Deadline reports that the new Angry Birds Toons series that just launched this weekend has, among other signs, caused BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield to forecast that “the pace of innovation is accelerating and that traditional media industry gatekeepers run by executives such as Brian Roberts, Rupert Murdoch, Bob Iger, Sumner Redstone, Jeff Bewkes, etc. do not hold the same grip on content creation and distribution that they once did”. Or as Deadline rephrases: “While traditional moguls try to tighten their grip on pay TV, they’re slowly being outflanked by competitors playing by their own rules on the Web”.
Pay TV being outflanked by web creators