Streaming TV Episodes

Nov. 20, 2025

How Telecoms and Streaming Services Are Shaping Our Digital Lives with Hemant Soni, AI Architect

Have a question? Send us a text! In this episode of the State of Streaming podcast, host Tim Rowe welcomes Hemant Soni, an AI and systems architect who works with leading telcos. Their conversation explores the history, evolution, and future of content bundling, a key strategy for telecom providers, streaming platforms, and advertisers. They explore the implications of AI, the metaverse, and 6G on how content will be consumed and delivered. Here are three key takeaways from their conversatio…

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Nov. 13, 2025

How To Build a Winning Ad Stack and Educate Your Sales Team with Jean Carucci, the Streaming Strategy Scholar

Have a question? Send us a text! In this episode of the State of Streaming podcast, Tim Rowe hosts Jean Carucci, "The Streaming Strategy Scholar" and Principal @ Carucci Consultants. Our conversation centers around what it takes for Streaming TV publishers to win, focusing on the essential ad products needed to compete, strategies for balancing programmatic dollars and direct sales, and the critical need to educate sales teams in the fast-evolving Connected TV (CTV) landscape. Here…

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Nov. 6, 2025

How To Connect Measurement and Local Connected TV Advertising with Albert Alvarez, CEO at The Mediam Group

Have a question? Send us a text! In this episode of the State of Streaming podcast, Tim Rowe hosts Alberto Alvarez, the Chief Executive Officer of The Mediam Group. Our conversation centers around the gap between how we consume media and how we activate advertising in the rapidly shifting streaming landscape, particularly in the realm of connected TV (CTV). Here are three key takeaways from our enlightening conversation that every marketer and advertiser should consider: The Role of Measur..…

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Oct. 29, 2025

How To Layer Local Linear Sports Advertising and Streaming TV with Shelley Stansfield, Co-founder of Centriply

Have a question? Send us a text! In this episode of the State of Streaming Podcast, Tim Rowe hosts Shelley Stansfield, co-founder of Centriply, a tech-enabled agency that specializes in media buying and ad tech development. Our conversation explores the current landscape of local linear sports advertising and how it can be layered with streaming TV targeting and measurement. Here are three key takeaways from our enlightening conversation that every marketer and advertiser should conside...

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Oct. 23, 2025

How Streaming TV & Household Measurement Work with Jon Schulz, CMO at Viant

Have a question? Send us a text! In the inaugural episode of the State of Streaming podcast, Tim Rowe hosts Jon Schulz, the Chief Marketing Officer at Viant, a pioneering buy-side platform in the streaming TV and digital advertising space. With a rich history dating back to 1999, Viant has been at the forefront of ad tech, particularly in connected TV (CTV) since its early days in 2011 when it co-founded Xumo, a free ad-supported television service later acquired by Comcast. During our conve…

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