From launch to 100K subscribers… how the Cowboy Channel succeeded in spite of competition and setbacks

On this episode of the StreamTime Podcast co-hosts Nick Meacham and Chris Stone are joined by David Guinan,  chief digital officer at the Cowboy Channel. Guinan outlines how the platform  reached more than 100,000 paying subscribers within four years, as well as the growing pains of an emerging media business. • Viacom to Nigerian Insurgents, to the Cowboy Channel – (5:30) • Challenges of building a new platform and turning failure into success - (26:20) • How the Cowboy Channel competes with premium rights properties - (42:43) • Streaming is hard, no matter who you are – (54:19) • The challenges of migrating tech stacks - (57:33)