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Australia: Nexxen collaborates with Tubi

Nexxen, the advertising technology platform, has announced a collaboration in Australia with Fox’s AVoD platform Tubi. The initiative gives advertisers access to Tubi’s inventory through the Nexxen Supply Side Platform (SSP), opening new opportunities to engage Australia’s growing base of streaming audiences. Tubi Australia’s viewer hours have grown 50 per cent since shifting its sales […]

December 16, 2025

Prime Video gives early premiere to Fallout Season 2

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 […]

December 16, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Research: Festive period accounts for a third of US SVoD sign-ups

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 […]

December 15, 2025

Prime Video scraps inaccurate Fallout AI recap

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 […]

December 15, 2025

BBC Studios accelerates digital growth across EMEA

BBC Studios has announced growth in its digital and on-demand offering across EMEA. Over the past five years, BBC Studios has transformed its digital footprint in the region. From a handful of FAST channels in 2020, BBC Studios now operates seven FAST brands and 160 feeds, working with over 15 partners across 42 EMEA countries. […]

December 15, 2025

Hollywood director convicted after scamming Netflix for $11m

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 […]

December 12, 2025

Tubi introduces seamless Mobile Casting on Fire TV

Tubi, Fox’s ad-supported streaming service, has announced it will support instant app download and native launch through Matter Casting, a next-generation casting standard enabling seamless mobile-to-TV viewing. With Matter Casting, viewers can cast Tubi content directly from iOS and Android devices to Fire TV with no separate app installation required.  “In a world where content […]

December 12, 2025

​ITVX sets new annual streaming record

ITVX has announced that it has already surpassed its total annual streams figure from 2024, with December viewing still to be counted. ITVX hit 3.3 billion streams on November 30th, achieving this figure a full month earlier than 2024. ITV said the accelerated growth “further evidences ITVX’s success as the dominant commercial BVoD service in […]

December 10, 2025

Data: Time-shifted TV viewing grows in Spain 

Consumption of time-shifted TV reached 8 minutes per person per day in November 2025, representing 5 per cent of total television use, according to the latest report from Barlovento Comunicación with data from Kantar. The study, which measures non-linear viewing of television content within the seven days following its original broadcast, as well as same-day […]

December 10, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

5 grows FAST, AVoD offerings with AMCNI, Hearst Networks

Six new live channels and hundreds of hours of on-demand programming will launch on 5’s streaming service, following a deal with Hearst Networks and an expanded partnership with AMC Networks International (AMCNI) UK. The new launches build on 5’s strategy to expand its streamed offering with curated partner content to sit alongside 5’s own drama […]

December 9, 2025