Evan Shapiro raised eyebrows, and provided laughs, during a keynote for an industry crowd in Lisbon on Monday at the first-ever StreamTV Europe conference. His topic, “The New Normal in Streaming,” led him to talk about such success stories as Bluey and a key “fork in the road” for the industry, which he illustrated via what he called “the battle of two nepo babies.”
A former top executive at the likes of NBCUniversal and Participant Media, as well as producer (Portlandia, Brick City), who has in recent years made waves as a “media universe cartographer,” sharing charts and unconventional thoughts on digital platforms, was referring to the different strategies that the Lachlan Murdoch-led Fox Corp. and the David Ellison-led Paramount have been following.
“I sometimes can be dark with my predictions, but it’s because I care about this industry,” Shapiro said early in his appearance to warn those who have not heard him
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