Streaming and over the top service topics are hot right now so it was great to finally chat with Rick Cordella (@RickCordella on Twitter) who heads up NBC’s digital business.
Topics covered include:
— how NBC’s streaming has evolved over the last 10+ years
— General broad discussion of how they make money on streaming, the differences between digital and linear advertising (interesting note here: although streaming of the Olympics represented only 2-3% of overall live video consumption it accounted for 10% of the revenue)
— overview of the breadth of content offered: currently over 16,000 hours of content a year including the six NBC-owned regional sports networks.
— overview of Playmaker Media, NBC’s white-label offering of it’s internal streaming infrastructure offering
— we talk the evolution of the NBC Gold streaming product. What do you do when you have rights to 75 hours a week of content but can only put 2 of it on TV? NBC Gold provides an opportunity to package the hours they couldn’t put on TV.
— the current state of streaming technology and it’s limits
— Rick’s perspective on the current state of Nielsen reporting for linear & digital and where it needs to go
— impact of ad blocking and password sharing
— more on NBC Gold, balancing what’s on TV versus OTT services & what’s going on with making NBC Gold available in public establishments (like bars)
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