LG Ad Solutions has released The Big Shift 2025 | Australia Edition, a research study highlighting how Australian viewing habits are evolving in the era of Connected TV (CTV). Among the key findings: 50 per cent of Australian CTV viewers now rely on the TV’s home screen as their primary guide for what to watch, […]
The number of Scripted TV Originals ordered for production by the top six global streamers – Apple, Amazon, Disney+, HBO MAX, Netflix, Paramount+ – in the first half of 2025 fell by 24 per cent year-on-year, down from 318 first-run and renewed titles, to just 242, according to insight from Ampere Analysis. The drop reflects […]
Canada’s video entertainment sector continues its steady expansion, achieving 1 per cent value growth in 2024, and with total consumer spend projected to increase by 3 per cent in 2025. That’s according to Futuresource Consulting’s latest video insights report, which points to a market worth CA$12.4 billion (€7.75bn) by the end of the year. The […]
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 […]
Antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has welcomed Malaysia-based Astro as its newest member. Astro, a leading content and entertainment broadcasting company in Malaysia, was established in 1996 and has since built a comprehensive entertainment ecosystem that includes both pay and free-to-access TV services and OTT platforms. Currently, Astro reaches approximately 64 […]
Everyone TV – the organisation leading the evolution of free TV in the UK – is expanding into streaming devices. Freely, the free streaming platform backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5, will launch on Netgem devices later in 2025, giving audiences the freedom to ‘plug-in and stream’ live and on demand TV […]
UK consumers are increasingly opting for ad-supported streaming services over ad-free subscription-based services, according to research from Teads UK. The new UK CTV Pulse 2025 reveals that 42 per cent of viewers choose to watch via AVoD (ad-supported VoD) services, a 7 per cent year-on-year increase. This is ahead of both BVoD (broadcaster VoD) services […]
Worldpanel by Numerator has found that paid-for ad supported streaming services are on track to surpass ad free services in UK households by Q2 2026. The Entertainment on Demand (EoD) findings show that Disney+ achieved its highest share of new paying subscribers in over two years between April and June 2025, while Netflix continued to […]
The global entertainment & media (E&M) industry edged towards $3 trillion (€2.55tn) in revenue in 2024 and is forecast to hit $3.5 trillion in 2029 as advertising spend surges across platforms, according to PwC’s Annual Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2025-29. The E&M industry is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) […]
Paramount Global, Park County and South Park Digital Studios have announced an expansive renewal with South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for five years, including 50 new episodes, all 26 previous season episodes and extending South Park on Comedy Central and Paramount+ around the world. In addition, for the first time ever, Paramount+ will become the US […]