The Northeast Asia Video Summit 2025, hosted by the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), brought together leading media executives, content creators, and technology innovators to explore the future of video in Japan and Korea. Held in Tokyo on October 28th, the summit showcased transformative strategies in global content production, streaming monetisation, and cross-border collaboration. A […]

To mark 100 days to go to the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe has unveiled a first look at its purpose-built studios that will broadcast live coverage to millions of fans this February. All customers in Europe will be able to watch to every live event during the […]

The Writers Guild of America has come out strongly against a merger between Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and any other studio, declaring any such consolidation would be a “disaster” for writers. The body’s statement comes two days after WBD admitted it was considering putting the entire company up for sale. WBD said it had initiated […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) – the parent company of the likes of HBO, CNN, DC Studios, Eurosport, TNT Sports, Cartoon Network and the Harry Potter franchise – is considering putting the entire company up for sale. The company could also potentially split up Warner Bros and Discovery, and sell off Discovery while merging Warner Bros […]

To no one’s surprise it has come to this: Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) isn’t working out and something must be done. To no one’s further surprise, no one knows what to do for the best. We have enjoyed reminiscing here before about the worst deal in history that was the takeover of Time Warner by […]

Warner Bros Discovery’s news company, CNN, has announced that its new ‘All Access’ subscription tier will launch on October 28th in the US, providing audiences with one centralised destination for CNN’s journalism, including live and on-demand video programming to stream.   Available for $6.99 (€5.99) per month or $69.99 annually, the new tier will deliver […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and CJ ENM have announced content production and distribution partnership, underpinned by a mutual commitment to bringing global audiences more K-entertainment.   The multi-year partnership includes exclusive premieres of original K-drama, hundreds of hours of CJ ENM’s and TVING’s series, and a branded TVING hub on HBO Max in 17 markets […]

HBO Max, the streaming service from Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), is now live in 15 new markets – including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Macau, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Ukraine. The latest expansion gives the service a presence in over 100 markets. Subscribers in these markets can enjoy entertainment from brands such as HBO, Max Originals, Harry […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced the appointment of Sky Media as its ad sales partner in the UK & Ireland in a multi-year agreement. Under the new deal, Sky Media will represent WBD’s linear television entertainment and sport brands in the UK and Ireland from January 2026. As the fifth largest commercial broadcaster in […]

AB InBev’s brands — including the likes of Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois — will soon be advertised on Netflix following a global deal with the brewing giant. Ampere’s latest analysis shows that Netflix currently holds a tiny share of the ad contracts in this lucrative sector, a space historically dominated by Hulu and Warner […]