State of Streaming Podcast

How An NFL Legend Is Disrupting Sports Streaming | Shawne Merriman, Founder of Lights Out Sports TV

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Shawne Merriman, three-time Pro Bowler and CEO of Lights Out Sports TV, to trace the journey from defensive end to st

How YouTube Gets Dragged Into Meta's $18.1B Teen Restriction Settlement | Mark Stenberg, Senior Media Reporter at Adweek

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Mark Stenberg, Senior Media Reporter at Adweek, to unpack the real ripple effects of Meta's $17 billion teen set

How Publishers Win the Live Sports Streaming Era | David Dembowski, Streaming TV Architect

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with David Dembowski, Streaming TV Architect, to break down the business of live sports streaming through the lens of the

How Sports Translate Live Games | Giovanni Galvez, VP of Sales at SyncWords

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Giovanni Galvez, from SyncWords, for a special webinar replay recorded live — including a real-time demo where SyncWo

How 'Durable Audience' Became the Creator Credit Score | Josh Stein, Attention Capital

Have a question? Send us a text! Read Josh's most recent piece on State of Streaming here 👈 Tim sits down with Josh Stein, Founder of Attention Capital, to unpack

How YouTube Became TV and Why $100 CPMs Are Next | Michael Beach, Cross Screen Media & State of the Screens

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Michael Beach, author of Screen Wars and Publisher of State of the Screens, to work through convergent TV, why local

How Wall Street Misread Netflix | Simeon McMillan, Founder of Accrued Interest

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Simeon McMillan, Principal of Accrued Interest, to work through four of the most consequential questions in streaming

How AI Is Replacing The Media Planning Cycle | Josh Hudgins, CPO at VideoAmp

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Josh Hudgins, Chief Product Officer at VideoAmp, to unpack how the performance media platform connects ad exposure di

How TV Took Over | Jon Schulz, CMO at Viant

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Jon Schulz, CMO at Viant, the day after the company reports its best quarter ever — revenue up 34%, CTV now 50% of to

How Broadcast Gave Way to Streaming | Matthew Keys, Publisher at The Desk

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Matthew Keys, Publisher of The Desk, a media outlet covering the broadcast, streaming, and digital media industry tha

How AI Is Evolving the Streaming Ad Pod | James Smith, GM Monetization at Frequency

Have a question? Send us a text! James Smith, who leads monetization at Frequency, joins Tim Rowe to unpack why the ad pod is broken — and why the fix isn't more ad

How to Make the Shift to Audience-First Planning | Emily Williams, Consumer Expert at MRI-Simmons

Have a question? Send us a text! Emily Williams, Consumer Expert at MRI-Simmons, joins Tim Rowe to unpack why the streaming industry's measurement habits are failin

How CTV M&A Is Redrawing the Power Map | Justin Ruiss, SVP Media Sector at BWG Global

Have a question? Send us a text! Justin Ruiss, SVP of Media at BWG Global, joins Tim Rowe to break down three of the biggest deals in streaming right now — Walmart'

How Microdramas Are Reshaping Vertical Streaming | Nathaniel Danziger, SOS Vertical Streaming Insider

Have a question? Send us a text! The conversation is a companion to Nathaniel's recent piece on microdramas. Nathaniel Danziger, Founding Voice at State of Streami

How Open-Source Insights Are Evolving Streaming | Josh Matthews, Publisher at StreamScoop

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Josh Matthews, Founder of StreamScoop, a Substack publication that aggregates open-source viewership data across stre

How DTC Streaming Gives Sports and Creators Revenue Control | Wim Sweldens, Co-founder of Kiswe

Have a question? Send us a text! Wim Sweldens, co-founder of Kiswe, built a direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming company because he unplugged his cable box — and never plu

How to Measure Sports Viewership in a Streaming World | Russell Fink, SOS Sports Measurement Insider

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Russell Fink, a two-decade veteran of regional sports networks, to dig into the measurement crisis hiding in plain si

How the Home Screen Became Streaming's Most Valuable Real Estate | Lucas Bertrand, Founder of Looper Insights

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Lucas Bertrand, CEO of Looper Insights, to break down what Looper's Q1 Media Placement Value ($MPV) data reveals

How to Build a $22B Home Screen | Preston Smalley, VP Viewer Product at Roku

Have a question? Send us a text! Tim sits down with Preston Smalley, VP of Viewer Product at Roku, unpacking the first new Roku home screen in a decade — how it was desi

How AI Personalization Can Solve Streaming Retention | Hemant Soni, AI Architect

Have a question? Send us a text! The conversation is a companion to Hemant's recent piece on AI personalization at scale. Hemant Soni, AI Architect and SOS. contri