KARLENE LUKOVITZ

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• Actors Vote To Strike If No Deal Reached By June 30 in Digital News Daily on 06/06/2023
  

  Actors could join writers in striking, although a directors' strike was averted with a new agreement early this week.

• Netflix Takes 'Tudum' Fan Event Live Again in Digital News Daily on 06/05/2023
  

  The star-studded event will be staged in Sao Paulo on June 17, and broadcast live via Netflix's YouTube channel.

• Disney Takes Record $1.5B Write-Off After Pulling Content From Streamers in Digital News Daily on 06/05/2023
  

  Disney, which recently pulled more than 50 titles from Disney+ and Hulu, expects to pull more, and take another substantial write-down.

• 70% Of HBO Max Subscribers Transitioned To Max In Week One in Advanced TV Insider on 06/02/2023
  

  Max, the rebranded, combined HBO Max/Discovery+ streamer, seems to be off to a good start -- at least among existing subscribers.

• Verizon +Play Deal Bundles Rivals Netflix, Paramount+ With Showtime in Digital News Daily on 06/02/2023
  

  The limited-time offer lets +Play subscribers save $70 per year on the combined services.

• David Leavy Tapped As CNN Chief Operating Officer in Digital News Daily on 06/02/2023
  

  Leavy is supposedly going to allow CEO Christ Licht to spend more time on programming, but some have speculated that he could end up replacing Licht.

• SVOD Dips In UK, AVOD On The Rise In Latin America in Digital News Daily on 06/01/2023
  

  The trends parallel those in the U.S.

• Amazon's Ring Fined $5.8M After Staff, Contractors Caught Spying On Users in Digital News Daily on 06/01/2023
  

  Amazon also this week agreed to pay the FTC $25 million for alleged violations of children's privacy via audio recordings.

• Mobile App Advertising Up 14% To $336B In 2022, Non-Games Apps Drew 65% in Mobile Insider on 06/01/2023
  

  The mobile app for Disney+'s new ad-supported plan now accounts for 9% of its total U.S. in-app iOS app purchases.

• Dish Intros Combined, Programmatic Buys Of Sling CTV, Linear Satellite Inventory in Digital News Daily on 05/31/2023
  

  Real-time ads can be delivered simultaneously to Dish set-top-boxes and Sling viewers.

Comments by Karlene All comments by Karlene

• Comcast, Disney In Arbitration As Comcast Cuts Off Funds For Hulu: Report by Karlene Lukovitz (Digital News Daily on 05/26/2023)
  

  Thanks, Jonathan. Yes, the blurb under the headline had a typo, of my own making, using "millions" instead of "billions," whereas the story itself used the correct billions. 

• Top CMOs 'Spooked' About Musk's Coming MMA Appearance by Karlene Lukovitz (Digital News Daily on 04/07/2023)
  

  “Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find,” NY Times 12.2.2022https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/technology/twitter-hate-speech.html

• 2023 Local Ad Forecast: Slight Overall Dip, 15% Drop For TV by Karlene Lukovitz (Digital News Daily on 11/30/2022)
  

  Right you are. Decimal point missing. Fixed now. Thanks!

• Rihanna To Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show by Karlene Lukovitz (Digital News Daily on 09/26/2022)
  

  Thank you for pointing out that typo--it has now been corrected to million (from billion).

• Fox News Won't Provide Full Live Coverage Of Jan. 6 Hearings by Karlene Lukovitz (Digital News Daily on 06/07/2022)
  

  Plus, saving democracy might conflict with watching WWE.

• U.S. Now Has More Streaming Subscriptions Than People: Report by Karlene Lukovitz (Digital News Daily on 04/12/2021)
  

  David: If you care to review previous articles on surveys and research, I think you'll find that I normally take pains to include methodology, including whether a survey sample is actually statistically representative of the universe it claims to represent, or the sample is designed to reflect U.S. Census demographics for a segment, etc. But you're right on Ampere-- they haven't yet replied to a query about methodology, and it should be included. I will update when they do, or add a statement indicating that they did not respond.

• Pluto TV Ad Revenue +78% in 2020, On Track For $1B+ By 2022: eMarketer by Karlene Lukovitz (Video Insider on 04/06/2021)
  

  Thanks for pointing that out, Leo. Fixed now.

• Parler Goes Dark For Now, Twitter Braces For Possible Protest At HQ by Karlene Lukovitz (Digital News Daily on 01/11/2021)
  

  FYI, Daily Beast described as "left-wing" in a different MP article on same day: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/359443/report-fox-news-presentation-aimed-to-reassure-ad.html?edition=121040But now that you mention it, for accuracy's sake, I really should've described Parler as "far-right" or better yet, "radical right."

• CTV's Share Of Video Impressions Hit 41% In Q3, Up 23% YoY by Karlene Lukovitz (Video Insider on 11/10/2020)
  

  According to Innovid, the stat compares the 1.4% PC interactive video to the 20.3% of CTV interactive choice-based ads.

• Is 'Incremental' Becoming A Misnomer For OTT Reach? by Karlene Lukovitz (Advanced TV Insider on 11/06/2020)
  

  Flame bait? Well, isn't it nice to have something to fret about other than the election results? 

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