The Pac-12 Conference has secured 2025 media rights deals with The CW, CBS, and ESPN to broadcast home football games for Oregon State and Washington State. The CW will air nine games, while CBS/Paramount+ and ESPN get two each, reflecting…
Legacy media companies are facing high churn not due to a flaw, but because they trained audiences to engage in transactional viewing behavior—binge and cancel. While they rely on big content drops, platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Netflix succeed by…
Spotify has distributed over 100 million dollars to podcast creators since January through a revamped partner program aimed at boosting video engagement and countering YouTube’s dominance. Meanwhile, Netflix has signaled a deeper move into video podcasts, highlighting the increasing competition…
Banijay is rumored to be in early talks to acquire ITV or its highly profitable Studios division, aiming to expand its already massive unscripted content library. While ITV Studios posted record earnings, the broader ITV business is struggling with the…
Ted Sarandos is positioning Netflix as the new entertainment establishment, aggressively dismantling legacy Hollywood norms. In recent appearances, he called the theatrical window outdated, dismissed Apple TV+ as a billion-dollar marketing play, and criticized Warner Bros. Discovery for abandoning the…
TelevisaUnivision returned to profitability in Q1 2025 with $11.7 million in net income, despite a 10% revenue drop driven by steep advertising declines in both the U.S. and Mexico. Streaming platform ViX showed slower growth at just 4% year over…
Peacock added 5 million subscribers in Q1 2025, reaching 41 million total, largely thanks to its new bundle with Charter’s Spectrum TV. The move jumpstarted growth after two stagnant quarters and helped cut quarterly losses to $215 million from $639…
Lionsgate and STARZ have finalized their long-awaited corporate separation, with both companies set to trade independently starting in May. The move is designed to unlock shareholder value by eliminating the “conglomerate discount” and positioning each brand as a more attractive…
U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Disney’s proposed acquisition of Fubo over antitrust concerns tied to market concentration in sports streaming. The deal, which would merge Hulu + Live TV with Fubo and give Disney a 70 percent stake, was…
DAZN launched a free real-time match tracking feature called Scores, covering more than 1,000 global soccer competitions. The tool gives fans live alerts, lineup info, and performance stats and is timed ahead of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which…
