Trade Engine

Emerson Blake is a former media equity analyst turned sector reporter with ten years of coverage across streaming, telecom, and advertising technology. Emerson’s Trade Engine brief centers on unit economics, subscriber quality, spectrum auctions, and platform monetization, with practical reads on ARPU trends and churn dynamics. Readers get straightforward analysis of carriage disputes, rights renewals, and the shifting balance between content spend and cash flow. Emerson has contributed data-driven features to financial publications and appears regularly on industry webinars discussing the future of broadband and bundled services. Known for pairing filings with product reality, Emerson also tracks the impact of regulatory moves on pricing power. Outside the desk, Emerson is a lifelong theater fan who treats earnings seasons like opening nights, grading performances on execution, guidance, and storytelling discipline.