The UK video entertainment market is holding its course, with total consumer spend expected to rise 2 per cent in 2025 to £11.4 billion (€13.1bn) according to Futuresource Consulting’s latest Video Insights UK report, which highlights SVoD as the powerhouse of growth, alongside a stronger year for box office and signs of stabilisation in transactional […]
India’s video entertainment market is in a transition phase, with total consumer spend slipping 2 per cent in 2024 to INR713.6 billion (€6.92bn), reports Futuresource Consulting. The Video Insights India report reveals pay-TV and box office declines weighed on the market, while SVoD powered ahead with double-digit growth. “In India, streaming is no longer an […]
Riyadh Season’s Six Kings Slam tennis tournament returns for a second edition that will stream live and exclusively on Netflix between October 15th to 18th to subscribers around the globe at no additional cost. Six Kings Slam’s reigning, defending champion and ATP’s number one ranked player in the world, Jannik Sinner, will venture to ANB […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), HBO Max and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) have announced an expansion of their near six-year relationship, with the launch of AEW pay-per-view (PPV) events on HBO Max, starting with AEW All Out on September 20th from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada. HBO Max will stream live AEW PPV events without ads, […]
French broadcaster TF1 is launching a new micropayment model on its TF1+ streaming platform, offering its viewers more choice beyond watching traditional advertising. For micropayments of between €0.69 and €0.99, viewers will be given options to watch shows ad-free, gain early access to TV episodes and movies, and unlock exclusive bonus content tied to major […]
Wonder Project, the entertainment brand founded by industry veterans Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten and Jon Erwin that produces and curates premium films and series for the faith and values audience, has announced that its new subscription offering will launch on October 5th exclusively on Prime Video in the US. At launch, Wonder Project will offer audiences […]
The Swedish streaming market continues to break records, reports Mediavision. More than 9.5 million paid subscriptions were active in the country in Q2 2025, marking an increase of 2 million compared to the same period in 2024. Hybrid VoD (or cheaper ad-supported subscriptions), is the main driver of growth. Over 80 per cent of new […]
A landmark musical event in the heart of Vatican City will stream live exclusively on Disney+ on September 13th. Co-directed by music icon Pharrell Williams and celebrated tenor Andrea Bocelli, the concert will be held in St Peter’s Square for the first time in history. Supported by the Vatican, the event marks the closing of […]
Prime Video has given a first looks at its psychological mystery thriller Lazarus. The limited series, first announced in 2024, is based on an original story idea and written by the New York Times best-selling author Harlan Coben and BAFTA-winner Danny Brocklehurst, Lazarus follows a man who returns home after his father’s suicide and begins […]
Netflix has announced that it will become the new home of the 2026 World Baseball Classic in Japan, as part of an exclusive media rights partnership with World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI), an organisation that is owned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and jointly operates the World Baseball Classic tournament with the MLB Players Association. […]