streaming services
Snapping The Cable
2024 feels like the year cable television is going to lose a lot of its cultural influence. Here’s why.
Network Lobotomy
After nearly two decades as the primary broadcast channel for teens, The CW, under new ownership, wants to be something else. It may be a hint at what’s next for linear television.
CNN Plus Innovation
Everyone is ripping on CNN right now for shutting down CNN+ after like three weeks. Let’s remember the network’s long legacy of innovation for a second here.
Virtual Crate Digging
Being a collector of physical media (mostly vinyl) in the digital age changes the experience to some degree. Much of it comes down to the all-knowing algorithm.
Primitive Streaming Gods
Lessons from the music industry’s initial consumer-hostile reaction to the Napster saga. Going from $16 CDs to unlimited streaming is really hard.
Like A Rock
What the story of Bob Seger's decision to keep most of his albums off of music services teaches about the nature of stubbornness.
Streaming Before Netflix
In 1998, a Hong Kong telecom firm spent $1.5 billion trying to make video-on-demand happen. iTV was so ahead of its time that it beat Netflix's DVD service.