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The Boys Season 5 lands on Prime Video in April

Prime Video announced at CCXP Brazil that the fifth and final season of its hugely popular superhero drama The Boys will premiere on April 8th 2026. During a panel fronted by showrunner and executive producer Eric Kripke – alongside series stars Erin Moriarty, Laz Alonso, Karen Fukuhara, Tomer Capone and Colby Minifie – a first […]

December 8, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Survey: 96% UK parents find BBFC age ratings on Netflix helpful

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and Netflix celebrate five years of every film and TV series on the service carrying BBFC age ratings and content advice, as findings show these ratings are widely recognised and help parents to make informed viewing decisions for their families. In a survey of 2,000 parents in the […]

December 5, 2025

Forecast: Streamers to mix up the media experience in 2026

Applause, a provider of crowdtesting and UX research that works with the likes of Netflix and Paramount+ and sports broadcasters, to provide quality assurance for a wide range of platform features, has shared its industry predictions for 2026 through Adrian Garcia, the company’s Senior Solutions Consultant. Garcia’s three key predictions for the next 12 months […]

December 5, 2025

India: Prime Video launches Moviesphere+

Prime Video in India has onboarded Moviesphere+ as an add-on subscription. As part of Lionsgate, Moviesphere+ offers a library of Hollywood blockbusters, cinematic gems, classic and new TV shows, an more. Customers in India can now subscribe to Moviesphere+ on Prime Video at an introductory price of INR 399 (€3.80) per year (usual price INR […]

December 4, 2025

HBO Max readies Germany, Italy launch

HBO Max, Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) SVoD service is set to expand its presence in the European market with launches in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein on January 13th 2026 – with a UK and Ireland roll out soon to follow in March. HBO Max will launch in the new markets with its […]

December 3, 2025By Nik Roseveare

The Rest Is Football coming to Netflix for 2026 World Cup

The popular The Rest Is Football podcast – fronted by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards – will be coming to Netflix as a daily TV show during the 2026 FIFA World Cup next summer. Filmed in a New York studio, the show will feature game analysis, special guests, interviews and insights into the […]

December 3, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Stranger Things 5 sets Netflix viewing record

In somewhat unsurprising news, Netflix has reported that the return of Stranger Things has set a new viewing record on the streaming platform. Volume 1 of the fifth and final season of the sci-fi juggernaut had the biggest premiere week for an English-language show on the Netflix Global Top 10 with 59.6 million views. Season […]

December 3, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Crunchyroll now on Whale TV

Whale TV has announced the arrival of Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime, on Whale TV enabled smart TVs. The addition of Crunchyroll further strengthens Whale TV’s growing content line-up, giving subscribers access to a variety of mediums and genres. “Anime is a rapidly growing entertainment category worldwide, that is evolving from a niche into […]

December 2, 2025

Telefónica, DAZN score La Liga rights

Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga has confirmed the allocation of its domestic broadcasting rights to Telefónica and DAZN for a combined €5.25 billion, securing coverage of Spain’s top-tier football competition from the 2027/28 season through to 2031/32. The agreement, equivalent to €1.05 billion per campaign, was formalised November 28th during a tender process overseen […]

November 28, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Australia: Content quota for streamers becomes law

Australia’s federal parliament has passed legislation that will enforce content quotas for major SVoD platforms such as Disney+, Netflix and Prime Video. The national government announced it would roll out such quotas earlier this November, which require streaming services with over 1 million domestic subscribers to spend 10 per cent of their total Australian expenditure […]

November 28, 2025