The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division has closed its investigation of the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros and determined, based on the evidence received in its investigation, that the transaction is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers, including with respect to: (1) streaming video on demand (SVoD); […]
Around eight in 10 people support either banning under-16s from social media or forcing social media companies to remove features and content deemed inappropriate for children, according to polling for the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) conducted by YouGov. While 44 per cent of the public prefer a ban and 39 per cent prefer tighter regulation, parents […]
Rresearch from B2B agency Ledger Bennett, part of Havas Media Network, and AI advertising and orchestration platform StackAdapt reveals widespread dissatisfaction with the modern B2B RFP process, with 77 per cent of marketers saying AI-related questions are not being asked rigorously enough during vendor evaluations. The report, produced in partnership with B2B research specialist NewtonX and […]
Happydemics, the brand lift and ad measurement company, has partnered with urban mobility platform Citymapper to enhance the company’s advertising measurement capabilities. Through this global partnership, Happydemics will provide cross-channel brand measurement solutions for Citymapper’s advertising offering, which includes display and video ad formats within its platform. This will enable Citymapper to benefit from a unified […]
Ahead of the release of Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5 movie in cinemas nationwide on June 19th, The Walt Disney Company EMEA has unveiled a new short film, The Magic of Movies: Jessie Saves the Day. The film is the latest in the company’s The Magic of Movies campaign: a longstanding initiative which brings the power […]
Here is a question worth sitting with: what happens to a household’s leisure spending the moment another monthly streaming bill ticks upward? The rollout of Ligue1+ as a standalone home for French top-flight soccer has put that question front and center for sports fans on both sides of the Atlantic. When a marquee league pulls […]
When the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment secured a $9 million judgment against a major piracy operation, the message reverberated far beyond the courtroom. The guiding idea behind that win is deceptively simple: audiences will gravitate toward the experiences that feel safe, legitimate, and properly licensed — and the entire entertainment economy is now reorganising […]
Broadcasters have long known that a major tournament rewrites a nation’s evening schedule. When the World Cup rolls into the late kickoff windows, OTT dashboards tell a clear story: concurrent streams climb, buffering complaints spike, and broadband operators watch traffic graphs bend upward in the small hours. Live sports remain the great holdout against on-demand […]
The 2026 US advertising market is gearing up for one of its biggest spending stretches in years, and the World Cup viewing window sits right at the center of it. Broadcasters and streaming services have spent months lining up inventory, and analysts who track ad-spend forecasts expect the tournament to pull in audiences far beyond […]
A peak of 7.7 million viewers watched ITV’s coverage of the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 across TV and streaming on June 11th, which saw tournament co-hosts Mexico secure a 2-0 win against South Africa at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Produced by ITV Sport Production, part of ITV Studios, the […]
Ligue 1+, the OTT platform of the French professional football league (LFP), plans to raise its prices for the 2026/27 season, revealing the news as the LFP Media commercial arm has been left vacant following the departure of CEO Nicolas de Tavernost. Previously set at €14.99, the monthly subscription fee, with a one-year commitment will […]
An oversubscribed IPO and an opening day that saw the already healthy share price rocket by almost 30 per cent proves that the market remained hugely confident of Elon Musk’s business. SpaceX now has a value of some $2.1 trillion (€1.8tn). But rocket launches and Starlink broadband might not be enough to propel the business […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we take the temperature of the FAST business. Guess what? It is running very hot. There are hundreds more channels streaming out thousands more hours and carrying tens of thousands of ads. And viewers? Of course there are viewers, but enough to go around? The major platforms, Prime Video, […]