The Rise of Tubi and If “Free” Is Really the Future of Entertainment

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Matt is joined by Tubi CEO Anjali Sud to discuss the rapid growth of free, ad-supported content, competing with YouTube and social media, how young people want to consume content, whether Tubi can outlast the free ad-supported arms of major steamers, and whether this business is actually sustainable. Matt finishes the show with a prediction on the future of TNT's 'Inside the NBA.' For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! [email protected] Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Anjali Sud Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Did Don Draper really buy the world of Coke?
0:04.0	Did Tony Soprano really die, or just order more onion rings?
0:07.8	The finales of our favorite shows can make us argue, make us cry, and make us crazy.
0:13.1	From Spotify and the Ringer, I'm Andy Greenwald, and this is Stick the Landing, a new podcast where we'll be telling the story of modern TV backwards, one fade out at a time.
0:22.6	Find Stick the Landing on Wednesdays on the prestige TV feed on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	Do we really need another computer? One that's faster, more powerful. Not everyone does.
0:36.0	But to reinvent music using a neural processor,
0:38.9	work off the grid with all-day battery, or bring your vision to life with AI-powered co-creator,
0:43.6	then a copilot Plus PC can make a difference. A powerful AI computer is not for everyone. But if
0:49.3	you're trying to change the world, even if just your own, we built one for you. Microsoft Copilot
0:53.9	plus PCs powered by Snapchat, the fastest, most of just your own, we built one for you. Microsoft Copilot Plus PCs powered by
0:55.2	Snapdragon, the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever. Bachelor life varies with you
0:59.9	switching settings. This episode is brought to you by LinkedIn. Hiring for your small business.
1:05.9	If you're not looking for professionals on LinkedIn, you're looking in the wrong place.
1:09.8	LinkedIn helps you hire professionals you can't find anywhere else. So next time you're looking in the wrong place. LinkedIn helps you hire professionals
1:11.3	you can't find anywhere else. So next time you're looking for quality professionals, join the 2.5 million
1:17.8	SMBs who trust LinkedIn to find them the perfect fit. With LinkedIn, you can hire professionals like a
1:24.9	professional. Post your free job on LinkedIn.com slash agree today.
1:31.8	It is Monday, April 29th. If you look at the monthly Nielsen streaming ratings, as I do pretty
1:37.6	religiously, you'll notice one of the services has been on a role lately. It's Tooby, the free
1:43.0	ad-supported television platform, or fast channel
1:45.8	as they're known. To be captured 1.6% of all streaming viewership on connected TVs in the U.S.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.