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Matt Strauss

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519 total appearances

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

And so arguably, it's the hunter becoming the hunted. Where you're seeing other streaming services, I would argue, are moving more into our space than we're moving into their space. Including the fact that we've been very committed from the beginning to an ad model.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

And so arguably, it's the hunter becoming the hunted. Where you're seeing other streaming services, I would argue, are moving more into our space than we're moving into their space. Including the fact that we've been very committed from the beginning to an ad model.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

which we believed was the big opportunity for us, because we knew that eyeballs were going to continue to shift more to streaming for all the reasons that you said earlier. And we also knew that the majority of streaming happens on the TV, even though most people thought it happened on the phone, but the TV is like the new TV. And you're now seeing every streaming service

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

which we believed was the big opportunity for us, because we knew that eyeballs were going to continue to shift more to streaming for all the reasons that you said earlier. And we also knew that the majority of streaming happens on the TV, even though most people thought it happened on the phone, but the TV is like the new TV. And you're now seeing every streaming service

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

which we believed was the big opportunity for us, because we knew that eyeballs were going to continue to shift more to streaming for all the reasons that you said earlier. And we also knew that the majority of streaming happens on the TV, even though most people thought it happened on the phone, but the TV is like the new TV. And you're now seeing every streaming service

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

for the most part, launching an ad tier. And so the market is evolving, but it's evolving, I think, in a very predictable way. But we really have been very consistent with our vision and strategy.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

for the most part, launching an ad tier. And so the market is evolving, but it's evolving, I think, in a very predictable way. But we really have been very consistent with our vision and strategy.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

for the most part, launching an ad tier. And so the market is evolving, but it's evolving, I think, in a very predictable way. But we really have been very consistent with our vision and strategy.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

And I think that's actually given us an advantage because it's allowed us several years to invest in live programming and invest in advertising as part of our platform DNA, which just puts us in a very different place in our trajectory compared possibly to some other services.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

And I think that's actually given us an advantage because it's allowed us several years to invest in live programming and invest in advertising as part of our platform DNA, which just puts us in a very different place in our trajectory compared possibly to some other services.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

And I think that's actually given us an advantage because it's allowed us several years to invest in live programming and invest in advertising as part of our platform DNA, which just puts us in a very different place in our trajectory compared possibly to some other services.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

Well, remember, from a product and technology perspective, it's this GSP team, this platform that I mentioned. So it's the same team. And since we're all part of the same group, we literally sit right next to the NBC sports team and next to the NBC entertainment team. And so we work. hand in glove with these different teams.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

Well, remember, from a product and technology perspective, it's this GSP team, this platform that I mentioned. So it's the same team. And since we're all part of the same group, we literally sit right next to the NBC sports team and next to the NBC entertainment team. And so we work. hand in glove with these different teams.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

Well, remember, from a product and technology perspective, it's this GSP team, this platform that I mentioned. So it's the same team. And since we're all part of the same group, we literally sit right next to the NBC sports team and next to the NBC entertainment team. And so we work. hand in glove with these different teams.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

And when we brainstorm ideas and we identify where we want to go and where we see the opportunity. And I think that, you know, we kind of recognized with Paris early on, like the stakes were high. We're coming out of COVID for the last two Olympics where there was questions about the cultural relevancy of the Olympics going forward.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

And when we brainstorm ideas and we identify where we want to go and where we see the opportunity. And I think that, you know, we kind of recognized with Paris early on, like the stakes were high. We're coming out of COVID for the last two Olympics where there was questions about the cultural relevancy of the Olympics going forward.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

And when we brainstorm ideas and we identify where we want to go and where we see the opportunity. And I think that, you know, we kind of recognized with Paris early on, like the stakes were high. We're coming out of COVID for the last two Olympics where there was questions about the cultural relevancy of the Olympics going forward.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

I think if I'm being very candid, I don't believe Peacock really fulfilled the promise of the Olympics for streamers and for cord cutters with Beijing and with Tokyo for a variety of reasons. But I think that there was real questions about whether or not we could really deliver the experience that we knew we needed to deliver. And so the stakes were high, and we take it so seriously.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

I think if I'm being very candid, I don't believe Peacock really fulfilled the promise of the Olympics for streamers and for cord cutters with Beijing and with Tokyo for a variety of reasons. But I think that there was real questions about whether or not we could really deliver the experience that we knew we needed to deliver. And so the stakes were high, and we take it so seriously.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

I think if I'm being very candid, I don't believe Peacock really fulfilled the promise of the Olympics for streamers and for cord cutters with Beijing and with Tokyo for a variety of reasons. But I think that there was real questions about whether or not we could really deliver the experience that we knew we needed to deliver. And so the stakes were high, and we take it so seriously.