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It'll all end in tiers: Latest on 'premium vs ads' strategy for Netflix, Disney and Spotify

Nov 14, 2024
32:31

The newly promoted Jack Benjamin and outgoing editor-in-chief Omar Oakes discuss a flurry of updates about streaming service user numbers and how their "premium versus ad" strategies are evolving.

They also discuss MediaSense’s latest acquisition, Spotify’s latest earnings, a Newsworks study on youth news consumption habits and more. 

Highlights:

01:00: Takeaways from Barb's Establishment Survey: Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount+

18:15: Why media consultancy MediaSense has acquired R3

20:30: Young people actually do consume news, after all – what is the industry getting wrong?

23:10: Spotify earnings: Why profits have surged despite an advertising slowdown

28:00: A dark festive period ahead for ITV?

Related articles:

Total UK SVOD subs stay flat as ad tier users grow at pace

MediaSense buys R3 as consultancy expands to US and Asia

How Spotify delivered a profitable combo despite advertising slowdown

ITV expects 6-7% ad revenue decline in golden quarter

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