Future of TV Briefing: Streaming subscribers save $16 through bundles

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how much money people are actually saving through streaming subscription bundles and which streamers they plan to subscribe to in perpetuity.

  • Bundle economics
  • YouTube TV’s power play, Disney’s TV power play, Netflix’s WBD play and more

Bundle economics

Streaming services are getting so expensive that they are pushing more and more people to sign up for bundled subscriptions to save money.

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People Inc. strikes Microsoft AI licensing deal as Google’s AI Overviews hit programmatic ad revenue

People Inc. has struck an AI licensing deal with Microsoft to be part of the tech giant’s pay-per-usage AI content marketplace. 

The news was revealed to shareholders by People Inc. CEO Neil Vogel during parent company IAC’s 2025 third-quarter earnings call on Nov. 4.

Vogel described the Microsoft marketplace as an “a la carte” pay-per-use model, in contrast to the “all you can eat” lump sum deal it has with AI rival OpenAI. “We are very happy with either model — both can be viable as long as our content is respected and paid for,” said Vogel. 

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