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Report: 58% of UK homes have fewer than 3 streaming subs

Samba TV has released its State of Streaming: UK Q4 2025 report. The data spotlights a maturing UK streaming market defined by genre loyalty and careful content curation, both from platforms and from budget-conscious households. Over half of UK households have fewer than three streaming subscriptions, according to the report. UK households demonstrate selective subscription behaviour, […]

November 13, 2025

$41.8m copyright judgment against Virtual Systems

Anti-piracy body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed that a lawsuit filed by member company DISH Network against Virtual Systems, LLC and its owner and CEO, Vyacheslav Smyrnov, has resulted in a $41.85 million (€36m) judgment. The lawsuit against Virtual Systems and Smyrnov, filed in October 2024, alleged that Virtual Systems implemented […]

November 14, 2025By Colin Mann

Data: Netflix overtakes Prime Video as leading US SVoD

Parks Associates has released its annual Top 10 List of US SVOD Services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2025 from the firm’s Streaming Video Tracker. The top two streaming leaders switched positions from 2024, with Netflix now above Prime Video (for the first time since 2021) and Hulu taking third position over […]

November 14, 2025

Italy: TV viewership down, streaming on the rise

The latest report from Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) for H1 2025 reveals that traditional TV viewership is declining, while streaming is on the rise. Compared to 2024, prime time TV viewership has fallen by 2.3 per cent, and all-day viewership by 2.04 per cent. Public broadcaster Rai remains the leader in both prime time (38.9 […]

November 14, 2025

Survey: 38% view TV with the speaker sound off

TVB, the not-for-profit trade association representing America’s local broadcast television industry, has released findings from its 2025 Video Media Devices and Usage Study, a 5,000+ respondent survey conducted by GfK/NIQ. The study attempts to better understand media device usage as it relates to video content, with the hope that its findings will help inform and improve the measurement of TV […]

November 14, 2025

BKT URC Xmas derbies on BBC Wales

BBC Cymru Wales has agreed a free-to-air rights for three Welsh BKT United Rugby Championship matches over the festive period in partnership with Premier Sports. Scrum V Live will broadcast the live matches of Cardiff vs Scarlets on December 19th (KO 7.45pm), Cardiff vs Dragons on December 26th (KO 3pm) and Ospreys vs Cardiff on […]

November 14, 2025

Research: Record audio subscriptions in Sweden

In Q3 2025, Swedish households together held approximately 5.3 million music, audiobook and podcast subscriptions — the highest level recorded in Mediavision’s analyses. This corresponds to an increase of about 250,000 subscriptions in a year, mainly driven by music and podcast services. “Willingness to pay for audio continues to rise in Sweden. We see a […]

November 14, 2025

Disney+ adds 3.8m subs in Q4

The Walt Disney Company has reported earnings for its fourth quarter and full year ended September 27th 2025. Q4 revenues were at $22.5 billion (€19.3bn) – comparable to Q4 fiscal 2024 – and increased 3 per cent for the year to $94.4 billion from $91.4 billion in the prior year. Total segment operating income decreased […]

November 13, 2025

Channel 4 sees 222m streaming views in October

Channel 4 reports that it was once again the fastest growing of the leading commercial streamers in October. Retaining top spot for a second month running, October saw Channel 4 set industry benchmarks while setting records including an all-time high for youth streaming, according to Barb data. Channel 4 set a new streaming high of […]

November 13, 2025

Report: Record-breaking global audiences for sports

Glance, a specialist in TV and video market intelligence, has shared its annual sports report, Yearly Sport Key Facts 2025, revealing record-breaking audiences and significant shifts in sports viewership patterns across global markets. The report analyses television sports consumption from September 2024 to August 2025 in 45 markets globally. The initial wave of 15 markets […]

November 13, 2025

Schwebig replacing Rabe as RTL CEO

RTL Group, the German entertainment company, has announced a new leadership. RTL Group’s Board of Directors have announced that Clément Schwebig, currently President and Managing Director Western Europe & Africa at Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), will succeed Thomas Rabe as CEO of RTL Group in May 2026. Schwebig is also expected to join RTL Group’s […]

November 13, 2025
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