Consumer Trends

• AGF August Data: ARD and ZDF Plunge Without the World Cup as Amazon Widens Its Lead

  AGF August Data: ARD and ZDF Plunge Without the World Cup as Amazon Widens Its Lead Germany's second month of AGF streaming-platform measurement shows ARD Mediathek usage down 12.4% and the ZDF stream…

• LG Smart TVs Caught Recording Audio and Scanning Home Networks in Standby, Investigation Finds

  LG Smart TVs Caught Recording Audio and Scanning Home Networks in Standby, Investigation Finds A 500-hour, $70,000 investigation by Gamers Nexus and Level1Techs found LG smart TVs logging microphone a…

• IPA: 36% of Britons Now Watch Ad-Funded Streaming Weekly as Ad Tiers Become 'Increasingly Inevitable'

  IPA: 36% of Britons Now Watch Ad-Funded Streaming Weekly as Ad Tiers Become 'Increasingly Inevitable' The IPA's Making Sense 2026 report finds 36% of British adults now use ad-funded commercial SVOD s…

• Streaming Prices Are Rising Three Times Faster Than Inflation, THR Analysis Finds

  Streaming Prices Are Rising Three Times Faster Than Inflation, THR Analysis Finds The Hollywood Reporter calculates that streaming prices collectively rose 11.8% over the past 12 months and have climb…

• Piracy’s Bill Comes In: £1.35 Billion a Year in the UK, €280 Million in the Nordics

  Piracy’s Bill Comes In: £1.35 Billion a Year in the UK, €280 Million in the Nordics WPI Economics puts illegal streaming’s cost to the UK economy at £1.35 billion a year — equivalent to more than 10,0…

• Médiamétrie August: TF1 Retakes the Lead at 18.1% as M6 Falls Back to 7.8% After Its World Cup Summer

  Médiamétrie August: TF1 Retakes the Lead at 18.1% as M6 Falls Back to 7.8% After Its World Cup Summer TF1 rebounded 1.8 points month-on-month to 18.1% audience share in August while M6 dropped 5.5 poi…

• AGF: Amazon’s Reacher Leads German Streaming as Linear Launch Drives Die Verräter to an RTL+ Record

  AGF: Amazon’s Reacher Leads German Streaming as Linear Launch Drives Die Verräter to an RTL+ Record AGF’s latest streaming data puts Prime Video’s Reacher at the top of Germany’s cross-provider progra…

• Antenna: Pay-TV Cord-Cutters Flock to Streaming — and 60% Pick Ad-Free Plans

  Antenna: Pay-TV Cord-Cutters Flock to Streaming — and 60% Pick Ad-Free Plans Antenna's Q1 2026 data shows former premium pay-TV subscribers are five times more likely than other consumers to sign up f…

• Strongest Bundesliga Season Start Since 2023 Gives RTL's Enlarged Sky an Early Win

  Strongest Bundesliga Season Start Since 2023 Gives RTL's Enlarged Sky an Early Win The 2026/27 Bundesliga opener delivered Sat.1 and Sky their strongest league season start since 2023, winning the day…

• Omdia: Global TV Shipments Grow 3.6% in Q2 as World Cup Lifts Western Europe 9.5%

  Omdia: Global TV Shipments Grow 3.6% in Q2 as World Cup Lifts Western Europe 9.5% Global TV shipments rose 3.6% year-on-year to 48.8 million units in Q2 2026, driven by FIFA World Cup demand and Prime…