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The Boys Season 5 lands on Prime Video in April

Prime Video announced at CCXP Brazil that the fifth and final season of its hugely popular superhero drama The Boys will premiere on April 8th 2026. During a panel fronted by showrunner and executive producer Eric Kripke – alongside series stars Erin Moriarty, Laz Alonso, Karen Fukuhara, Tomer Capone and Colby Minifie – a first […]

December 8, 2025By Nik Roseveare

ACE warns against sideloading piracy apps

As part of its mission to detect, deter and dismantle digital piracy, antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is targeting sideloaded piracy apps. In a Blog Post, ACE suggests this effort is helping prevent criminals from circumventing piracy protections in app stores and protects customers from piracy apps that often carry malware, […]

December 4, 2025By Colin Mann

Italian media alarmed over Big Tech role

Italian media associations have issued an urgent appeal to the government and parliament, warning that the unchecked power of global tech giants is jeopardising their crucial role as guarantors of information and pluralism. In a joint statement, the associations – bringing together print media and broadcasters (AIE, FIEG and CRTV) – collectively decried the “profoundly […]

December 3, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Wilson joins Clearbox as Executive Director

Communications consultancy Clearbox has announced that former UTV Managing Director Michael Wilson has joined its team as Executive Director in a significant strategic move aimed at meeting growing demand for broadcast-quality content and executive-level communications counsel. Wilson brings nearly 30 years of senior media experience from UTV, ITV and Sky News, plus strategic advisory credentials […]

December 3, 2025

Mugafi partners with Avalanche

Mugafi, an entertainment-tech and AI-driven IP creation platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Avalanche to launch a dedicated Entertainment IP Launchpad, bringing real-world entertainment assets from films and anime to music and sports, on-chain as tokenised Real-World Assets (RWAs). The partnership aims to solve one of the biggest structural inefficiencies in global entertainment financing. […]

December 3, 2025

Analysis: Repeat Xmas ads top consumer testing

Repeat adverts have triumphed this Christmas with five of the top ten performing TV spots in the UK reusing previous ads, consumer testing by Kantar shows. Cadbury’s Secret Santa was the most effective ad overall followed by Coca-Cola’s Holidays are Coming, with both advertisers rerunning previous content. Just as Coca-Cola’s famous campaign has become synonymous […]

December 1, 2025

Free NFL on Prime Video this Black Friday

Amazon and the NFL have announced that Prime Video will broadcast the November 28th Black Friday Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears to a worldwide audience, kicking off at 20:00 GMT. The game will be the first NFL event to be presented globally on Prime Video, which is available in over 240 […]

November 26, 2025By Nik Roseveare

ULA sets Amazon Leo launch date

The United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) next mission – Leo 4 – will launch a batch of Amazon Leo satellites into their designated transfer orbits. The giant Atlas V rocket will carry 27 satellites, and the launch is set for December 15th with its launch window opening in the early morning hours at 3.52am (Eastern Time) […]

November 26, 2025By Chris Forrester

Research: 63% of UK streaming subs willing to walk away

Research from VoD market intelligence tool, ScreenThink from MTM, the strategy and insights company, reveals a significant shift in consumer behaviour, with 63 per cent of UK SVoD users saying they’re currently ‘subscription cycling’ each month or open to doing so. This is the practice of dipping in and out of different services to follow […]

November 24, 2025

Report: YouTube the priority platform for sports industry

Sports marketing agency IMG has launched its Digital Trends Report 2026, exploring the technologies and developments that will shape the sport and media landscape for rightsholders over the next 12 months. Featuring insights and analysis from IMG’s global team of digital experts, this year’s predictions explore the disruption of content distribution, Amazon’s unique position in […]

November 20, 2025