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Analysis: Streaming services pulling back on Nordic productions

Mediavision’s latest Nordic Content Analysis show that country-specific streaming services generate substantially higher impact per hour of available content than global players. The analysis compares total content supply (measured in runtime hours) with household subscription penetration across streaming services available in the Nordics. “Local streaming services outperform globals in terms of household penetration per hour […]

January 27, 2026

Daredevil Born Again Season 2 on Disney+ this March

Marvel Television has unveiled a new trailer for the second season of Daredevil: Born Again, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s intense street-level drama, which streams exclusively on Disney+ beginning March 25th. Across eight episodes, survival, resistance and redemption collide as the battle for the soul of New York begins. Created by Dario Scardapane, Chris Ord and […]

January 27, 2026

France: Les VODays returns for 2026

DEGI: The Digital Entertainment Group International and the Syndicat de l’Edition Vidéo Numérique (SEVN) have announced the return of Les VODays for 2026, a week-long campaign to drive growth and engagement across the French digital transactional market. From January 26th to February 1st, the campaign will offer French film fans a selection of the latest […]

January 26, 2026

AMC Networks relaunches Sundance Now

AMC Networks has announced the relaunch of Sundance Now – a streaming destination for independent film. Building on AMC Networks’ decades-long legacy of storytelling and inspired by the late Robert Redford’s commitment to supporting independent voices, Sundance Now brings the festival directly into viewers’ homes with films straight from their theatrical runs, alongside a library […]

January 23, 2026

Survey: UK households push back on streaming price hikes

More than half of UK households (59 per cent) are worried about streaming annual price increases according to the latest EY Decoding the Digital Home Study. The survey of 2,000 UK consumers, which reviews attitudes towards technology, media and telecoms (TMT) found that most consumers believe streaming platform price hikes (65 per cent) are unfair […]

January 22, 2026

Italy: SVoD users dip as FAST grows

Despite the increasing popularity of streaming in Italy, the number of unique users for SVoD services decreased by 1.3 per cent in September 2025 compared to the previous year, totalling 15.7 million. Data from the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority (AgCom) for the first nine months of 2025 reveals that Netflix remains the leader with 8.3 […]

January 22, 2026From Branislav Pekic in Rome

France: Linear TV dominates but on-demand gaining

On-demand content consumption is firmly established in the French TV market according to Médiamétrie’s latest study, 2025 TV/Video Year. In 2025, French viewers devoted 61 per cent of their daily video time to live television, while à la carte video, including AVoD, SVoD and online videos (including social networks) represented 39 per cent of their […]

January 22, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Research: Chile, Peru lead growth in LatAm content export

Jonathan Broughton, Research Director at PlumResearch, has presented insights into the strong growth of Latin American content at Content Americas 2026, revealing that Chile has seen a huge 618 per cent increase in content consumption, while Peru surged 688 per cent compared to 2018 levels. Speaking at the Hilton Miami Downtown, Broughton shared findings from […]

January 22, 2026

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord premieres on Disney+ this April

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, an all-new animated series from Lucasfilm Animation, will premiere on Disney+ April 6th. Two episodes will premiere each week, with the final two airing on the ultimate Star Wars holiday, May the 4th. Set after the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, this new adventure finds Maul plotting to […]

January 22, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Ella McCay streams on Disney+ this February

20th Century Studios’ Ella McCay arrives on Digital including Prime Video, Apple TV, and Sky Store on January 27th, then streams exclusively on Disney+ from February 5th. After a long stint producing movies such as The Edge of Seventeen and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret as well as long-standing series work on The Simpsons, James L. […]

January 22, 2026