Omdia’s latest TV & Video market data shows global online video subscriptions reached 2.24 billion at the end of 2025, up 17.6 per cent year on year from 1.9 billion in 2024. However, growth is expected to slow to single digits in 2026 as the market enters a more mature phase. Meanwhile, global pay-TV subscriptions […]
Liz Moore’s bestselling 2024 novel, The God of the Woods, is getting a series adaptation from Netflix, with Moore (Long Bright River) and Liz Hannah (The Girl from Plainville, Mindhunter) serving as co-showrunners, writers and executive producers. Maya Hawke (Asteroid City, Stranger Things) will star as Judy Luptack, the first female investigator in the male-dominated Bureau […]
Streaming audiences are waiting longer than ever for the return of Original shows. According to new research from Ampere Analysis, the average gap between seasons of Scripted Originals has almost doubled from 12 months in 2020 to 21 months in 2025. While audiences remain loyal to hit titles such as Severance (Apple TV) and Wednesday […]
The Nordic market now exceeds 27 million paid streaming subscriptions, up by approximately 3.5 million compared to spring 2025. The vast majority of this growth comes from hybrid subscription models (HVoD), combining lower prices with advertising. “Ad-supported streaming is no longer a niche offering – it has become the primary growth engine of the Nordic […]
A new campaign has launched to save and relaunch independent streaming service Mometu, following the platform’s recent announcement that it would be shutting down. The crowdfunding initiative seeks to secure the future of the service as a dedicated home for independent film, international cinema, cult classics and underrepresented storytelling, with plans to relaunch it as […]
Global platforms continue to strengthen their position in the Danish video market. According to Mediavision’s latest analysis, international players now account for half of all video viewing in Denmark, up from 47 per cent in autumn 2025. “The battle for viewing time in Denmark is intensifying. The equal split between global and local players illustrates […]
Disney+ will livestream the Red Carpet premiere of Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5 movie in London, offering UK subscribers an exclusive front row seat to watch the event. A host of cast members and special guests will attend the event on May 28th at Odeon Leicester Square. The livestream will begin at 6.30pm BST, […]
As the global entertainment market stabilises, findings from Futuresource Consulting’s Living With Digital study reveal a shift away from platform competition towards a more interconnected content ecosystem. Drawing on a nationally representative study of 14,000 consumers, across seven markets, the research highlights how audiences are increasingly engaging across cinema, streaming and transactional formats, with each […]
The Ravenna Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza), with the support of the Special Units for the Protection of Privacy and Technological Fraud and Goods and Services and numerous other units of the outfit, carried out over 100 searches and seizures throughout Italy. These were commissioned by the Bologna Public Prosecutor’s Office as part of an […]
DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, will bring the upcoming World Sevens Football London Edition to fans around the world for free, in partnership with World Sevens Football (W7F). The first-ever London edition of the competition will be staged at Brentford FC’s Gtech Community Stadium from May 28th-30th 2026. DAZN is W7F’s exclusive global streaming partner […]