Kirby Grines

Kirby Grines

Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area
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"𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲 –…

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Articles by Kirby

  • Weekly Wrap: Net Negative

    Weekly Wrap: Net Negative

    I’m Kirby, founder of 43Twenty and The Streaming Wars. Every week, I handpick the best news, insights, and analysis…

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  • Weekly Wrap: After The Bubble

    Weekly Wrap: After The Bubble

    I’m Kirby, founder of 43Twenty and The Streaming Wars. Every week, I handpick the best news, insights, and analysis…

    2 Comments
  • Weekly Wrap: M&A Wall of Shame

    Weekly Wrap: M&A Wall of Shame

    I’m Kirby, founder of 43Twenty and The Streaming Wars. Every week, I handpick the best news, insights, and analysis…

  • Weekly Wrap: How 'bout them apples?

    Weekly Wrap: How 'bout them apples?

    I’m Kirby, founder of 43Twenty and The Streaming Wars. Every week, I handpick the best news, insights, and analysis…

  • Weekly Wrap: 🏖️ It's Tourist Season

    Weekly Wrap: 🏖️ It's Tourist Season

    I’m Kirby, founder of 43Twenty and The Streaming Wars. Every week, I handpick the best news, insights, and analysis…

    3 Comments
  • The 'Direct-to-Consumer' Myth

    The 'Direct-to-Consumer' Myth

    Recent analysis indicates that direct-to-consumer (DTC) video subscriptions will remain the dominant model for U.S.

    1 Comment

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    43Twenty

    West Palm Beach, Florida Area

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    West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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    West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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    West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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    West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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    New York, New York, United States

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Jupiter, FL

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    North Palm Beach, FL

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    Royal Palm Beach, FL

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    Columbus, Ohio Area

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Publications

  • Why MAU doesn’t work as a performance metric for FAST services—Industry Voices: Grines

    FierceVideo

    Monthly Active Users (MAU) is a key performance indicator (KPI) for many businesses, and it’s become the de facto standard on how FAST services are measured.

    No doubt we need transparency and useful metrics, but is MAU the best we can do?

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  • OTT is Creating New Challenges and Opportunities for TV Networks

    Zemoga

    They say history tends to repeat itself and just like what it did to music, digital has completely transformed the TV industry. But rather than heed the warning signs, listen to frustrated consumers or embrace new models enabled by technology, TV networks were more concerned with negotiating favorable affiliate contracts, not upsetting the MVPDs (multichannel video programming distributors) such as Comcast or Charter, and preserving the status quo. It was comfortable. It was how business has…

    They say history tends to repeat itself and just like what it did to music, digital has completely transformed the TV industry. But rather than heed the warning signs, listen to frustrated consumers or embrace new models enabled by technology, TV networks were more concerned with negotiating favorable affiliate contracts, not upsetting the MVPDs (multichannel video programming distributors) such as Comcast or Charter, and preserving the status quo. It was comfortable. It was how business has always been done ...

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  • What Programmers Can Learn From the Fall of Toys “R” Us

    Multichannel

    Working with aggregators helps, but that should not come at the expense of their own brands and apps

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Honors & Awards

  • 16 Must-Follow Thought Leaders in the OTT Space

    FX Digital

    With unprecedented growth in recent years, the OTT space has become increasingly important to brands, and there has been a proliferation of quality thought leaders sharing their thoughts and insights into a complex industry. When it comes to learning all about the must-know news and insights from the world of streaming, where do you turn for wisdom and knowledge into one of the fastest-growing industries? Well, fear not as we’ve put together a list of sixteen must-follow thought leaders to help…

    With unprecedented growth in recent years, the OTT space has become increasingly important to brands, and there has been a proliferation of quality thought leaders sharing their thoughts and insights into a complex industry. When it comes to learning all about the must-know news and insights from the world of streaming, where do you turn for wisdom and knowledge into one of the fastest-growing industries? Well, fear not as we’ve put together a list of sixteen must-follow thought leaders to help you stay abreast of an industry that’s showing no signs of slowing.

  • 50 VOD Professionals North America 2016

    VOD Professional

  • Streaming Media 100

    Streaming Media Magazine

    Streaming Media magazine's editors' picks for the 100 companies that have the greatest impact on the streaming media industry.

  • Interactive Media Award

    Interactive Media Awards, Inc

  • Summit International Award

    Summit Awards

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Swedish

    Elementary proficiency

  • Spanish

    Elementary proficiency

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