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Daniel Frankel

Daniel Frankel, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Next TMT, has 20+ years covering tech/media.

Midweek report: Netflix's binge era goes bust, and awards-bereft Paramount gets ready to show Emmy darling Warner Bros. what the term 'hacks' really means

Jul 9, 2026

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Midweek report: Netflix's binge era goes bust, and awards-bereft Paramount gets ready to show Emmy darling Warner Bros. what the term 'hacks' really means

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we look at what happens to World Cup TV rights after the U.S.-vs.-Belgium drew a domestic audience bigger than most NFL playoff games

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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Late-night comedy creates a new home on YouTube, and the stars finally align for that long-awaited DirecTV-Dish gray marriage

Jul 6, 2026

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Late-night comedy creates a new home on YouTube, and the stars finally align for that long-awaited DirecTV-Dish gray marriage

The Monday flagship edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom also looks at how David Zaslav's nine-figure payday may have helped Mike Cavanagh quickly change his mind about not splitting up Comcast

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David Bloom
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With the chips down for AI, prices go way up for Macbooks, smart TVs and other gadgets; and Starlink looks to take on Big Wireless with a little help from Charter

Jun 29, 2026

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With the chips down for AI, prices go way up for Macbooks, smart TVs and other gadgets; and Starlink looks to take on Big Wireless with a little help from Charter

Also in the flagship Monday edition of our twice-weekly newsletter focused on all things technology, media and telecom, we examine the fates of four different Elon Musk-focused movie projects, and we recall the time late tech visionary Om Malik told us to go play on the freeway

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David Bloom
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Midweek report: Walmart takes a major step forward in CTV, Netflix gets pushed to reaccelerate growth, and Google suffers an acute AI brain drain

Jun 25, 2026

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Midweek report: Walmart takes a major step forward in CTV, Netflix gets pushed to reaccelerate growth, and Google suffers an acute AI brain drain

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we examine the big, new frequency-busting capabilities of Omnicom's vaunted 'clean room,' and Warner's 'Supergirl' looks to shake off the kryptonite at the box office

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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Netflix comes up short of lofty podcast goals, TVision beats Nielsen in court, and YouTube tells the NFL to pound sand

Jun 22, 2026

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Netflix comes up short of lofty podcast goals, TVision beats Nielsen in court, and YouTube tells the NFL to pound sand

Also in our flagship Monday newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we examine the prospect of telecoms building their own agentic AI, and we ponder the impressive market power of a combined Tubi and Roku Channel

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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StreamTV Show Daily for Thursday, June 18: Wurl urges platform operators to lend a thumb to beleaguered content owners

Jun 18, 2026

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StreamTV Show Daily for Thursday, June 18: Wurl urges platform operators to lend a thumb to beleaguered content owners

Also in our action-packed daily conference newsletter, we present the full list of 2026 StreamTV Award winners

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David Bloom
Bevin Fletcher
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Roku looks like it might actually get sold this time, and the objectionable Peter Thiel delivers his latest threat to journalism

Jun 15, 2026

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Roku looks like it might actually get sold this time, and the objectionable Peter Thiel delivers his latest threat to journalism

Also in our flagship newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we kick the rocket thrusters on SpaceX's outrageous $29 trillion TAM projections. And those early World Cup viewer numbers? Also outrageous.

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David Bloom
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Midweek report: Netflix and OpenAI face the smoking-hot 'cigarette' legal strategy, and Elon Musk makes his orbiting data center plan actually sound doable

Jun 11, 2026

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Midweek report: Netflix and OpenAI face the smoking-hot 'cigarette' legal strategy, and Elon Musk makes his orbiting data center plan actually sound doable

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, Paramount tells Netflix to stop the "scorched-earth campaign" allegedly being waged against its Warner Bros. deal

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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A powerful lobby joins the battle against NFL streaming, California's quest to stop the Paramount-WBD deal gets off to a slow start, and Anthropic throws a caution flag

Jun 8, 2026

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A powerful lobby joins the battle against NFL streaming, California's quest to stop the Paramount-WBD deal gets off to a slow start, and Anthropic throws a caution flag

Also in our flagship newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, the DOJ wages a hollowed-out legal fight against China's Huawei, and Scott Pelley reminds us that things were even worse under the Sedition Act of 1798

David Bloom
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David Bloom, +1
Midweek report: YouTube glams up its creators for a little Emmy love, Canada cans its Netflix tax, and Bari Weiss looks to finish the job

Jun 4, 2026

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Midweek report: YouTube glams up its creators for a little Emmy love, Canada cans its Netflix tax, and Bari Weiss looks to finish the job

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, its also the end of another TV era, with NBCU exiting the once vastly lucrative broadcast syndication business ... and 'Access Hollywood'

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David Bloom
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Amazon's handpicked AI creators revolt, Peacock mobile app takes on TikTok, and 'Backrooms' christens filmmaking's YouTube-first era

Jun 1, 2026

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Amazon's handpicked AI creators revolt, Peacock mobile app takes on TikTok, and 'Backrooms' christens filmmaking's YouTube-first era

Also in our flagship newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we examine the mounting pressure on California Attorney General Rob Bonta to do something to try to stop Paramount and Bari Weiss from also dismantling CNN

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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Midweek report: Amazon serves Hollywood to its AI, Roku finally remakes its home screen, and China's DeepSeek threatens to deep six IPOs for Anthropic and OpenAI

May 28, 2026

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Midweek report: Amazon serves Hollywood to its AI, Roku finally remakes its home screen, and China's DeepSeek threatens to deep six IPOs for Anthropic and OpenAI

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we look at how the CTV app explosion is coming to in-car entertainment

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David Bloom
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Huawei nanos up to Trump with plans for super-advanced chips, and MLB faces whiny cord-forevers

May 26, 2026

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Huawei nanos up to Trump with plans for super-advanced chips, and MLB faces whiny cord-forevers

Also in our flagship newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, Paramount's debt situation gets affirmed with a 'borderline' crazy-bad rating

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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Midweek report: SpaceX's $1.75 trillion IPO unveiled -- it's driven by rockets, Starlink (and FCC grift); and Amazon finally moves forward on its $8 billion 'Bond' investment

May 21, 2026

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Midweek report: SpaceX's $1.75 trillion IPO unveiled -- it's driven by rockets, Starlink (and FCC grift); and Amazon finally moves forward on its $8 billion 'Bond' investment

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we look at how Roku and Cineverse are partnering to create the next Howdy

David Bloom
Daniel Frankel
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Roku demonstrates the awesome power of its discovery layer, and Publicis Groupe pivots hard from The Trade Desk with $2.2 billion LiveRamp deal

May 18, 2026

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Roku demonstrates the awesome power of its discovery layer, and Publicis Groupe pivots hard from The Trade Desk with $2.2 billion LiveRamp deal

Also in our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we check out the emerging battle between Elon Musk and Big Wireless' new JV, and we try to free Britney so she can loudly eat in peace

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David Bloom
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Midweek report: Outcome mania grips the Upfronts, the FCC sticks it to EchoStar again, and NFL streaming turns out to be a bargain

May 14, 2026

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Midweek report: Outcome mania grips the Upfronts, the FCC sticks it to EchoStar again, and NFL streaming turns out to be a bargain

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we ponder what lessons the creator economy can learn from BuzzFeed's platform dependency

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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Nielsen brings 'TV measurement revolt' to heel, Meta reels in Google's ad revenue crown, and YouTube readies to grow even more powerful this summer

May 11, 2026

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Nielsen brings 'TV measurement revolt' to heel, Meta reels in Google's ad revenue crown, and YouTube readies to grow even more powerful this summer

Also in our weekly look at all things technology, media and telecom, we look at Adidas' mega-budget, Nike-killing social video campaign for the World Cup

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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Midweek report: Disney hoists its 'super app,' social video steals CTV's momentum, and programmatic buyers say they're not ready just yet to get in the Waymo

May 7, 2026

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Midweek report: Disney hoists its 'super app,' social video steals CTV's momentum, and programmatic buyers say they're not ready just yet to get in the Waymo

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, buyers of (cheap?) Roku-powered TVs stage class-action revolt

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David Bloom
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Netflix fails to meet the vertical challenge with horizontal move to 'Clips,' and Elon Musk's truth on Grok training gets distilled under oath

May 4, 2026

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Netflix fails to meet the vertical challenge with horizontal move to 'Clips,' and Elon Musk's truth on Grok training gets distilled under oath

Also in our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we look at how a Claude agent terminated a rental car company's entire database and didn't feel the least bit bad about it; and after he thinned Verizon's herd of 13,000 workers, we examine what's next for cowboy CEO Dan Schulman

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David Bloom
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Midweek report:  Roku enjoys its three-buck luck with Howdy, HBO Max subscribers get shortchanged on Amazon, and Verizon dims the lights on pay TV's biggest yesteryear star

Apr 30, 2026

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Midweek report: Roku enjoys its three-buck luck with Howdy, HBO Max subscribers get shortchanged on Amazon, and Verizon dims the lights on pay TV's biggest yesteryear star

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we once again present our subversive take for the whole Jimmy Kimmel drama

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David Bloom
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We ponder the absurd TV ratings success of the NFL Draft, the outcome of a possible Comcast-Charter merger, and Perry Sook's wily local news rook

Apr 27, 2026

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We ponder the absurd TV ratings success of the NFL Draft, the outcome of a possible Comcast-Charter merger, and Perry Sook's wily local news rook

In the Monday version of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we also chronicle the scarce 'mother's milk' for AI, and we look at how Jeff Bezos got the 'Oligarchs Only' pass for Brendan Carr's big foreign router ban

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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Midweek report: Roku's SVOD reseller biz gets explosive and exposed, and the NFL schools the FCC on the basic economics of television

Apr 23, 2026

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Midweek report: Roku's SVOD reseller biz gets explosive and exposed, and the NFL schools the FCC on the basic economics of television

Also in the Thursday edition of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, Nexstar's Perry Sook accuses legal tormentor DirecTV of starting over 80% of retrans blackouts

Daniel Frankel
David Bloom
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NAB 2026 Tuesday Spotlight: Jensen Huang says goodbye to Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan, as tech's old guard seems to move on all at once

Apr 21, 2026

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NAB 2026 Tuesday Spotlight: Jensen Huang says goodbye to Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan, as tech's old guard seems to move on all at once

In a special show daily issue of our fabulous newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we also look at Verizon's nifty private 5G networks for big TV productions, and we examine Fox One's (likely very profitable) entry into far-right podcasting

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David Bloom
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NAB 2026 Monday Spotlight: Peacock is merely 'complimentary' to broadcast, NBC Sports exec declares

Apr 20, 2026

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NAB 2026 Monday Spotlight: Peacock is merely 'complimentary' to broadcast, NBC Sports exec declares

In a special show daily issue of our regular flagship newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we also ponder the staggering amount of viewers -- and money! -- that's about to be generated by FIFA and the World Cup

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David Bloom
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NAB 2026 Sunday Spotlight: Roger Goodell tells the DOJ where to stick its probe, and can the ever-hopeful ATSC 3.0 finally make 'fetch' happen?

Apr 19, 2026

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NAB 2026 Sunday Spotlight: Roger Goodell tells the DOJ where to stick its probe, and can the ever-hopeful ATSC 3.0 finally make 'fetch' happen?

In a special show daily issue of our newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we look at how the scuttled WBD purchase awakened Netflix's natural hunter instinct

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David Bloom
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