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Category: Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts
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FAST channels and ad-supported, FAST Footprint with Three, and more.
FAST channels and ad-supported streaming reshape TV distribution this week: Blue Ant Media has launched three new FAST channels—Shockwave, Wildest, and History & Warfare—on Network 10’s; and Rakuten TV’s new report, The FAST Advantage…
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Audio listening trends: radio still, Nielsen Linear radio continues, and more.
Audio listening trends: radio still leads as podcasts capture a growing share this week: Nielsen and Edison Research data for Q1 2026 shows linear radio (broadcast plus streaming) still commands 62% of; and Nielsen’s Q1 2026 audio report…
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Sports and live events dominate, great viewership divide Why, and more.
Sports and live events dominate viewership as streaming and piracy surge this week: Live sports, particularly the IPL, is pulling away from general entertainment in India as its viewership hits 1; and NHL playoff viewership is surging…
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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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Roundup: Content’s New Mainstream, Nielsen shows Asian-led hits dominate, and more.
Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts this week: Nielsen’s 2026 report, ‘The Crossover Effect: AANHPI Audiences X Content,’ provides quantitative evidence that Asian; and NBC Sports’ return to NBA playoff coverage after a 24-year…
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Content distribution trends and, TikTok’s 14B Sale Creator, and more.
Content distribution trends and creator shifts this week: The March 2026 sale of TikTok US to an Oracle/Silver Lake consortium for $14B has triggered a significant migration; and Short-form video has matured from a growth category to the…
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Streaming business models, windows, Streaming Reset Scale Survival Sustainability, and more.
Streaming business models, windows, and measurement this week: The streaming industry’s growth-at-all-costs phase has ended, with investor focus shifting decisively to; and Nielsen is positioning its national and local TV measurement as…
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The rise of FAST and free streaming TV, FAST Distribution s Newest Frontier 3Vision, and more.
The rise of FAST and free streaming TV this week: FAST channels are no longer just a secondary window for archived content; they are becoming a primary distribution; and Free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platforms like Roku Channel…
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Roundup: Nielsen Signals, Nielsen Netflix’s ‘Tyler Perry’s Beauty Black’ Topped HBO, and more.
Nielsen Signals this week: This matters for Streaming & Cinema because it gives a concrete current signal to track: The Netflix drama “Tyler; and This matters for Editorial Fashion Photography because it gives a concrete current signal to…