Microdramas are rapidly emerging as one of the fastest-scaling formats in online video. Omdia’s analysis of mobile usage data shows that, in the US. users now spend more time per day watching microdramas on mobile apps than they do watching Netflix, Disney+ or Prime Video on mobile devices. Omdia estimates global microdrama revenues reached $11 […]
One thing is clear; Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) is no longer the industry’s disruptor, it’s the new normal. And as we move through 2026, FAST is continuing to redefine how audiences consume media, how advertisers connect with viewers, and how content owners monetise at scale. This annual outlook from FAST Channels TV explores where […]
Investments in transformative technologies are continuing to grow among enterprises, with analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) leading the way across all sectors. Sixty-six per cent of enterprise respondents are either currently investing in agentic AI (34 per cent) or planning to invest during the coming year (32 per cent), and several profound shifts are reshaping […]
Amazon Ads has reported a significant increase in demand for UEFA Champions League advertising on Prime Video, driven by increased appetite from advertisers across the automotive, financial services, lifestyle, and travel sectors. Brands including BYD, Dacia, McDonald’s and the People’s Postcode Lottery are now running campaigns, with more than 50 per cent of advertisers on […]
Virgin Media O2 has announced that Sky Atlantic is launching on Virgin TV at no extra cost. From April 1st, existing Virgin TV 360 and Stream box customers who already receive Sky Entertainment channels (Sky Comedy, Sky Witness, and coming soon, Sky One) will gain access to Sky Atlantic. New and existing Virgin TV customers […]
BBC Sport’s coverage of the Winter Olympic Games 2026 has achieved its largest overall audience consumption ever, with a record-breaking surge in streaming. Across the Winter Olympic Games in 2026, there were 83 million streams and over 44 million total streamed hours online via BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app, […]
Netflix has announced a £1 million (€1.1m) donation to the National Film and Television School (NFTS) to fund the launch of a new creativity hub at its Beaconsfield campus. The donation forms part of Netflix’s Generation N commitment to UK skills and talent, which includes all of Netflix’s work with leading film schools, charities and […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) reports that the return of the Olympic Winter Games to Europe produced significant growth in viewership and engagement across its services across the region. Highlights across the seventeen days of competition (February 6th-22nd), as well as two days prior to the Opening Ceremony featuring select sports events, include: Across streaming […]
South Africa’s DStv subscribers will not face an annual price increase, marking a significant strategic shift under new owner Canal+. In an interview with local press, newly appointed MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot confirmed that the company will not raise DStv prices in April, breaking with a longstanding tradition of annual increases that had become […]
Consumer electronics brand, Hisense, is celebrating a milestone with sales of Hisense x Freely televisions surpassing 1 million units across the UK. As the first television manufacturer to partner with Freely in 2024, Hisense has continued to evolve the at-home viewing experience, recently becoming the first to bring RGB MiniLED technology to the market. This […]
On April 6th, the National Media Onderzoek (NMO) will launch Total Video, an expansion of its TV and video audience measurement that from then on will capture all types of viewing behaviour in the Netherlands: linear, time-shifted, and on-demand. This launch marks the second phase of the NMO Viewing measurement, conducted by Kantar Media, and […]
SpaceX’s Starlink direct-to-home broadband system has 524,863 users in Spain, ahead of longstanding operators such as Adamo and PTV. But in South Africa, Starlink has hit a roadblock. The Spanish data comes from APNIC statistics reported by Spanish web-site Banda Ancha, and converts into Spain’s sixth-largest ISP. Starlink does not release country-specific numbers but Spain’s […]
Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic have come out against the Netflix takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). What did Netflix ever do to them? Well, in the case of the US, it’s more a question of what Netflix hasn’t done for them. Because it’s never been a network, it’s never had the wherewithal […]