Episode 70: The Impact of The Current Economic Climate on the Streaming Media Industry: Budget Constraints, Longer Sales Cycles and Higher Funding Costs

This week, I break down the economic and financial factors directly impacting growth and constraints in the streaming media industry. Learn why companies are doing more with less, reducing and consolidating their spending on services like storage and delivery, and the market factors that are influencing their decisions. With rising interest rates on new money, tighter budgets, and longer sales cycles, this new way of doing business is now the norm.I also cover some recent comments from ESPN’s chairman on the importance of linear to US sports broadcasters, the triggers that would prompt ESPN to move faster to DTC, and why he says ESPN doesn’t necessarily feel any urgency. His overall takeaway is that professional sports leagues say they prioritize linear because of exposure and reach, yet the same leagues are taking big money from Amazon, Apple, and Google while giving them some games as streaming exclusives.Also mentioned: Amazon and Nielsen’s Thursday Night Football stats; Warner Bros. Discovery’s new sports tier for Max; and SK Telecom and Netflix’s new partnership that has ended their dispute over network traffic costs.Podcast produced by Security Halt Media