Sitemap - 2020 - The PARQOR Substack

How Star and Star Plus Move Disney ($DIS) Away from Netflix ($NFLX)'s Model

Mic Drop #10: Disney Investor Day Predictions

Nobody Believes WarnerMedia's ($T) Jason Kilar On His Plans for Theatrical & HBO Max in 2021

AT&T's WarnerMedia ($T) Disrupts Its Theatrical for Streaming, Will Disney ($DIS)?

Mic Drop #9: HBO Max's "For The Fans" 2021 Plans

The Curse of the Mogul Returns for discovery+, Hulu & HBO Max

Netflix ($NFLX), Gaming and "Change" in Streaming Marketing

The Queen's Gambit, Netflix Streaming Subscriber Numbers & Amazon

Mic Drop #8: Predictions on HBO Max with Amazon & Roku

Wonder Woman 1984, HBO Max and Decay

Disney ($DIS) and the Netflix ($NFLX) "Streaming Multiple"

In Q3 2020 Earnings, Ecosystems and Genre Drive Scale for Streaming Services

Mic Drop #7: Sinclair's Short-Sighted Bet on RSNs

Uneasy Footing in Those Hollywood Showrunners' Mega-Deals at Netflix ($NFLX)

Apple TV Plus ($AAPL) at One & the Apple One Bundle

Mic Drop #6: Netflix vs Amazon in India

Warnermedia ($T), Disney ($DIS), Netflix ($NFLX) & "Ubiquitous Access"

Mic Drop #5: Quibi & Alternate Universe Quibi (…AUQUIBI?)

Optics vs. Substance in Restructurings at Disney ($DIS), Netflix ($NFLX), and Warnermedia ($T)

Mic Drop #4: Revisiting Post-Kevin Mayer Disney Prediction from May

AMC+(AMCX) & Shudder, Netflix ($NFLX) & Animation, and Product Channel Fit

Disney ($DIS) Restructures for Streaming-First Strategy, Product Channel Fit

Why the "Streaming Wars" Are Actually About Product Channel Fit

Mic Drop #3: A Prediction from February Proven Right in October

More Warning Signs Emerging for AT&T ($T)'s Bet on WarnerMedia

Mic Drop #2: Five more mic drops from January 2020 Predictions

Google TV Will Be Very Much a Google ($GOOG) Search Product

Netflix ($NFLX) Needs International Growth Now, When Will It *Need* Franchise IP?

Streaming, Product-Channel Fit, and Roku ($ROKU)

Mic Drop #1: Not one, but *five* mic drops from January 2020 Predictions

Five Stories Shed Light on the Future of Disney Plus ($DIS) & Its Flywheel

Mic drops on Predictions on OTT streaming from PARQOR Member Mailings

Member Mailing #231: A Difficult Road Ahead for Discovery+ in Streaming & Alternative Models

Three Dynamics in the Roku ($ROKU) and Comcast/NBCU ($CMCSA) Standoff

Why AT&T's ($T) Ad-Supported HBO Max is both "weird" & "an experiment worth trying"

Member Mailing #230: Mulan, Black Widow, PVOD, & Two Futures for Theatrical Distribution

Netflix, Video Games, new XBox, Epic vs. Apple App Store

Are There Better Options for Discovery in Streaming than its "SUV"

Member Mailing #229: WarnerMedia, NBCU, and Theme Parks

Mulan & Black Widow May Revive Kevin Mayer's Disney+ Flywheel

Member Mailing #228: Roku, Netflix, Disney+, and The Evolving Definition of "Gatekeeper" in OTT

DC Fandome and The Future of WarnerMedia, HBO Max

Member Mailing #227: Why IAC's Barry Diller Is Bullish on MGM & Not on Legacy Media Streaming

Verizon & Disney Plus, Apple & ViacomCBS Bank on Tactical Bundles

Member Mailing #226: Netflix, Disney, & ViacomCBS Look to International for Streaming Growth

Roku & Amazon Had Monster Q2s Earnings in AVOD

Member Mailing #224: COVID Drives the "Video Gamification" of Sports

HBO Max Update, Elliott Management and AT&T

Three Themes From the AMC-Universal PVOD Deal

Member Mailing #223: Does AT&T Need To Rethink Its Direct-to-Consumer Marketing for HBO Max?

Why Disney+'s Growing Pains Are Really About Hulu

Member Mailing #222: Netflix's Q2 Earnings Reflect How It Continues to Win

NBCU Peacock's Free Streaming Strategy Takes A Page from Spotify's Playbook

Member Mailing #221: Competing Advertising Models Create Conflict in the "Last Mile" of Connected TV

FuboTV's value proposition for sports streaming is simple, Big Media's is getting messy, fast

Member Mailing #220: Lionsgate's Mad Men, Amazon, WarnerMedia, and Content Licensing

Revisiting WarnerMedia's Jason Kilar after The Information: Fiduciary or Visionary?

Member Mailing #219: Sports Streaming's Seismic Marketplace Shifts

Member Mailing #218 (Part Two): More OTT Streaming Services Show Symptoms of The Curse of The Mogul

Member Mailing #218 (Part One): More OTT Streaming Services Show Symptoms of The Curse of The Mogul

Debt Is The Obstacle to AT&T (HBO Max) Buying Lionsgate (Starz)

ViacomCBS Promises A "Super Service" CBS All-Access, Hedges with Star Trek on PlutoTV

Member Mailing #217: Starz, Amazon Channels, and The Future of Bundling

Whatifi, Netflix, Eko vs. Quibi and the Future of Interactive Video

Revisiting My Predictions for Hulu and Disney Plus

Thinking through Roku's negotiation with HBO Max

Sinclair's ($SBGI) surprisingly optimistic future for its Regional Sports Networks (RSNs)

Member Mailing #215: Surprisingly, both HBO Max & Apple TV+ suffer The Curse of the Mogul

Does it matter that HBO Max leaves Roku and Amazon Fire users waiting?

A populist pivot for the HBO brand with the launch of HBO Max

Member Mailing #214: Kevin Mayer's Disney+ Flywheel is Dead

Member Mailing #213: A PARQOR lens on Kevin Mayer's exit from Disney+

Member Mailing #212: The future of OTT live streaming after Q2 2020 earnings calls

NBA and Microsoft Azure's New Partnership

Member Mailing #211: Rethinking how churn rate is defined in OTT Streaming Services