My quarterly grades for the big subscription-video services is out. I talk about which "students" did well, and which need a lot of work among Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, Peacock, Quibi, and CBS All Access. I suspect there's little surprise about who's at the head of the class, but it's also clear the pandemic has both been the biggest opportunity and biggest challenge for all the new competitors launching in the middle of widespread lockdowns. You can also read more about the grades I and my colleague Alan Wolk are handing out here on TVRev.
Also, as mentioned in this episode, I'm part of three recent online conversations you may also be interested in:
- San Diego Comic-Con@Home "World Builders: The Evolution of Immersive Entertainment," featuring Paramount Studios Futurist Ted Schilowitz and Unity Innovation Labs chief Isabel Riva, among others. Named one of the top "under the radar" panels by Comic Book Review. You can watch/listen beginning July 26, when it debuts here: https://comiccon2020.sched.com/event/d5zk/world-builders-the-evolution-of-immersive-entertainment
- Let's DEW Lunch: Dane Smith of The Third Floor with David Bloom, discussing how visualization technologies are changing film and TV production. Among his recent projects - the THIRD season of The Mandalorian, the sequels to Jim Cameron's Avatar, and Amazon Prime's spinoff series from Lord of the Rings. So, lots to talk about. Listen/watch here: https://youtu.be/ub0f5kf35SI
- Influencer Marketing Virtual Conference and Expo. "State of Influencer Marketing" The conference was free to watch, but for access to all the recorded sessions (and material from some previous influencer marketing events), you'd need to pony up $100. You can find it all here: http://influencermarketingexpo.com It was a pretty tremendous conversation, and I was a panelist rather than moderator, but some interesting trends happening. I'll try to get into some of these things in future Bloom in Tech episodes.
