FIRESIDE CHAT 5/17 AT 2:00 PM ET
We are excited to host Devin Emery (Click Here for LinkedIn), Chief Strategy Officer of Curiosity, Inc. (Ticker: CURI). Emery leads company-wide growth with unified oversight of: marketing, DTC & multi-platform audience strategy, product innovation, development & design, and the strategic planning and execution of content creation and programming. Under Emery, the company has enjoyed record growth and now boasts more than 20 million paying subscribers globally. Emery joined CuriosityStream in 2019 as Head of Growth and was elevated to his current role in 2020.
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Prior to joining CuriosityStream, Emery served as Vice President of Growth at Cheddar, where he grew the network into a leading post-cable digital & linear publisher, reaching hundreds of millions of people monthly across platforms, resulting in a $200M acquisition by Altice USA. Previously, he was on the launch team of the OTT video networks group at Endeavor, leading strategy & audience development. He has also held roles at Google, Bedrocket Media Ventures, and Tribune Broadcasting.
Emery was named to Next TV’s 2020 “Watch List” -- executives shaping the future of the streaming business -- and previously was recognized as one of Forbes’ “30 under 30” in media.
key topics
With the future of streaming in question, we will focus on the following:
- Content strategy and investment (scripted, unscripted, licensed, original, etc.)
- DTC conversion funnel (customer acquisition, life-time-value, pricing)
- Brand partnerships and advertising
- User engagement and product development
- Audience development and marketing
- Streaming competition and addressable market
- What can Netflix (NFLX) do to solve its problems?
If you have any questions or topics you would like Devin to address during our chat, please let us know. There will be an anonymous Q&A session during the event.
Please call or e-mail with any questions.
Andrew Freedman, CFA
Managing Director
@HedgeyeComm
