I'll be moderating the OTT.X Buzz online panel on the state of streaming on Aug. 12. Lots to talk about: Fox-Roku, sports rights post-World Cup, shifting viewership, vertical video's rise, and so much else. Sign up:https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X6z29C3JStGYlaTyahsD-w

George Clooney will be at September's Venice Film Festival for a lifetime achievement award. I'll be there too. Join us! Take2Film is providing a cool travel package including hotel, festival pass, dinners and tours: www.take2film.com/venice #Venice #Italy #VeniceFilmFestival #Movies #Biennale

Next TMT: Is #$PSKY overconfident about state AG lawsuit to block Warner deal; Versant signs Bundesliga and turns Fandango into a Tubi challenger; FCC wants to repeal ownership caps case by case; and 'Love Island' bettors sink millions on pre-recorded competitions nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/midweek-re...

ICYMI Next TMT: Ellison on the run as Cal AG leads suit against Warner deal; will Disney tap live TV and make some shows free to boost flagging engagement; deleterious hijinks from OpenAI, Meta and Tilly Norwood; and it's a bad time to own studio facilities. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/paramount-...

Next TMT's latest: 🚀 Why Dish Network's bankruptcy could reshape satellite TV 📺 Why Comcast is breaking up its media and connectivity businesses 🎭 YouTube's is late-night comedy's new home #Comcast #SpaceX #DishNetwork #Peacock #Streaming #MediaBusiness nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/late-night...

The Next TMT flagship this week: will skyrocketing memory costs price out your #GTA6 and #iPhone plans? Elon the movie star, and mobile phone seller? A few words about late former colleague Om Malik. And the NFL won't gamble on Brendan Sorsby. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/ai-driven-...

Fun video I did last week at @streamtv.bsky.social with Akta Tech Chief Evangelist Matt Smith and DIRECTV CMO Vince Torres, about building a content ecosystem that actually works for everybody. Check it out: youtu.be/otiAzMuK7rM?...

Wednesday AM (PDT) I'll be part of this online conversation with Brian Ring's #FutureofTV.Live. Lots to talk about: verticals' sudden emergence; ranking all the subscription streaming apps; is FAST reaching its limits; and much else. Join us.

In Christopher Walken’s immortal words: “I need more cowbell!” From Thursday’s very fun, if slightly disorienting, mashup on Venice Beach for the latest #LostIn guidebook, its first for a whole country, and #Switzerland, which helped make it happen. Good to see Jon and Mike Skogmo #roseroom

'Whispers' uses AI prompts from audience members to create a collaborative, interactive and quite fun murder mystery experience. It's the latest from Emmy winner Bernie Su and Pickford.ai, and fascinating in its possibilities. Read more on my take here: www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom...

Bernie Su's new jam, 'Whispers,' got something of a debut at AI on the Lot, and it's quite intriguing, as you'd expect from Bernie-made interactive media creations. This one leverages audience AI prompts to solve a murder mystery. Maybe a future for theater chains? www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom...

Bernie Su's new jam, 'Whispers,' got something of a debut at AI on the Lot, and it's quite intriguing, as you'd expect from Bernie-made interactive media creations. This one leverages audience AI prompts to solve a murder mystery. Maybe a future for theater chains? www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom...

Delightful conversation between Turner Award-winning artist Keith Tyson and Oxford astrophysicist Pedro Ferreira, for Hauser & Wirth's Ursula magazine. Love this kind of wildly diverse cross-collaboration and thinking: www.hauserwirth.com/ursula/an-ar...

The kind of discursive, very long, slightly bonkers story Tom Junod or Taffy Brodesser-Akner might write if they were Diet Coke and free restaurant bread obsessives. Still, highly recommended for your weekend read: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Next week! I'll be moderating a panel at Car App World at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown LA, talking about the sudden growth in various apps for use in automobile entertainment systems. #carappworld #automobiles #carapps #conferences #BMW #Waymo #Appning #RadioPlayer

Venice, Italy is cool. During the Biennale, it's more cool. And amid the Venice Film Festival, it's amazing. I'll be going with Take2Film. Access screenings, special events, tours, etc. DM me for more www.take2film.com #Take2Film #travel #Italy #Venice #VeniceFilmFestival #movies

Tonight! Join us at 1212 on the north end of the Santa Monica Third Street Promenade. See you there.

"Fatherland' at Cannes gives a sense of what's coming at Venice Film Festival, plus one of the world's most beautiful cities and the Venice Biennale. Take2Film is taking a group there, providing special access. DM me for more. www.take2film.com #Venice #VeniceFilmFestival #Take2Film #travel #Italy

ICYMI: Our top-of-the-week Next TMT Talks podcast dives into Meta easing past Google in ad revenue; Changes ahead of YouTube; Nielsen's precarious grasp of ad-share measurement; and much else, as we do. Take a peek: youtu.be/zyVyaSkLSE8?...

My friends at Take2Film are at Cannes right now, but they're creating cool trips to Venice Film Festival for serious cinephiles with insider access, screenings, events, and cultural immersion. Explore Take2Film's available journeys here: www.take2film.com Use my exclusive promotion code BLOOM

Next TMT midweek is here, with "outcomes" winning Upfronts buzzword bingo; Vancouver's thriving film and TV production scene, in part thanks to government support; EchoStar gets another FCC assault; and could NFL TV rights be a bargain? nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/midweek-re...

Venice’s film festival is coming, bringing Take2Film’s cool opportunities for cinephiles: www.take2film.com/post/the-mag... Want a special trip with inside access & events? Book a conversation with founder/CEO Julie Sisk at www.take2film.com. Mention my exclusive promotion code BLOOM

Our midweek Next TMT looks at Disney's coming super app centered on Disney+; further challenges for California tax incentives; social video is advertisers' new must buy; is Sam Altman winning; and much else: nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/midweek-re...

The Venice film festival is coming, and with it, cool opportunities for cinephiles through Take2Film: www.take2film.com/post/the-mag... Want a special trip with inside access & events? Book a conversation with founder/CEO Julie Sisk at www.take2film.com. Get 10% off with discount code BLOOM.

ICYMI: Next TMT looks at how Josh D'Amaro might dodge more sequels to the manufactured feud between Trump/FCC's Carr and Disney/Jimmy Kimmel. Also, getting less of HBO Max through Amazon; and former EA/Unity CEO has some thoughts on the game business. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/midweek-re...

Tonight! Join us at LouLou, high atop the Santa Monica Place mall in downtown SM for Westside Digital Mix. Should be another scintillating night of smart conversations and smart people. Tickets at the door. Be there!

ICYMI: Next TMT Talks dives into the fading state of "cable" companies; Why the NFL is becoming even more valuable; Nexstar's Perry Sook REAL plans for local broadcast journalism; the 'Michael' movie critical controversy; Coyote vs. Acme momentum; and Xbox is back, baby. youtu.be/fCO7j7rbtWc?...

The Italian Consulate in San Francisco has, of course, its own wood-fired pizza oven. And it makes, of course, superb pizza, especially for Tuesday night’s #Techtalia event there featuring video and a new book from last year’s conference in Roma.

Street art + street sign in SFO

Our midweek Next TMT newsletter talks with Roku's Tedd Cittadine; the NFL explains to FCC how market economics work; and the growing embrace TV pros of AI workflows. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/midweek-re...

Westside Digital Mix is Thursday, April 30, at LouLou, atop Santa Monica Place. Join us! Featured guest is Darren Cross, the co-founder of distlr, and author 'No One Planned This: How Platforms Rewired Entertainment.' Tickets here: aftontickets.com/event/buytic...

Next TMT's NAB 2026 show daily is here: The NFL's antitrust fight with broadcasters; whether Nexstar's Tegna deal will power NextGen TV to success; and why 45-day release windows help theaters but not streamers. Plus, where Kash Patel likes to hang in Vegas. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/nab-2026-s...

Next TMT's mid-week, pre-NAB newsletter is out: we got verticals in sports (and biz model haters); AI in video-production workflows; sports rights as political football; #$PSKY greenlights amid anti-merger petition; and more. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/nab-2026-s...

I'll be at the Venice International Film Festival this fall. It's about Venice, the films, conversations, and access to experiences cinephiles dream about. I talked with Julie Sisk about what her Take2Film is doing with specialized film-festival travel. Join me! www.take2film.com/post/julie-s...

ICYMI: Monday's Next TMT looks at streamers' blurry brand identities; Netflix's 7X better revenue per worker; Anthropic's Mythos achieves world-ending status even before release; and the Goldilocks strategy to maximize movie outcomes in theaters AND streaming. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/streaming-...

"CBS News’ viewership is at an all-time low" That's the headline 7 months into Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News. The internal politics are a sideshow. nypost.com/2026/04/13/m...

Will Elon Musk's StarLink routers be the only ones the FCC allows to be sold, or even get security updates in the United States? This and much else on the Next TMT Talks podcast with David and Dan. youtu.be/2SUest2K57M?...

ICYMI: Carr threatens NFL anti-trust exemption, to fend off streamer interest in TV's most valuable programming. Also, will Meta lawsuits affect vertical dramas; DTrump wades into college sports again; and WSJ charts the pain in Hollywood's economic downturn. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/rupert-mur...

Our latest Next TMT Talks podcast dives into why that Netflix price hike might hurt competitors more; Neil Mohan's blame-the-parents strategy; Taylor Sheridan's latest, though increasingly formulaic, hit; & Tristan Harris' thoughtful take on AI CEOs versus the rest of us. youtu.be/Jv7EWXPx7dQ?...

Dan Frankel and I talk Disney's TV headaches with Buffy and Bachelorette; fixing streaming's crummy metadata; Nielsen's broken Gauge; Formula 1's Middle Eastern meltdown o' money; and much else. Listen here: youtu.be/o3-etPjXgUc?...

Join us Thursday at LouLou in Santa Monica for the March edition of Westside Digital Mix. CREE8 CEO Lisa Watts will be our featured guest. We'll have the usual intoxicating blend of smart people, smart conversations and a cool venue. Tickets at aftontickets.com/event/buytic...

Monday's Next TMT newsletter: CA AG Rob Bonta tries to slow down media consolidation; gamers revolt over DLSS 5's too-good looks; Disney dumps Buffy and Bachelorette; Rob Tercek on AI, photography and copyright. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/bonta-back...

Join us Thursday at LouLou in Santa Monica for the March edition of Westside Digital Mix. CREE8 CEO Lisa Watts will be our featured guest. We'll have the usual intoxicating blend of smart people, smart conversations and a cool venue. Tickets at aftontickets.com/event/buytic...

Two Hollywood eras are ending this week: Warner's amazing 2025, and Iger's second run as Disney CEO. Both moments are landmarks in a changing Hollywood. www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom...

The good news: AI will create more work. The bad news: AI will create more work, says a piece looking at the impact of vacuum cleaners on housework: "The pattern is 160 years old: efficiency gains don’t reduce consumption. They get absorbed by demand expansion." www.saastr.com/the-cowan-pa...

In Next TMT this week: The Streisand Effect hits Anthropic, as downloads skyrocket after War Department blackballs it. Other topics of the week: too many NFL outlets make for very unhappy fans, and regulators; and man, does Paramount like to employ bad men. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/viewers-ta...

Next TMT Talks this week featured Chris Keevill of Versos, who's helping Curiosity Stream make more money from AI training data around its thousands of hours of documentaries and non-fiction work. Also, Paramount's ticking debt bomb; that Trump-Anthropic faceoff; more youtu.be/XWxef_Xb0fs?...

This week's Next TMT: lots ahead for ParSkyWBD deal, including regulators who could send price higher. Also, Curiosity Stream's AI riches; my in-car entertainment panel; microdramas, NBA All Star Game streaming goofs; and F1 media partners at the starting gate. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/paramount-...

I moderated a terrific DEG Entech Fest panel on in-car entertainment this week, with panelists from Sony Pictures, LG, Xperi, Dolby, & BMW. Lots happening in this fast-changing "third space" as cars get smarter and more autonomous.

Netflix showed some admirable spending discipline in not further pursuing the ruinously expensive Warner Bros. deal at a time when its real competition is the looming threat of dirt-cheap AI creations and distractions. www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom...