November 2025 delivered what Nielsen has described as “one of the most historic months to date” in its report of The Gauge, the monthly snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption in the US. The five-week reporting interval produced a 5.5 per cent monthly increase in television usage, with live sports driving broadcast to its […]

Parks Associates has announced the release of its Subscription Video Forecast: 2025–2030 report, offering an outlook on the future of the US TV and streaming video market. The report projects steady but moderate growth across subscription video services, with total TV and video subscriptions climbing from 719 million in 2025 to 765 million by 2030. […]

Despite strong growth in ad-supported streaming, the Finnish streaming market declines in the autumn of 2025, reports Mediavision. Total paid subscriptions decline by 2 per cent year-over-year, driven mainly by a ten per cent drop in fully paid, ad-free subscriptions. Ad-supported subscriptions grew by 18 per cent over the same period, but this shift in […]

Streaming service MGM+ announced the greenlight of The Magnificent Seven, an eight-episode drama series based on the iconic MGM Western film. The series hails from acclaimed writer Tim Kring (Heroes, Touch), who will serve as writer and executive producer, alongside executive producer Donald De Line (Billy the Kid, Foster Dade). Lawrence Mirisch and Bruce Kaufman also serve […]

Citing unprecedented “fan demand”, Prime Video has announced that the premiere episode of Fallout Season 2 will debut today [December 16th], one day earlier than previously scheduled. The announcement was revealed on the Exosphere of Sphere in Las Vegas, bringing an element of the season’s journey to New Vegas to life by turning Sphere into […]

Research from Ampere Analysis shows that nearly one-third of US streaming sign-ups occur between November and January, but long-term customer retention hinges on deal structure and perceived value, not promotions alone. Black Friday – the major shopping day after Thanksgiving in the US – is a significant driver of the festive spike, with eight of […]

Prime Video has removed a video recap generated via artificial intelligence (AI) for its TV series Fallout after users reported it featured a number of inaccuracies about the shot. In November, Prime Video commenced testing the recap tool in the US to help viewers catch up on some of its shows in its streaming library […]

A director hired by Netflix to make a science-fiction series was convicted this week of an $11 million (€9.3m) fraud. Prosecutors said Carl Erik Rinsch, 48, secured funding from Netflix from 2018 to early 2020 to make the series, which was initially called White Horse and later renamed Conquest. But he put the money in […]

The battle for control of Warner Bros is hotting up, but Pivotal Research Group, a New York-based equity investment house, has firmly downgraded its view on Netflix from ‘Buy’ to ‘Hold’. Analyst Jeff Wlodarczak summed up its position saying it is concerned that short-form content (from the likes of TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTube and Snap) […]

Disney+ is set to roll out its ad-supported subscription plan in Belgium on January 27th 2026, following the successful launch of the ad- tier in several European countries.  The new Standard with Ads plan at €6.99 per month, will be available alongside the Standard plan (€10.99 per month or €109.90 annually) and Premium plan (€15.99 […]