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US Upfront Commitments Return to 75% of TV Deal Volume
US Upfront Commitments Return to 75% of TV Deal Volume Madison and Wall and Media Dynamics data in VideoWeek's Week in Charts shows upfront commitments made up 75% of this US TV season's total deal volume, returning to pre-COVID share as advertiser confidence rebuilds. The same roundup finds 66% of US adults regularly watch YouTube videos longer than 15 minutes, underlining long-form creator content's claim on the TV screen.
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DAZN Launches Dedicated NCAA College Sports Channel in 200+ Markets
DAZN Launches Dedicated NCAA College Sports Channel in 200+ Markets DAZN launched a standalone NCAA College Sports subscription channel bringing 20+ college football games a week, the full College Football Playoff and National Championship, and March Madness to more than 200 markets outside the US, drawing on Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, ACC and Fox coverage. CEO Shay Segev positioned it alongside NFL Game Pass and NHL.TV in DAZN's portfolio of global US-sports products, with features including four-game Multiview and five-device support.
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Disney Raises Legacy Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ Bundle to $27.99
Disney Raises Legacy Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ Bundle to $27.99 Disney will raise the price of its legacy Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ bundle to $27.99 a month from September 17, extending the pricing wave that also lifts ESPN's standalone streaming tiers. The move continues Disney's pattern of annual autumn increases as it pushes bundle economics and ad-tier migration.
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Ampere: Streamers Widen the Price Gap Between Ad-Free and Ad-Supported Plans
Ampere: Streamers Widen the Price Gap Between Ad-Free and Ad-Supported Plans Ampere Analysis data shows the average price gap between ad-free and ad-supported plans at Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video grew from $4.53 to $5.35 globally over two years, with Netflix's US gap widening from $8.50 to $11 as ad-free tiers absorb the larger increases. Ampere projects North American ad-tier revenue will exceed $45 billion this year and reach 54% of the region's subscription streaming revenue by end-2026.
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Paramount-WBD Close Slips to June 2027 as Settlement Talks With California Collapse
Paramount-WBD Close Slips to June 2027 as Settlement Talks With California Collapse Paramount agreed to delay the $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery close to as late as June 2027, with the 12-state antitrust trial set for March, after California AG Rob Bonta cancelled Monday's settlement meeting over alleged leaks — an accusation Paramount publicly denies. Reported settlement positions show the gap: Paramount offers procedural guarantees while the states demand structural remedies including a cable-networks spin-off, and CNBC reports the fight is already chilling wider media dealmaking.
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European Broadcasters Have Lost 21 Points of Market Share in Italy and France Since 2020
European Broadcasters Have Lost 21 Points of Market Share in Italy and France Since 2020 Research by consultancy eMedia for Il Sole 24 Ore shows Italian broadcasters' market share fell from 78% to 57% between 2020 and 2025, a drop mirrored in France, with Germany and the UK down 16 and 14 points respectively. eMedia attributes global platforms' upper hand to distribution, user data and targeted ad monetisation, and frames European consolidation — including potential merger activity around M6, Sky-ITV and MFE's expansion — as the response.
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Netflix UK Revenue Tops £2 Billion, Overtaking ITV's Broadcast Business for the First Time
Netflix UK Revenue Tops £2 Billion, Overtaking ITV's Broadcast Business for the First Time Companies House filings show Netflix's UK revenue rose 11.3% to £2.06 billion ($2.8 billion) in 2025 on 7% paying-member growth and higher ARPU — for the first time exceeding the £1.9 billion of ITV's media and entertainment division and dwarfing Channel 4's £1 billion. Broadcast Intelligence data shows Netflix simultaneously cut UK originals to 22 in 2025, down 51% from 45 the year before.
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Netflix in Talks to Carry Peacock and Fox One as Streaming Shifts to Bundling Wars
Netflix in Talks to Carry Peacock and Fox One as Streaming Shifts to Bundling Wars The New York Times reports Netflix has discussed carrying Peacock and Fox One inside its app, extending the aggregation path it opened with TF1 in June and reversing years of refusing to host competitors. Antenna data cited in the piece shows subscriptions sold through third-party platforms are up roughly 60% in three years and now account for about a third of all new streaming subscriptions, with Amazon reselling at least 49 million via Prime Video Channels.
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Germany's First Convergent Ratings Put RTL+ Well Ahead of Joyn on Viewing Volume
Germany's First Convergent Ratings Put RTL+ Well Ahead of Joyn on Viewing Volume Audience-measurement body AGF published Germany's first convergent TV and streaming ratings with monthly platform usage volumes: in July, Prime Video led with 124.2 million streamed hours ahead of ARD Mediathek (104.3 million) and ZDF (96.1 million), while RTL+ posted 55.6 million hours against Joyn's 38.8 million — though Joyn's free model gives it higher net reach at 10.6 million versus 9.4 million. In the 14-49 demo RTL+ ranks second only to Amazon, and flagship soap GZSZ now reaches more young viewers on RTL+ than on linear RTL.
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Bedrock CEO Makes the Case for a Pan-European Streaming Stack
Bedrock CEO Makes the Case for a Pan-European Streaming Stack Marion Ranchet's Streaming Made Easy features Bedrock CEO Jonas Engwall arguing that competing with global streamers from a single market is mathematically very challenging, and that Europe's broadcasters will eventually have to stop rebuilding the same streaming stack over and over. The piece notes Bedrock already runs one platform behind M6+, RTL+ and Videoland — 10 million subscribers and 45 million users across 6 countries, with Sky and WOW next in line — and cites a DPP benchmark built with Bedrock's support putting Netflix's technology spend at roughly $1 of every $10 of revenue.
