Downstream

What do "Stranger Things" and "Obi Wan Kenobi" tell us about the present and future of Netflix and Disney+? Also, Netflix's "The Gray Man," a revived "Daredevil," and we answer your letters! This episode of Downstream is sponsored by: Pocket Casts: No matter how you listen to podcasts, Pocket Casts has you covered. Download now. Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Can ‘Stranger Things’ Save Netflix From Its New Self? - Puck Parrot Perspective: The Rebundling Era | Parrot Analytics

After years watching the old Netflix cruise along as the top streamer, things are getting interesting as it shifts gears and engages the realities of today's streaming scene. We discuss Netflix changes and Julia reviews Disney's financial results. This episode of Downstream is sponsored by: Pocket Casts: No matter how you listen to podcasts, Pocket Casts has you covered. Download now. Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Mad About The CW Cancellations? Blame Streaming – The Hollywood Reporter Netflix Wants to Put Movies in Theaters As Soon As This Year - Bloomberg How Did ‘New Girl’ Become a Netflix Lifeboat? | Vanity Fair Disney Earnings: Disney+ Hits 138M Subscribers – The Hollywood Reporter Bob Chapek’s Hail Mary - Puck

We're sifting through the fallout of Netflix's trying times, pondering the future of ads on streaming services and trying to identify which shows benefit from binge-watching--and which don't. This episode of Downstream is sponsored by: Pocket Casts: No matter how you listen to podcasts, Pocket Casts has you covered. Download now. Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Netflix’s Big Power Clash and Rivalries Behind the Crash – The Hollywood Reporter

Emergency podcast! Julia and Jason reconvene for a second time in a week to discuss Netflix's very bad quarterly results (and how the company will change its behavior and strategy as a result) and the rapid but not entirely surprising death of CNN+. Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback

Julia has some advice for David Zaslav as he takes the reins of Warner Bros. Discovery--mostly about the fates of CNN+ and the Harry Potter franchise. Plus, the rise of streaming sports. This episode of Downstream is sponsored by: Pocket Casts: No matter how you listen to podcasts, Pocket Casts has you covered. Download now. Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Scoop: CNN+ looks doomed Dear Zaz, Read This Before the “Synergies” Start… - Puck

Apple TV+ wins Best Picture, "Our Flag Means Death" is... a hit?, why being the fan of a baseball team is going to bring you pain, "Obi-Wan" takes on "Stranger Things" directly, and Jason subscribed to CNN+... for science! This episode of Downstream is sponsored by: Microsoft Lists – MSA Preview: Sign up, sign in and track what matters most. Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Julia is hiring Strategy Analyst - Parrot Analytics Industry Strategist - Parrot Analytics Yankees will have 21 games only available on Amazon Prime Parrot Analytics – Talent Demand Whitepaper: Hallyu and Beyond 'Our Flag Means Death' Is the Biggest New Series in the US Right Now JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

Is Wall Street souring on the streaming wars? Is Netflix coming for your shared passwords? Both issues are way more complicated than they might seem. This episode of Downstream is sponsored by: Pocket Casts: No matter how you listen to podcasts, Pocket Casts has you covered. Download now. Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Why ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ Was Canceled at Netflix How ‘South Park’ Became the Envy of Streaming - Puck The Town with Matt Beloni - Podcast Why Hollywood Is Souring (Some) on Streaming - Puck Netflix Test Will Let Members Pay for Password-Sharing Users - Variety About Netflix - Paying to Share Netflix Outside Your Household

Disney inevitably embraces advertising, NBC inevitably takes its ball and goes home, and The Batman inevitably forces a discussion about the future of theatrical releases. This episode of Downstream is sponsored by: Microsoft Lists: A Microsoft 365 app that helps you track information and organize work. Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Disney+ Getting Cheaper Ad-Supported Tier – The Hollywood Reporter NBCU Ends Hulu Next-Day TV Deal With Disney to Keep Shows for Peacock - Variety Searching for a better guide: Live TV in the age of streaming – Six Colors 'Slave Play' becomes part of NYPL's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive | Broadway News Theatre on Film and Tape Archive - Wikipedia

ViacomCBS changes its name, Peacock weathers the Super Bowl storm, the Disney brand continues to evolve, the culture of binge-dropping begins to fade away, Netflix is Doing Just Fine, and your letters! Links and Show Notes: Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Why Disney+ Leaped as Netflix Stumbled - Puck Alan Sepinwall on Twitter Why did Paramount+ remove Survivor Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa? – reality blurred BroadwayHD When Apple TV’s ‘Universal Search’ is a black hole – Six Colors Hypercritical: An Unsolicited Streaming App Spec

The future of CNN+ is called into question, the Oscars recognize streaming services of all kinds, and did Peacock finally get the Olympics right? Links and Show Notes: Edited by Steven Schapansky. Support Downstream with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Jeff Zucker resignation may ease Discovery CEO David Zaslav's integration of CNN Pam and Tommy on Disney+ Village Roadshow Sues Warner Bros. Over 'Matrix Resurrections' Release - Variety Netflix's Connected Universe: the Parrot Perspective | Parrot Analytics Will Peacock Get the Olympics Right This Time? The CW Up for Sale by WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS – The Hollywood Reporter