When we talk about The Streaming Wars who do we think of as the major players? Amazon, Disney and Netflix, undoubtedly, but also, given its huge customer base and deep pockets, Apple TV+? And surely Sky too as a trusted, multi-territory brand with bags of experience? But outside of this theatre there’s a parallel drama going on – what we might call The Streaming Skirmishes – between another group of huge companies like Discovery, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia. Where do their OTT services fit in? That was the topic of this week’s OTT Question Time (Thursday 18th November, 4pm UK / 5pm CET / 11am ET).
Together with a panel of expert analysts, Simon Murray of Digital TV Research, Toby Holleran of Ampere Analysis and Alan Wolk of TVREV, we discussed:
- These significant others including BritBox, HBO Max, Hulu, Peacock and Paramount Plus
- Their products, prospects and performance
- Pay models, consumer budgets and SVOD stacking
- Whether The Streaming Wars is really a thing at all
- And how the next five years in the future of TV might play out
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ABOUT KAUSER KANJI
Kauser Kanji has been working in online video for 19 years, formerly at Virgin Media, ITN and NBC Universal, and founded VOD Professional in 2011. He has since completed major OTT projects for, amongst others, A+E Networks, the BBC, BBC Studios, Channel 4, DR (Denmark), Liberty Global, Netflix, Sony Pictures, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation and UKTV. He now writes industry analyses, hosts an online debate show, OTT Question Time, as well as its in-person sister event, OTT Question Time Live.