TV & Streaming
Machine-made junk is flooding free streaming's weakest-policed channels. Advertisers are pulling back, and prices are falling. FASTMaster models a $359 million yearly hit the market still calls a cleanup cost.
World Cup
We handed an algorithm 49 clubs' rating histories and told it nothing about managers, takeovers or transfers. It found 162 regime changes on its own — the named appointments slot in afterward, and the rating moves a season after the manager walks in. Explore every club's fingerprint in ManagerScope,
TV & Streaming
Nearly one in five streaming ad views is fake, and AI is making it worse fast. When advertisers react like Procter & Gamble did in 2017, $2.6bn a year is at risk — money the forecasts ignore.
TV & Streaming
Leagues are raising sports prices far faster than streaming viewers will pay. The gap is now 2.6 billion dollars a year — and the companies bidding for rights have not priced in the day the math snaps.
The Hype Market
The Hype Market Bitcoin miners jumped 11.9% as Hut 8 signed a $9.8B AI data-center lease and Cipher rose 30.6%, while Tesla's earnings miss dragged solar down 10% and solid-state batteries down 13%. FASTMaster IntelligenceWeek ending July 24, 2026 Sentiment36FearBreadth7/32sectors upBest+11.
Blindside
5 structural threats the market isn't pricing — and where each one sits on the scale.
TV & Streaming
Western streamers sell rising overseas prices as their next growth leg. But in India, Netflix earns $2.39-3.00 a month while a Reliance-backed rival charges $0.87. A $1.7 billion yearly gap is opening.
TV & Streaming
Television sold $20 billion of ads a year on one trusted count of viewers. Now three rivals can settle deals, NBCUniversal has defected, and Nielsen stands accused of hiding data. The market calls it a vendor spat. It isn't.
Force Taxonomy
Vampire, Skinwalker, Trophy Hunter, Strangler, Taxidermist, Ouroboros, Speedrunner. Seven curves catalogued from 142 documented acquisitions 1996–2025.
TV & Streaming
Broadcasters' cable fees were a growth engine. Now pay-TV homes are falling 5.8% a year and price hikes can't keep up. A $1.2 billion yearly shortfall is hiding inside forecasts that still expect growth.
Football History
Emery never left a club worse off — six from six. His best chapter, +146 Elo at Aston Villa, clears Guardiola's entire +119 decade at Manchester City. The famous names came out messier than their reputations.
TV & Streaming
Young viewers now rent streaming one show at a time — subscribe, binge, cancel, repeat. Monthly cancellations have nearly tripled since 2019, quietly repricing $2.9bn of yearly revenue that services still value as if subscribers stay.