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Regardless of political affiliation, we can all take pride in the diversity milestones of the 2020 U.S. election on the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. pic.twitter.com/MK5H5keoCq
— WICT (@wicthq) November 9, 2020
Hey tweeps! After years of nagging @MartyMobile to write his incredible life story & his riveting account of how he invented the cell phone, his book #CuttingtheCord will debut on Jan. 5! I’ve read it. It’s fantastic & a must-read! Pre order it here: https://t.co/T40pBHvcUm
— Robert M. McDowell (@McDowellTweet) November 12, 2020
Up Ahead
Nov 10-17: C2HR Virtual Conference
Dec 4: Cablefax Most Powerful Women 2020 Virtual Celebration
Dec 4: 2020 Cable TV Pioneers Induction Ceremony
Dec 11: Final Deadline for Cablefax Program Awards
Jan 11-14: Virtual CES 2021
Research
➢ Disney+’s US share of demand for digital original series peaked at 7.6% in December 2019 when “The Mandalorian” aired its series one finale.
➢ The series is still Disney+’s top original series debut. The next best release is “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” at 19x the popularity of the average US TV show in the 60 days post-premiere.
➢ When tracking pre-release demand for 2021’s “Wandavision,” Parrot Analytics found that the show has thus far managed to attract the equivalent of 64% of the pre-release demand for The Mandalorian.
(Source: Parrot Analytics)
Quotable
“[Reed Hastings] assured us all that he had no intention of producing his own content… it was clear where he was headed. If he didn’t understand [yet], he would… I tried when I chaired DirecTV to acquire Netflix, and that was when [Hastings} was struggling with getting rid of his old mail platform. What I saw was global scale.”
– Liberty Media founder and chairman John Malone describing his interactions with Reed Hastings in the earlier days of Netflix at the Paley Center’s virtual Paley International Council Summit
