Sam Reich on revamping the game show - and Dropout's success as a small streamer

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

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Summary

It seems like there are countless streamers these days – there's Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, Max, Peacock, Roku, just to name a few. Still, success and profit remain elusive to even some of the biggest in the biz. However there is one smaller streamer that seems to have found a path to prosperity: Dropout. IBAM host Brittany Luse sat down with Dropout CEO Sam Reich to find out how his company is forging a path to success in a successful market, all while revamping the gameshow format. The pair also play a little game.

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0:59.7	A show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. It seems like there are a bajillion streamers these days.
1:15.0	You've got your Netflix, you've got your Hulu, Disney Plus, Max, Paramount, Roku,
1:20.0	everyone wants in on streaming. And they're all kind of doing the same thing
1:24.7	trying to find the next big game of thrones or stranger things a premium show that
1:29.5	will blow up and suddenly make them all rich.
1:32.8	Today I'm going to put yet another streamer on your radar.
1:36.0	I know there are already so many, but trust me,
1:38.7	this streamer, Drop Out, is doing things a little differently.
1:43.0	Rather than trying to compete with Netflix or Amazon or Hulu or anyone out there making
1:47.8	really high quality premium scripted programming, we should instead try to be good at our own thing.
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