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Category: Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts
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World Cup Audience and Streaming, FIFA World Cup 2026 We Want Create That, and more.
World Cup Audience and Streaming Trends this week: Fox Sports reports smooth technical operations one-third through the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the biggest; and This matters for World & Travel because it gives a concrete current signal…
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Media & Broadcast Industry Deals and, Comcast Spin Off NBCUniversal Sky, and more.
Media & Broadcast Industry Deals and Moves this week: Comcast will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a separate publicly traded company, reversing its long-standing; and Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire Iridium Communications in an $8…
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Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Wedding, Here s Marriage Advice Adam Sandler Gave Taylor, and more.
Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Wedding Coverage this week: Adam Sandler officiated Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden, offering simple but; and Maren Morris shared behind-the-scenes photos from Taylor Swift and…
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Industry Deals & Structural Shifts, Directors Guild Ratifies Four-Year Deal Studios, and more.
Industry Deals & Structural Shifts this week: The Directors Guild of America has ratified a four-year contract with studios and streamers, concluding the 2026; and StudioCanal, the European production and distribution arm of Canal+, has…
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TV Technology & Infrastructure, Hearst Television Brings Ad, and more.
TV Technology & Infrastructure Advances this week: Hearst Television, a major broadcast group, is partnering with Viamedia.
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Banijay Rights, Rakuten TV, Samsung TV Plus and UKTV join Content London to spotlight FAST’s
Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts this week: Major players from content distribution and platform development are convening at Content London to discuss the next; and The Canadian government has overruled its own broadcasting…
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Banijay Rights, Rakuten TV, Samsung TV Plus and UKTV join Content London to spotlight FAST’s
Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts this week: Major content distributors and platform operators are convening at Content London to discuss the next phase of FAST; and The Canadian government has effectively nullified its own…
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Upfronts, Advertising, and, 2026 TV upfronts recap Hi-tech ad buying creator, and more.
Upfronts, Advertising, and Measurement Trends this week: The 2026 TV upfronts saw a definitive shift from traditional programming showcases to a data-driven marketplace; and Nielsen is positioning its National and Local television…
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Content Windowing, Licensing, and, Content Windowing Strategy 2026, and more.
Content Windowing, Licensing, and Acquisition Strategies this week: The 2026 distribution landscape has fragmented into a dynamic, multi-window system where theatrical is just one of; and Film rights negotiations in 2026 are defined by…
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The Rise of FAST and Ad-Supported, FAST30 2026 Movers Shakers, and more.
The Rise of FAST and Ad-Supported Streaming this week: Media Play News’s 2026 FAST30 list reveals a mature, strategically integrated free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST); and Netflix’s ad-supported tier now reports 250 million global…