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Netflix signs multiple digital publisher content deals

Netflix has announced partnerships with a number of digital publishers to bring fan-favourite videos to members in the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Spanning food, travel, fashion, entertainment, design, wellness and more, the collection – launching on August 3rd – seeks to complement Netflix’s entertainment ecosystem that also includes live events, […]

July 8, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Viamedia.ai partners with Hearst Television

Viamedia.ai, a next-generation ad tech company built to solve the challenges of today’s fragmented media ecosystem, has announced a partnership with Hearst Television that enables true household-level addressability for broadcast television. This development follows an extensive market test to enable targeted television advertising via dynamic ad insertion within streams using broadcast spectrum.  The test, conducted over […]

June 24, 2026

NEM Dubrovnik gathers the industry’s leading buyers

NEM Dubrovnik 2026 is preparing for its biggest edition yet. From June 8th to 11th, the leading companies of the TV industry will gather in the south of Croatia, turning Dubrovnik into the central meeting point of the CEE media landscape. The strong presence of major companies is matched by the record number of buyers […]

April 22, 2026

Hearst, Merzigo partner on YouTube optimisation

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a producer and distributor of unscripted programming, has announced a strategic partnership with content distributor Merzigo to accelerate the growth of HMPG’s digital presence across social and video platforms. Under the partnership Merzigo will collaborate with HMPG to optimise and scale a curated selection of series and channels from HMPG’s […]

April 8, 2026

Curb promoted to HMPG president

Bryan Curb, EVP and GM, educational/informational (E/I) programming of Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), has been promoted to HMPG president. The appointment, effective July 1st, was announced by Michael J. Hayes, president of HMPG parent Hearst Television. Curb succeeds Frank Biancuzzo, who is retiring at mid-year. HMPG, a business unit of Hearst Television, is an independent […]

March 12, 2026

Hearst Networks, Spirit Studios partner on digital history salte

Hearst Networks is partnering with Spirit Studios to develop and produce a new digital-first slate of shows focused on history. Under the partnership, Spirit Studios will produce the slate, with Matt Campion as Executive Producer for Spirit Studios and Sam Pearson as Commissioner and Executive Producer for Hearst Networks. The first project will launch within […]

March 5, 2026

Hearst Networks launches Hearst Canvas

Hearst Networks has announced the launch of Hearst Canvas, a new business venture to develop original, scalable content brands across digital, audio, and emerging platforms, focusing particularly on YouTube. As a 100 per cent-owned Hearst initiative, Hearst Canvas will be based in Hearst Networks’ London offices and will be operated by a dedicated team of […]

October 7, 2025

Hearst Media Production Group to provide weekend programming on TeleXitos

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a producer and distributor of unscripted series, has announced it will provide programming for a three-hour educational and informational (E/I) block on TeleXitos – a national Spanish-language multicast network – on Sundays, beginning October 5 at noon Eastern.  The programs will be dubbed in Spanish. HMPG’s lineup on TeleXitos will […]

October 1, 2025

Germany: Pay-TV, SVoD revenues at €5.5bn in 2024

Demand and willingness to pay for pay-TV and paid video content in Germany continues to grow, despite a difficult economic climate and complex regulation. In 2024, revenues from pay-TV and paid video-on-demand rose by around 6 per cent to €5.5 billion. For the current year 2025, VAUNET – German Media Association – expects revenues to […]

September 11, 2025

Ancestry channel sponsor deal with Sky History

Hearst Networks UK has announced a new sponsorship partnership for Sky History and Sky History2 with Ancestry, the specialist in family history and consumer genomics. As a previous client of the brand, this renewed collaboration between the two brands will once again blend the power of storytelling to inspire audiences to explore their heritage and […]

July 15, 2025