Media Insultant - 4.15.26 Streaming will save local TV. Really? SBS hits the BK route. And we think MediaCo missed the point.

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of streaming to save local TV stations and critiques MediaCo's approach to client messaging.

CAN STREAMING SAVE LOCAL TV STATIONS…? MEDIACO EGO GETS IN THE WAY OF A CLIENT FOCUSED MESSAGE. SBS FILES AND MARY GETS ANOTHER YEAR AT THE HELM OF A SINKING SHIP! Media Insultant is produced each Wednesday as Jackson Dell Weaver & Keith Samuels offer comments, ideas and sometimes snarky comments about the current media landscape. They focus on radio and TV primarily - but also any media that is relevent or beneficial to media sales and management. Videos are under the Medi...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jackson Dell Weaver, Keith Samuels

Topics covered

• local TV
• streaming
• media landscape
• media sales
• management

Keywords

• streaming
• local TV
• MediaCo
• SBS
• media management
• media sales
• Jackson Dell Weaver
• Keith Samuels

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SBS, MediaCo

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