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Ampere Analysis shows North American scripted TV commissions rose for a second straight year in 2025, even as international scripted output fell sharply. The recovery is being driven by commercial broadcasters and disciplined streaming services relying more heavily on pre-existing…

Amazon is set to overtake DAZN as the top global spender on sports rights in 2026, driven by its strategic use of live sports to stabilize churn, bolster ad inventory, and reinforce Prime subscriptions. Unlike DAZN, which relied heavily on…

Basics of Streaming breaks down why streaming platforms must manage revenue like a portfolio instead of chasing a single model. SVOD, AVOD, TVOD, and licensing each serve different audience behaviors and market needs, and combining them provides flexibility, stability, and…

Recurly's latest State of Subscriptions report shows streaming’s growth era has shifted from acquisition to retention. With most consumers already subscribed to 1–4 services and churn driven by low usage rather than cost, the new metric for success is minimizing…

Netflix is solidifying Brazil as a strategic hub in Latin America by opening a dedicated São Paulo headquarters and pre-licensing domestic streaming rights to the Oscar-nominated film The Secret Agent. This approach emphasizes precision over scale, investing heavily where cultural…

Basics of Streaming breaks down the complex streaming supply chain that powers seamless video playback for viewers. From content creation to playback and monetization, each layer, encoding, CDN delivery, ad decisioning, metadata, localization, plays a critical role in performance, scalability,…

Ask Skip calls out the overreliance on AI as a fix for content discovery, arguing it's a cop-out for the lack of programming strategy. AI can help organize and personalize, but it can't replace the need for editorial vision and…

Lionsgate has sold its South and Southeast Asian streaming business, Lionsgate Play, to longtime executive Rohit Jain, who will take full ownership and exit the studio. While Lionsgate is exiting the DTC space in the region, it retains content and…

Netflix is facing a lawsuit from an HBO Max subscriber seeking to block its proposed $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s entertainment assets, alleging the merger would harm competition and lead to higher subscription prices. The plaintiff argues the…

Free trials have shifted from a default growth tool to a strategic lever that depends on scale, audience, and business goals. For large services, trials often pull in low-intent users, distort retention models, and delay revenue. Smaller platforms still find…