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The Devil Wears Prada 2 streams on Disney+ this July

The Devil Wears Prada 2 will streaming exclusively on the Disney+ platform on July 29. Before that, the film also will be available for digital purchase on June 30th, via digital stores including Prime Video, Sky Store and Apple TV. The sequel to the 2026 phenomenon sees Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley […]

June 23, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Data: Netflix tops streaming app usage in South Korea

Wiseapp Retail, a market intelligence solution based on real-time app and payment data, has shared its latest findings on the monthly active users (MAU) and usage time of major streaming apps in South Korea. According to a sample analysis of Android and iOS smartphone users in Korea, the combined MAU of streaming service apps reached […]

June 23, 2026

Canada: Quebecor Content signs licensing deal with Disney+

Quebecor Content has announced a licensing agreement with Disney+, to bring a number of Quebec productions to the platform for streaming in Canada. This agreement seeks to increase the exposure of Quebec talent, helping them reach a wider audience, while also enriching the Disney+ line-up with popular, French-language narrative content. Quebecor Content’s original series, distributed […]

June 23, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Research: Ad tolerance rising among Gen Z TV audiences

Across all TV audiences, the long-term rise in ad acceptance continues, with ad intolerance falling to a record low. Hub Entertainment Research released the latest wave of its semi-annual TV Advertising: Fact vs Fiction study showing that Gen Z viewers in the US are more accepting of ads when they help reduce the cost of […]

June 22, 2026

World Boxing unveils global streaming platform

World Boxing – the non-profit international federation set up to administer the sport at Olympic, Paralympic and E-sport level – has partnered with sports streaming and fan engagement platform, Joymo, to launch World Boxing TV, a dedicated digital destination for live events, on-demand content, highlights and competition coverage. World Boxing TV will provide a direct, […]

June 22, 2026By Nik Roseveare

The end of territorial licensing: Is global streaming making borders irrelevant?

Streaming has changed how people access entertainment. A viewer in Sweden can watch a Korean drama, listen to a Brazilian artist, or follow a sports event that takes place on another continent. This shift has raised an important question for media companies and regulators. Do national borders still matter when content can move across the […]

June 22, 2026

When the streaming bill climbs, where does the entertainment budget go?

Here is a question worth sitting with: what happens to a household’s leisure spending the moment another monthly streaming bill ticks upward? The rollout of Ligue1+ as a standalone home for French top-flight soccer has put that question front and center for sports fans on both sides of the Atlantic. When a marquee league pulls […]

June 14, 2026

Project Hail Mary streaming on MGM+

Project Hail Mary, the box office hit from Amazon MGM Studios, will be available to stream exclusively on MGM+ from June 18th. The film sees science teacher Ryland Grace (played by Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As […]

June 11, 2026By Nik Roseveare

VPNs and streaming: more capacity, less buffer

Video streaming now dominates global internet traffic, accounting for the majority of all downstream bandwidth. With major services counting subscribers in the hundreds of millions, consumer habits have firmly shifted toward on-demand digital content. However, this landscape is highly fragmented. In a typical multi-device household, ensuring stable, private connections for every screen—from the living room […]

June 10, 2026

Analysis: 2026 World Cup streaming in the spotlight

The 2026 World Cup will feature an expanded format — 48 participating nations competing across 104 total matches — with media partners paying FIFA an estimated $3.9 billion in media rights to broadcast coverage. Streaming distribution has been an important element in past World Cups, but even more so in 2026, as consumers increasingly turn […]

June 10, 2026