Netflix has reported revenue of $10.54 billion for Q1 2025, slightly above analysts’ estimates. Profit stood at $2.9 billion for the quarter, despite global ecomonic turmoil, with content including WWE and crime series Adolescence proving particularly popular. Take up of Netflix’s ad-supported tier continues to be strong since its launch in late 2022. The streaming […]
WWE, part of TKO Group, has acquired Mexican lucha libre promotion AAA – in partnership with Mexico-based sports and entertainment holding company, Fillip. The announcement was made by legendary WWE commentator Michael Cole in Las Vegas during the WrestleMania 41 Saturday Countdown show with WWE Chief Content Officer Paul ‘HHH’ Levesque, Fillip’s Chairman Alberto Fasja, AAA’s Marisela […]
Channel 4 has ordered six episodes of The Snake for Channel 4.0. The new format from Strong Watch Studios combines competitive quiz with strategic gameplay as some of the players only win by getting the answers wrong. In each episode six creators start with a collective prize pot of £5000. Together they must navigate through […]
Eglantine Leclabart is now the Global Pay-TV Marketing Director of Canal+ and also joins the Executive Committee. Previously, Leclabart held the position of Deputy Managing Director of Canal+ France in charge of Marketing and Digital. In her new role, she will be responsible for: developing a global marketing vision to support various territories; harmonising performance […]
Paramount+, the SVoD service from Paramount, has announced a new deal in Japan with OTT service, Lemino, operated by Japanese telco, NTT Docomo. Through the deal, viewers in the market will be able to access Paramount+ via Lemino Channel, which is available as an à la carte subscription on the platform for a monthly fee […]
Global consumer media usage, including digital and traditional media channels, increased 2.4 per cent in 2024 to an average of 57.2 hours per week, following a sharp deceleration in time spent with media growth in 2023, according to a market intelligence report from media econometrics specialist PQ Media. Growth in consumer media usage, including all […]
Digital i, the TV analytics firm, has released its latest Trend Report looking at evolving streamer strategies. The report offers global consumer insights related to the evolving ad-supported space in Premium SVoD, Netflix’s live programming initiative, and the role that YouTube is playing in the new streaming landscape. Ad-supported on Premium SVoD According to viewing […]
iSpot, the cross-platform TV and video ad measurement company, has released the results of its annual market research survey ahead of this year’s TV ad buying upfronts, sharing key executive takeaways from agencies and brands across industries. The survey took an industry pulse around critical industry topics from measurement-focused marketers – from anticipated marketing budget […]
A study of 2,510 adults in the UK and US reveals that 78 per cent of consumers want brands to use video more, but brands are falling short. The fourth annual State of Video Technology report – from idoomo and market research firm Atomik Research – also shows very high demand for next generation video, […]
Whale TV, the independent TV operating system maker, has announced the next step in its partnership with TPV to launch Whale TV models to Asia. As part of the deal, TPV will also join the Whale Profit Sharing Programme, which allows TV brands to share in the monetisation revenue generated by Whale TV on devices. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted AST SpaceMobile, in coordination with AT&T, the ability to test direct-to-cellular connectivity on public safety’s Band 14 spectrum via its BlueBird satellites orbiting Earth. With this approval, it is envisioned that select first responders on FirstNet, Built with AT&T will trial public-safety-grade satellite communications later in 2025. AT&T […]
Germany has already made it known that it believes the EU-backed IRIS2 mega-constellation of super-secure satellites is too expensive. Now it seems that Italy is also having thoughts about its own satellite fleet. A report in German newspaper Handelsblatt suggests that the German army (Bundeswehr) is backing an alternate orbiting satellite system, and may not […]
Everything is all about AI. Even a lot of TV and film dramas feature it somewhere in the plot. But they will be in trouble if they have actually used it in production; see the fall from grace of The Brutalist, the Oscar favourite until it was found to have used an AI app to […]