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Netflix 2025 revenue at $45.2bn; over 325m subs

Netflix has reported that FY revenue stood at $45.2 billion (€38.5bn) for 2025 (+16 per cent year over year, or 17 per cent on a FX-neutral basis) beating Wall Street estimates. Ad revenue rose more than 2.5x to over $1.5 billion. The company reported that it exceeded 325 million subscribers in Q4 – despite previously […]

January 21, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Nielsen: Streaming sets multiple US viewing records in December

Streaming viewership captured 47.5 per cent of US television in December 2025, beating the previous record of 47.3 per cent set in July 2025 to achieve the largest share of TV ever reported in Nielsen’s The Gauge – a snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption across the US. Streaming dominance in December was anchored […]

January 21, 2026

Forecast: LatAm media revenues at $65bn in 2026

Latin America is emerging as one of the fastest-growing media markets globally, with revenues forecast to reach $65 billion (€55.5bn) in 2026, representing a 10.7 per cent year-on-year growth, according to Omdia data presented by Maria Rua Aguete, Head of Media & Entertainment at Omdia, during Content Americas. This growth significantly outpaces the US, which […]

January 21, 2026

Netflix, WBD amend buyout to all-cash transaction

Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have, as expected, amended their definitive agreement for Netflix’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros to an all-cash transaction. Netflix said that the revised agreement “simplifies the transaction structure, provides greater certainty of value for WBD stockholders, and accelerates the path to a WBD stockholder vote”. The all-cash transaction continues […]

January 20, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Research: Netflix’s Xmas NFL drove biggest sign-up spike of 2025

Netflix’s 2025 Christmas NFL GameDay delivered the platform’s largest US sign-up peak of the year, according to analysis from Ampere Analysis. The live NFL broadcast, paired with the release of Stranger Things Season 5: Vol. 2, drove 430,000 new US subscribers, making it Netflix’s third-largest acquisition surge since 2018 – behind the Jake Paul vs […]

January 20, 2026

Netflix rolls put real-time voting

Netflix has rolled out real time voting on select live events. The option will debut on Star Search premiering today [January 20th]. Viewers watching the event live on a TV or a streaming device will be able to vote using their remote; or by tapping the screen if watching on the Netflix mobile app. Real-time […]

January 20, 2026By Nik Roseveare

WWE Raw TV taping coming to London in June

WWE has announced a return to London on June 22nd that will see WWE Superstars visit The O2 Arena for the Monday Night Raw TV taping which – will stream live on Netflix. Fans in attendance can expect to see an array WWE Superstars in action, including World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, Women’s World Champion […]

January 19, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Netflix, Sony Pictures sign Pay-1 deal

Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) have agreed a global Pay-1 licensing deal. Under the agreement, Netflix will become the exclusive streaming destination of SPE’s films following their theatrical runs and VoD releases for the first 18 months, after which they will go to Disney. The new arrangement will roll out gradually starting later this […]

January 16, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Netflix plots all-cash offer for WBD

Netflix looks set to switch to an all-cash offer to push ahead with its takeover of the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), and fend off a rival bid from Paramount Skydance. The alterations to Netflix’s $83 billion (€71.3bn) offer – initially a  current cash-and-stock submission – are designed to accelerate the […]

January 15, 2026

Spain: Pay-TV maintains strength, FAST gains momentum

Spain’s video entertainment market is navigating a different course to many of its European neighbours, exiting the year with renewed stability and a blend of traditional strength and digital evolution. Findings from Futuresource Consulting’s Video Insights Spain report show total consumer spend rising 5 per cent to €5.1 billion in 2025, underpinned by a pay-TV […]

January 14, 2026