| | | | | #1 YouTube Reveals a New Slate of Original Shows | | YouTube has unveiled a slate of original content built around major stars such as Kevin Hart, Ellen DeGeneres, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato and Ludacris. The new shows will all carry advertising and be on the main YouTube platform, not the subscription-based Red service. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: According to reports, the company will fund more than 40 original shows and movies in the next year, spending hundreds of millions of dollars. YouTube is betting high-profile stars will attract more advertisers. | 5 TAKES: Bloomberg | B&C | THR | Rapid TV News | TBI Vision
| | | | #2 Apple TV May Soon Offer Amazons Video App | | According to a report from Recode, Amazon and Apple are close to a deal that would put an Amazon Video app on Apple TV boxes. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: The app could arrive in the third quarter of this year, allowing Apple TV users to finally watch Amazon Prime videos on TV without using AirPlay from an iPhone or iPad as a workaround. The deal between Apple and Amazon might also lead to other changes. Amazon, for example, stopped selling the Apple TV in 2015 because it didn't support its Prime Video service. | 5 TAKES: Recode | 9to5 Mac | Ars Technica | Engadget | Fast Company
| | | | #3 CBS to Introduce All Access, Showtime Combined Package Next Week | | CBS CEO Les Moonves announced May 4 on the company's fiscal call that the company will roll out a combined CBS All Access, Showtime package to subscribers starting next week. | | WHY THIS MATTERS: Launched in 2014, CBS All Access SVOD service offers new, catalog and live TV for $5.99 a month. Later this year, All Access will make Thursday night football broadcast available to subscribers on connected TVs only. Showtimes $10.99 OTT service topped 1.5 million subs earlier this year a tally All Access reportedly mirrors. CBS has a goal of 8 million combined subs for the two services by 2020. | 3 TAKES: The Wrap | Home Media | Fierce Cable
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| | | | OTT-VOD sources are changing the landscape. OTT-VOD services are the fastest-growing segment in the VOD landscape and eroding pay TV providers share of revenue. OTT-VOD sources began outperforming traditional pay TV sources in 2016.
Derek ODonnell, Senior Research Analyst, Gartner |
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