Live from NAB Las Vegas, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel break down the biggest trends shaping media, sports, streaming, and broadcast technology. This episode of Next TMT Talks covers: 🏀 Why Peacock is gaining momentum after the Super Bowl, Olympics and NBA 📈 What rising sports ratings mean for streaming economics 🌍 The incredible scale of the upcoming FIFA World Cup across North America 📡 How Verizon and global partners will power distribution to billions of viewers 📱 Why vertical video and mobile-first content are exploding 🤖 AI tools transforming production, search, metadata and workflows 🎥 What stood out most on the NAB show floor From sports rights to next-gen media infrastructure, this conversation explores where television is headed next. 🎧 Subscribe for weekly conversations on streaming, telecom, advertising, AI and media strategy. 📩 Visit: www.nexttmt.com #NABShow #Streaming #Peacock #WorldCup #SportsMedia #AI #Broadcasting #NextTMT

As live sports rapidly shift to streaming, one of the biggest questions facing the industry is simple:

Can the networks actually handle it?

In this Next TMT Talks x Media Play News episode, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel sit down with Sig Luft, CEO of NetSkrt, to discuss the biggest technical and business challenges facing live sports streaming today.

From CDN bottlenecks and edge delivery to latency, World Cup scale, Netflix's growing pains, and the future of IP-based broadcast infrastructure, this is a must-watch conversation for media and technology executives heading into NAB 2026.

Topics include:

• Why live sports creates massive CDN challenges
• The edge delivery problem
• Why latency matters for sports and betting
• What Netflix learned from massive live events
• World Cup and global distribution challenges
• Why OTT may eventually become 100% of distribution
• The shift from broadcast infrastructure to IP

#Streaming #LiveSports #CDN #NAB2026 #SportsMedia #MediaTech #NextTMT #WorldCup

This week on Next TMT Talks, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel break down the biggest stories shaping the media, streaming, and sports business.

From consumer confusion over streamer brands to the future of NFL media rights, Netflix's valuation, Amazon's sports strategy, and the growing AI arms race, this episode covers the forces reshaping television and entertainment.

Topics include:

• Why consumers no longer know which studio made their shows
• The growing power of TVOS and platform discovery
• NFL antitrust and media rights pressure
• Amazon Prime's expansion into premium sports
• Netflix stock upside and revenue efficiency
• theatrical vs streaming release windows
• Anthropic, AI security risks, and zero-day threats
• NAB preview from Las Vegas

A must-watch conversation for executives in streaming, CTV, telecom, sports media, and ad tech.

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This week on Next TMT Talks, David Bloom and Daniel Frankel break down the biggest stories shaping the future of technology, media, and telecom.

This episode dives into:

• The growing battle over the NFL's broadcast rights and antitrust protections
• Why the league's next media deal could reshape the economics of television
• Sam Altman and OpenAI's surprising media acquisition strategy
• The broader AI power struggle between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft
• Brendan Carr, Starlink, and the broadband/router controversy
• What low-earth orbit satellite expansion means for cable and telecom
• The Wall Street Journal's stark look at Hollywood's economic downturn
• Why production slowdowns, ad-supported streaming, and pricing pressure are changing the entertainment business

From sports rights and AI to streaming economics and Hollywood's future, this is a must-listen for executives across media, telecom, advertising, and technology.

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#NFL #OpenAI #Hollywood #Streaming #Media #Telecom #AI #NextTMT

David Bloom and Daniel Frankel cover a packed week in tech, media, and telecom. Netflix raises prices again as consumers feel the squeeze. Taylor Sheridan delivers Paramount+'s biggest show ever with The Madison. YouTube's CEO blames parents for the platform's addictiveness. Amazon wants back in the phone business — and so does Donald Trump. Mark Zuckerberg quietly kills the metaverse. And Tristan Harris's new AI documentary has everyone asking hard questions about where this is all heading.

Next TMT Talks | Dean Devlin on Streaming, AI & Adapting TikTok for TV

Hollywood producer and Electric Now co-founder Dean Devlin sits down with Next TMT's Daniel Frankel to talk about the future of free ad-supported streaming, his journey from big-budget blockbusters (Independence Day, Godzilla) to independent television, and why he bet on a viral TikTok show to become Electric Now's first original scripted series.

Dean shares his honest take on AI in the entertainment industry, the ongoing challenge of domestic film production incentives, and what it really takes to make the economics of independent streaming work.

The Poly Couple premieres April 16th exclusively on Electric Now.

David Bloom and Daniel Frankel break down a packed week in technology, media, and telecom. California AG Rob Bonta steps up as a watchdog on media consolidation while the FCC waves through massive station group buyouts. The new Disney CEO wants creativity powered by tech — but controversy is already brewing in TV. Nielsen gets called out, Formula One feels the ripple effects of the writers' strike, and California's boosted tax incentives are slowly luring production back to Hollywood. Plus: the U.S. Copyright Office's AI stance may be setting up a 45-year problem hiding in plain sight.

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Sports may be the most valuable content in media — but the streaming era is making it harder than ever for fans to find the games they want to watch.

In this episode of Next TMT Talks, hosts David Bloom and Daniel Frankel are joined by Jon Giegengack, founder of Hub Entertainment Research, to break down new research on how sports fans are navigating a fragmented media ecosystem.

The conversation explores why streaming services are both expanding sports access and simultaneously creating confusion for fans trying to find games across multiple platforms.

Hub's latest research surveys thousands of sports fans to track how their viewing habits are changing as leagues move more games to streaming platforms .

• Why 31% of sports fans have now cut the cord
• Why sports fans are increasingly frustrated trying to find games across platforms
• The growing role of YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram in sports discovery
• Why documentaries like Drive to Survive are creating new sports fans
• The rise of sports betting and fantasy sports as engagement drivers
• How streaming platforms are changing sports rights economics
• Why universal search across streaming services may be the next big TV feature
• How younger fans consume sports through highlights and social media

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