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Archewell Productions extends Netflix partnership

Archewell Productions, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s media company, has extended its creative partnership with Netflix, with a multi-year, first look deal for all its film and television projects. Archewell Productions’ collaboration with Netflix began in 2020, producing documentaries, scripted series, films, sports, and lifestyle programming. To date, Archewell Productions has […]

August 12, 2025

Samsung TV Plus to screen Edinburgh comedy

Samsung TV Plus, the FAST and on demand service owned by Samsung Electronics, has signed a deal with comedy producers Next Up Comedy to air 15 of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s pre-eminent standup shows on its service, available through its linear Comedy Hub channel and on-demand. Airing throughout August, the collection – titled LIVE: Comedy […]

August 12, 2025By Colin Mann

Password-sharing crackdown pays off for MBC Group’s Shahid

MBC Group, the media and entertainment conglomerate in the MENA region, has announced its H1 financial results ended June 30th 2025, reporting revenues of SAR 3 billion (€0.69bn), up 37. per cent YoY, supported by solid growth across all business segments. Net profit for the six-month period was SAR 335.4 million in H1 2025, a 41.1 per […]

August 11, 2025

Data: Italian TV consumption continues to decline

Average daily TV audiences in Italy, both in prime time (-1.5 per cent) and for the full day (-1.9 per cent), saw a slight decrease in Q1 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, continuing a more significant decline observed since 2021. According to the quarterly Communications Observatory of the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority […]

August 8, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Report: Italy favours ad-supported streaming

DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International, in partnership with Fabric, has unveiled its sixth report on global regions and country deep-dives, focusing on the entertainment landscape across Europe. This overview offers insights into France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, including transactional trends in these four countries. It highlights Italy’s preference for ad-supported streaming and the popularity […]

August 8, 2025

OnDemandIQ expands streaming analytics to Japan, South Korea

OnDemandIQ, a Singapore-based innovator in streaming analytics and audience measurement, has announced a partnership with INTAGE, a specialist in marketing research and consumer insights. This collaboration will extend OnDemandIQ’s dashboard-delivered audience measurement tools to markets of Japan and South Korea. OnDemandIQ currently operates in Taiwan and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand), offering […]

August 7, 2025

Hulu replacing Star brand on Disney+; Q3 gains

The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended June 28th 2025. Revenue for the quarter increased 2 per cent for Q3 to $23.7 billion (€20.4bn) from $23.2 billion in Q3 fiscal 2024. Disney has also announced that the Hulu brand will roll out internationally this autumn, replacing the Star tile […]

August 6, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Spain: Nearly 38m unique users access VoD platforms

The July 2025 edition of the Multidevice OTT Barometer, compiled by Barlovento Comunicación, confirms the consolidation of Spain’s VoD ecosystem. With a population reach of 96.7 per cent among adults over 18, monthly OTT consumption now totals 37.7 million unique users, while daily access stands at 33.5 million. On average, each user accesses 6.1 different […]

August 6, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Lilo & Stitch movie streams on Disney+ in September

The live-action hit movie, Lilo & Stitch will be available to stream on Disney+ from September 3rd. The movie officially grossed over $1 billion at the global box office earlier this summer, making it the first Motion Picture Association (MPA) title of 2025 to reach the milestone. Following its record-breaking $183 million Memorial Day weekend […]

August 6, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Roku launches Howdy SVoD service

Roku, the TV streaming specialist, has announced the launch of Howdy in the US, a new SVoD service priced at $2.99 (€2.59) per month. Howdy offers subscribers access to a growing library of content, featuring thousands of titles and nearly 10,000 hours of entertainment from its inaugural partners: Lionsgate, Warner Bros Discovery and FilmRise, alongside […]

August 5, 2025By Nik Roseveare