Over half of APAC marketers plan to further increase spending on online video, e-commerce, and influencer content in 2026, according to Kantar Media Reactions 2025. The annual study, which uncovers the attitudes of consumers and marketers, also revealed that Netflix is officially the most preferred global ad platform among consumers in APAC. Kantar’s APAC Head […]
Titan OS, the Barcelona-based technology, entertainment and advertising company, has raised €50 million in Series A funding, led by Highland Europe, with participation from Mangrove Capital Partners and other investors. Founded in 2023 by Jacinto Roca – previously founder of Wuaki.tv, acquired by Rakuten – and his co-founders Timothy Edwards, Miquel Barba and Tobias Pfalzgraff, […]
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 […]
Oaktree Capital Management, parent company of Radial Entertainment, the newly formed global entertainment company managing the FilmRise and Shout! Studios brands, has announced that Jeff Shultz, former Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Business Development Officer of Paramount Streaming, has been named CEO of Radial Entertainment, effective January 1st 2026. The announcement was made by Jared […]
Tubi, Fox’s ad-supported streaming service, is now available on Virgin Media TV in the UK, making its catalogue of over 60,000 movies and TV episodes accessible to more households, at no extra cost. With the addition of Tubi, Virgin Media customers can now explore a wide range of content that includes everything from fan-favourites and […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG) has appointed Andy Livingston, Director, Technology EMEA at Sony Pictures Entertainment, as co-chair of its Next-Generation Media Working Group. Livingston will work alongside existing co-chair Andy Lucas, SVP, Global Distribution Technology at NBCUniversal, to lead the group’s work on future media formats and viewing experiences. As the technology landscape continues […]
A report from Omdia reveals that Latin America’s smartphone market grew 1 per cent YoY in Q3 2025, with shipments reaching 35.2 million units, the highest quarterly level since Q4 2015. The region’s resilience amid economic uncertainty, cautious inventory management, and moderate consumption was reflected in shipments across top vendors. Samsung led with 11.6 million […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has published a new edition of the report, Audiovisual fiction production in Europe – 2015-2024 figures. The report analyses the volume of TV and SVoD fiction films and series produced in Europe, where they originate from, which ones are international co-productions, and who […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has received a second round of bids, including a mostly cash offer from Netflix according to Reuters, in an auction that could conclude before the end of the year. Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix all worked on improved offers for the media giant ahead of the December 1st deadline for second […]
Amplified, a specialist in human-led media measurement, and the Video Futures Collective (VFC), an alliance of Australia’s video streaming platforms, have released the results of a market-wide, industry-endorsed study of attentive viewing in streaming video advertising. The study found that almost 80 per cent of a streaming video advert is viewed attentively on average, versus […]
Research from Omdia presented by Omdia Head of M&E Maria Rua Aguete at Content London reveals that Spain is now Europe’s leading free ad supported streaming TV (FAST) market, with 35 per cent of online adults watching FAST services each month. This places Spain ahead of the UK (26 per cent), Germany (25 per cent) and […]
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Eutelsat’s long-term debt to Ba3 from B2, the rating agency has announced. The upgrade follows Eutelsat’s announcement of a €670 million rights issue as part of its €1.5 billion capital raise. The company had already completed a reserved issuance on November 21st, which raised €828 million at €4.00 per share. The […]
You don’t have to be as old as me to remember the dotcom crash of March 2000. But, by the same token, there are plenty of senior executives and fund managers around who would have been children at the time. Are their perceptions of the inevitability of AI’s success, their assumption that we are all […]