David Bloom

Writer: @Forbes, @NextTMT. Speaker, Moderator, Consultant. #music, #film, #tech, #games, #art, #sports. Narrative always wins. Tell your tale.

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Venice’s film festival is coming, bringing Take2Film’s cool opportunities for cinephiles: https://t.co/wlCp3XDS8H
Want a special trip with inside access & events? Book a conversation with founder/CEO Julie Sisk at https://t.co/TBYLv5X53s. Mention my exclusive promotion code BLOOM

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Tubi's rabbit holes are about to get even deeper; For $PSKY & $WBD, waiting is the hardest part; Congress kicks around Protect College Sports Act; Versant adds Full Swing to golf bag; $NFLX jumps on #GTA6 extended look; and Nikki Finke PTSD is back
https://t.co/0aPupzrdHQ

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Wonder if they need help finding the goal? On the other hand, they found enough to get to final eight. #worldcup #shootout #lostin

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In Christopher Walken’s immortal words: “I need more cowbell!” From Thursday’s very fun, if disorienting, mashup on Venice Beach for the latest #LostIn guidebook, its first for a whole country, and #Switzerland, which helped make it happen. Good to see Jon and Mike Skogmo

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The Venice film festival is coming, and with it, cool opportunities for cinephiles through Take2Film: https://t.co/wlCp3XDS8H Want a special trip with inside access & events? Book a talk with founder Julie Sisk at https://t.co/TBYLv5X53s. Get 10% off with discount code BLOOM.

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The Italian Consulate in San Francisco has, of course, its own wood-fired pizza oven. And it makes, of course, superb pizza, especially for Tuesday night’s #Techtalia event there featuring video and a new book from last year’s conference in Roma.

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If only we all did.

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Westside Digital Mix is 4/30, at LouLou, atop Santa Monica Place. Featured guest is Darren Cross, whose new book looks at the ascendancy of TV platforms. Join us. https://t.co/5AbmtbliFY

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Next TMT's NAB 2026 show daily: The NFL's antitrust fight with broadcasters; whether Nexstar's Tegna deal will power NextGen TV to success; and why 45-day release windows help theaters but not streamers. Plus, where Kash Patel likes to hang in Vegas.
https://t.co/S4XmfoWS06

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Next TMT's mid-week, pre-NAB newsletter is out: we got verticals in sports (and biz model haters); AI in video-production workflows; sports rights as political football; $PSKY greenlights amid anti-merger petition; and more.
https://t.co/6D7d2lbsIf

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I'll be at the Venice International Film Festival this fall. It's about Venice, the films, conversations, and cinephile access. I talked with Julie Sisk about what her Take2Film is doing with specialized film-festival travel. Join me! https://t.co/WzM5XjyO69

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ICYMI: Monday’s Next TMT Looks at streamers’ blurry brand identity; Netflix’s 7X return per worker compared to Disney, Anthropic’s Mythos won’t end the world, will it?; and the Goldilocks strategy to maxx movie outcomes in theaters and streaming. https://t.co/QiKyQIrrMk

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"Soon enough, some cable TV company will say, 'enough,' and transition to becoming 'just' a broadband/mobile/smart home services company."  (RT via @DavidBloom) https://t.co/bbfcc7IYco

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The @NFL is readying to re-enter rights talks w/ @CBS, @DisneyABCTV, @NBCUniversal, @NFLonFOX and @amazon. + @MLB and @NHL are resetting in '28. @NextTMT 's @DavidBloom talked about the coming frenzy w/ sports media pros Patrick Crakes and Lucas Bertrand. https://t.co/ASFn1awdQg

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My conversation today with Plex co-founder/Chief Product Officer Scott Olechowski on the long-time video-management software company’s newest initiatives and pivot. Lots happening and they’re trying to keep up. https://t.co/gbCDX8LRn0

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Join Westside Digital Mix on Thursday for our March edition, with CREE8 CEO Lisa Watts as our featured guest. Tix at https://t.co/aTzC8FP5DL

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@Mr_Husky1 Grandfather clock weights

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Full house at Edelman PR HQ in Hollywood tonight for the PRSA-LA event where I’ll be moderating a panel on leadership in fast-changing times.

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Next TMT Talks this week featured Chris Keevill of Versos, who's helping Curiosity Stream documentaries make money as AI training data. Also, Paramount's ticking debt bomb; that Trump-Anthropic faceoff; more
https://t.co/hhxYfalR0l

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Next TMT this week: regulators could send $PSKY bill for $WBD even higher; Curiosity Stream’s big AI revenue stream; my Entech car-entertainment panel; @NBA streaming goofs; F1 media revving for new season. https://t.co/mLupKA2LOK