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Nielsen: College football boosts US traditional TV viewership

The start of a new school year and the return of American college football collided in August to disrupt summer TV trends, signaled by gains for broadcast and cable for the first time since April, according to Nielsen’s monthly The Gauge report – a snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption in the US. Broadcast […]

September 17, 2025

Netflix announces staggered release for final Stranger Things

Netflix’s Tudum event – an annual celebration of fandom and pop culture that reveals news content and release dates – took over the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on May 31st with a stacked lineup of talent, reveals and musical performances. Hosted by Sofia Carson, the event brought thousands of fans together at the venue, […]

June 2, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Netflix: “An ad dollar spent on us is more valuable than anywhere else”

Amy Reinhard, Netflix’s President of Advertising, took the stage at the streaming company’s third Upfront at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Manhattan to highlight the growth of the ad-supported plan, which now reaches more than 94 million global monthly active users  – and more 18-34-year-olds than any other US broadcast or cable network. Ad-tier […]

May 15, 2025

Netflix first new UI in 12 years

Netflix plans an overhaul of its homepage as it pushes into new areas like games and live events. The stremaing company says that the new homepage will roll out to users in the “next few weeks and months”, depending on location. Netflix is partnering with OpenAI on a generative AI search tool that will allow […]

May 7, 2025

Study: Netflix #1 coolest brands for Kids

Netflix is number one in the 100 Coolest Brands for Kids & Teens according to a study of 60,000 youngsters unveiled by Beano Brain, the specialist kids and family insights agency. This second edition of Beano Brain’s annual Coolest Brands Report saw the streaming service overtake YouTube – which came top in 2022. McDonalds, Nike […]

August 16, 2023

Ryan Reynolds curates Welsh Wednesdays on S4C

S4C have signed a commercial output deal with Hollywood actor and Wrexham AFC co-owner Ryan Reynolds. The Welsh language broadcaster S4C will provide six hours a week of Welsh language content curated by Reynolds for the Maximum Effort Channel, streamed on Welsh Wednesdays in a weekly takeover. The Maximum Effort Channel is a partnership between […]

June 26, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Murder Mystery 2 debuts at Netflix #1

Murder Mystery 2 debuted in the #1 spot on Netflix’s English Films List with 64.42 million hours in the week commencing March 27th. Starring Adam Sandler – who has continuously proved to be a major draw for Netflix –  and Jennifer Aniston, this marks the second biggest opening weekend for a comedy film on Netflix […]

April 5, 2023By Nik Roseveare

We Have a Ghost retains Netflix #1

Netflix viewers embraced horror as the genre took the top two spots on the English Films List in the week commencing February 27th. The family-friendly horror We Have a Ghost remained in the #1 spot on the English Films List with 42.62 million hours viewed and appeared in the Top 10 in 93 countries, while […]

March 8, 2023

SVoD study: Netflix offers most value for money

Over one million Brits cancelled their streaming service subscriptions early last year with ‘wanting to save’ as the primary reason for doing so. With broadband prices set to rise by up to 17 per cent this April, many ware expected to streamline their spending again, but which streaming service offers the most value for money? […]

March 2, 2023

We Have a Ghost debuts at #1 on Netflix

We Have a Ghost entered Netflix’s English Films List at #1 with 40.47 million hours viewed in the week commencing February 20th (despite only premiering on February 24th). Written and directed by Christopher Landon with a star-studded cast featuring Anthony Mackie, Jeenifer Coolidge and David Harbour, the family-friendly horror comedy was in the Top 10 […]

March 1, 2023