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Speaking to analysts, the co-CEO of Skydance said he sees technology as a “core competency” of the company that will “allow us to both save costs and drive growth over the long term”
By Jenny Priestley
David Ellison, co-CEO of Skydance Media, has announced that the company’s two main streaming services will combine technology stacks within the next year.
Speaking during Skydance’s Q3 2026 earnings call, Ellison confirmed the two streaming services will be bundled in early 2027 before moving to a combined service later in the year.
Ellison said he aims to “build the most technologically capable media company with a unified technology platform spanning streaming, live and linear that improves the user experience and drives efficiencies”.
His words were echoed by co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, who told analysts that the company is “shifting from legacy media to building a next-generation media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology,” adding that it’s been “especially exciting for me to get close to the technology that we’re integrating into our operations and services”.
Kreiz told analysts the company expects to achieve at least $1.4 billion in savings by unifying the enterprise tech stack in its streaming ecosystem and broadcast architecture, integrating platforms and systems, merging parallel technology functions and using AI coding tools.
Ellison also addressed the use of AI, stating that he thinks the technology will “significantly” reshape the business. “We’ve been developing AI tools…it’s early days, but it strongly indicates that content will be easier to produce, projects across the organisation will speed up and how we work will transform.
“I don’t think it can be discounted how fast this technology is moving,” he added. “But on an enterprise basis, we see these tools yielding greater productivity across the organisation. Every discipline across the business will use these tools, and productivity will improve as a result. From a product perspective, things like personalisation across sign-ups, registration and retention experiences plus search, discovery and recommendations, will all improve.
“We’ll build the technology that is truly differentiated and bespoke to our business. And we’ll partner with the leading technology providers where it makes sense and where they can help us grow our business. Ultimately, we do see technology as a core competency of our company that will allow us to both save costs and drive growth over the long term.”
