Posts Tagged ‘catalog data’
What Streaming Buyers Are Actually Acquiring: How to Read Catalog Changes for Licensing and Sales
Over the past few months I have sat in on a string of conversations with content strategy, acquisition, and sales leaders at production companies and independent distributors. The companies could not have been more different: a Canadian studio selling scripted series into Europe, a mid-size studio building a slate for underrepresented audiences, an indie distributor…
Read MoreWhat’s Actually in Howdy’s Box: Inside the Catalog of Roku’s Ad-Free SVOD
Roku’s Howdy is having a moment. CEO Anthony Wood told analysts on Roku’s Q1 2026 earnings call that the $2.99-a-month ad-free service is “doing extremely well,” and Antenna estimates Howdy has accounted for 23% of all Roku Channel subscription signups since its August 2025 launch. The Hollywood Reporter and Ars Technica have both reported that…
Read MoreHow Many Movies and TV Shows Do You Get Per Dollar? The 2026 Streaming Value Scorecard
Key Takeaways Four major ad-free streaming services now charge between $18.49 and $19.99 per month. The price gap between Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max has narrowed to just $1.50. But the content you get for that near-identical price varies by more than 3x. Netflix leads among traditional streamers at 251 movies and 186 TV…
Read More81 HBO Max Movies Are Missing from Prime Video’s Channel. Subscribers Don’t Know.
Key Takeaways Reelgood’s tracking of 2,149 HBO Max movies found 81 confirmed titles available on the standalone HBO Max service but absent from the HBO Max add-on channel on Prime Video. The gap represents roughly 4% of the full HBO Max movie catalog, and it includes high-demand titles with Reelgood scores above 80: Dune: Part…
Read MoreThe Measurement Gap: What Most Streaming Services Are Still Missing
Next in our series on the Reelgood team’s 2026 Streaming Industry Predictions. Key Takeaways Most streaming services lack real-time visibility into competitors’ and partners’ catalogs, creating dangerous blind spots in acquisition, renewal, and licensing compliance decisions. Per-title content ROI remains one of streaming’s hardest unsolved measurement problems. Assigning meaningful monetary value to content on a…
Read MoreBy the Numbers: What a Combined Paramount-WBD Content Library Actually Looks Like
Key Takeaways A combined HBO Max + Paramount+ catalog would deliver ~53,000 content hours, 12% more than Netflix’s ~47,500, before a single new title is produced. TV libraries are the difference maker. The two services together carry ~48,600 hours of TV content vs. Netflix’s ~40,100, a 21% edge driven by decades of output from HBO,…
Read MoreMost Streaming Catalogs Are Shallow. These Three Platforms Are the Exception
Key Takeaways Most streaming catalogs are shallow. Across almost all major platforms, 72% to 89% of TV shows ran for only one or two seasons. Prime Video, Netflix, and Apple TV skew heaviest toward short-run content. Paramount+, Peacock, and HBO Max have the deepest benches. These three platforms lead in multi-season series, with 14% to…
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