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OTT Jeopardy Q1:
Answer: This digital platform believed it could launch a OTT Video service with, essentially, only one original series - one cancelled by a broadcast network after years of poor ratings
Answer: This digital platform believed it could launch a OTT Video service with, essentially, only one original series - one cancelled by a broadcast network after years of poor ratings
OTT Jeopardy Q2:
Answer: Four years ago, this online retailer brought an @TheOnion article to life after saying it would launch an SVOD service later that year. It was never mentioned again. Ever.
(h/t @JMKTVTweets on Q1 with "What is @Yahoo")
Answer: Four years ago, this online retailer brought an @TheOnion article to life after saying it would launch an SVOD service later that year. It was never mentioned again. Ever.
(h/t @JMKTVTweets on Q1 with "What is @Yahoo")
OTT Jeopardy Q3:
Answer: Owner of this now-dead genre SVOD shared its top content w/ Netflix, Hulu + freely on YouTube - until Netflix bought excl. rights. NFLX now spends more than SVOD's entire budget... on a single deal in the genre
(h/t @TeamAquaTrax on Q2 w/ "@Overstock")
Answer: Owner of this now-dead genre SVOD shared its top content w/ Netflix, Hulu + freely on YouTube - until Netflix bought excl. rights. NFLX now spends more than SVOD's entire budget... on a single deal in the genre
(h/t @TeamAquaTrax on Q2 w/ "@Overstock")
OTT Jeopardy Q5:
Answer: This digital distribution pioneer remains a leader in its category, one much larger than TV/film, but for some reason has been renting/selling TV/film digital downloads for years (not that anyone cares or knows)
(h/t @wrosshoney on Q4 w/ “@Microsoft”)
Answer: This digital distribution pioneer remains a leader in its category, one much larger than TV/film, but for some reason has been renting/selling TV/film digital downloads for years (not that anyone cares or knows)
(h/t @wrosshoney on Q4 w/ “@Microsoft”)
OTT Jeopardy Q6:
Answer: This "millennial" service spent more than $1B (30% marketing!) trying to convince people it was cool + solved a customer need. Instead, it mostly financed incipient digital content studios before it was shutdown
(h/t @_Enoch_root_ on Q5 w/ “Steam”)
Answer: This "millennial" service spent more than $1B (30% marketing!) trying to convince people it was cool + solved a customer need. Instead, it mostly financed incipient digital content studios before it was shutdown
(h/t @_Enoch_root_ on Q5 w/ “Steam”)
@_Enoch_Root_ OTT Jeopardy Q7 (Daily Double!):
Answer: Audiences disagreed with this titular service
(h/t @spittake1 on Q6 w/ “Go90”)
Answer: Audiences disagreed with this titular service
(h/t @spittake1 on Q6 w/ “Go90”)
