The Communications Regulatory Authority’s 2025 Observatory reveals a continued decline in traditional TV viewership in Italy. Compared to 2024, average daily ratings decreased by 2.5 per cent during prime time and 2.8 per cent for the full day. In prime-time, Mediaset took the lead in 2025 with almost 7 million viewers (37.6 per cent share), […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that new cooking competition format 100 Cooks will be localised and roll out in around thirty of WBD’s international territories, across networks, discovery+ and HBO Max, following the US launch on June 7th on Food Network. Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) will handle global format sales, with rights […]

A+E Global Media, AMC Global Media, Fox, Hallmark Media, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Scripps Networks, TelevisaUnivision and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), in partnership with OpenAP, have announced an industry initiative that aims to help advertisers and agencies move beyond fragmented, manual audience buying by introducing a single, standardised way to connect first-party outcome data to campaign exposure […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that HBO Max will launch direct-to-consumer in Vietnam on June 16th, further expanding the brand’s footprint in Asia Pacific. The SVoD service brings together popular entertainment brands, including HBO, Harry Potter, the DC Universe, Cartoon Network, Max Originals and Hollywood movies. Subscribers can stream new and returning HBO and […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has reported its Q1 2026 revenues to March 31st – perhaps the last time the organisation reports results as a lone entity ahead of its Paramount Skydance merger. Total revenues were $8.9 billion (€7.5bn), a 3 per cent ex-FX decrease from the prior year quarter, in line with expectations. “Distribution revenues […]

ITV Studios has announced an unscripted content package deal with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) for its Discovery and Discovery Home & Health Channels in Latin America, bringing a diverse slate of documentaries, reality, and lifestyle programming to audiences across the region. The deal, brokered by Catalina Ramirez, VP Sales, of US and Latin America at ITV […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that all three episodes of its original docuseries Sara Price: Chasing Dakar, chronicling Defender Rally’s quest to conquer the Dakar Rally, will be available to viewers worldwide from May 15th. Debuting in the Stock class, Defender Rally’s ambitions are fuelled by prodigious motorsport talent Sara Price, who won 17 […]

Warner Bros Discovery UK & Ireland has  announced that Mock the Week will be back on TLC with a 5-episode special summer series. Following the return of the show on the new free-to-air TLC at the start of 2026, the additional episodes run through June and July (during the World Cup) will give Mock the Week fans their […]

Parks Associates’ latest streaming video research highlights that Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) would extend the combined company’s reach to 57 per cent of all US internet households. This deal would put it on par with the four streaming giants (Netflix, Google, Prime Video and Disney) which each reach nearly 60 per cent […]

Paramount Skydance’s pre-tax earnings rose in Q1 2026 as streamlined operations and ‌improved results in its streaming and studios businesses helped offset declines in television. The results are the first since the media giant agreed a $110 billion (€94bn) deal to acquire Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Q1 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation […]