(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Has anyone else noticed how weird IMDb’s genres are getting? Over the last six months or so, my ... Read MoreThe Batch Release Isn’t Dead?| Entertainment Strategy Guy
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) One film’s success sort of threw me last December: Netflix’s latest Christmas week release, The Six Triple Eight. On the one hand, it did well. Of the 416 first-run films ... Read MoreThe Holiday Film Bump Is Dead...| Entertainment Strategy Guy