01 Feb, 2024 Regulatory scrutiny and a high cost of capital will limit a rebound in media consolidation, but legacy media carve-out activity will drive dealmaking. By Jeff Goldstein Grace Lee Mark Endemano Lexie Perrotta Rachel Geffner +2 more... Show less As we examine the menu for media industry dealmaking in the upcoming year, it's evident that there are both sweet and sour ingredients....
25 Jan, 2024 Moderate ad market recovery and mid-single-digit growth likely in 2024 By Jeff Goldstein Grace Lee Mark Endemano Lexie Perrotta Rachel Geffner +2 more... Show less In March 2023, we wrote about the evolving challenges affecting the advertising market, shedding light on ad spend headwinds during...
17 Jan, 2024 Wholesale distribution will fuel subscriber growth for streaming services By Jeff Goldstein Grace Lee Mark Endemano Lexie Perrotta Rachel Geffner +2 more... Show less Even with the growth of streaming, a future model to replace the highly profitable Pay TV structure has yet to take shape in a way that...
11 Jan, 2024 AI will revolutionize the operational and competitive landscape—but companies must take a deliberate approach By Grace Lee Jeff Goldstein Mark Endemano Lexie Perrotta Rachel Geffner +2 more... Show less Machine learning (ML) and generative AI have the potential to transform production workflows and the content creation process. But the...
09 Jan, 2024 2024 AlixPartners Disruption Index: Finding a path to profitability By Simon Freakley Businesses have long had to cope with the impact of business cycles. Now they must address not just cycles but cyclones. In our findings...
13 Dec, 2023 2024 will be a year of reinvention and reinvestment in the future of local news By Jeff Goldstein Ade Obatoyinbo Lexie Perrotta Rachel Geffner Grace Lee Mark Endemano +3 more... Show less Local news has been in decline since the start of the digital boom. Its traditional economic model, heavily reliant on advertising for...
28 Nov, 2023 ‘Streaming Bundle Wars’ Have Arrived as Consumer Need for Simplicity Grows, says AlixPartners 2024 Media & Entertainment Industry Predictions Report By Jeff Goldstein Grace Lee Mark Endemano Lexie Perrotta Rachel Geffner +2 more... Show less Five major trends to emerge next year as overall streaming growth deceleratesand willingness to pay for premium content peaks....
26 Oct, 2023 U.S. online sports betting and iGaming: Amid explosive growth, operators search for a path to profit and sustainability By Matteo Carli Jeff Goldstein Since the U.S. Supreme Court removed a federal ban on sports betting in 2018, we have witnessed a legalization rush. Thirty-five states...
31 Jul, 2023 The Collapsing Tower of the Pay TV Bundle By Jeff Goldstein Francesco Barosi Brian Schwartz Katarina Milen Lexie Perrotta +2 more... Show less In 2021, analyst firm Moffett Nathanson wrote “The media industry just suffered from the worst year ever for cord cutting.” At the time,...
22 Mar, 2023 A tough road ahead for advertising: Time for fundamental change By Grace Lee Jeff Goldstein Francesco Barosi Lexie Perrotta Brian Schwartz +2 more... Show less The bull market for global ad spending, which expanded by over $450 billion (an 8% compound annual growth rate) from 2009 to 2022, has...
13 Dec, 2022 Cutting the cord: Are consumers spending more than ever? By Jeff Goldstein Francesco Barosi Brian Schwartz Maneel Grover Lexie Perrotta +2 more... Show less In the latest edition of our series on cutting the cord, we’re diving into a tricky question: Do consumers save money by cord-cutting, or...
12 Jul, 2022 Why mobile sports betting may not be the favorite to win over viewers By Jeff Barta Sports viewership in the U.S. is going through a period of sustained disruption. Over the past year, major networks including TNT, Fox...