Films – Television I started this series in January. Do you remember back then? Before

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Netflix is a Broadcast Channel Part I

One of my big frustrations with the โ€œdebateโ€ over Netflix is how little we know. Thatโ€™s a gripe I share with a lot of folks.ย  One of my big frustrations with coverage of Netflix is how seldom folks try to step into the gap and estimate data points for Netflix.

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