Licensing & Partnerships

• NBCUniversal Makes U-Next the Exclusive Japanese Home of Universal+ in a Sweeping Alliance

  NBCUniversal Makes U-Next the Exclusive Japanese Home of Universal+ in a Sweeping Alliance A strategic alliance makes U-Next — Japan’s second-largest paid streamer with 5.2 million subscribers — the e…

• Cleveland Cavaliers Drop Local Pay TV for a $19.99 DAZN Exclusive — DAZN’s Third US Local Deal in Two Weeks

  Cleveland Cavaliers Drop Local Pay TV for a $19.99 DAZN Exclusive — DAZN’s Third US Local Deal in Two Weeks A multi-year deal makes DAZN the direct-to-consumer streaming home of all non-national Cleve…

• TF1 Doubles Down on Netflix Distribution: ‘Netflix Is Not Cannibalising TF1, It Opens Doors’

  TF1 Doubles Down on Netflix Distribution: ‘Netflix Is Not Cannibalising TF1, It Opens Doors’ TF1 content chief Ara Aprikian says the group’s June 2025 distribution deal with Netflix hit all its target…

• SkyShowtime Widens Hungarian Distribution Through One Hungary Broadband and TV Bundles

  SkyShowtime Widens Hungarian Distribution Through One Hungary Broadband and TV Bundles SkyShowtime and One Hungary struck a distribution agreement effective 31 August that adds the Comcast-Paramount s…

• RTL Deutschland Launches ntv Doku as an SVoD Channel on Amazon Prime Video

  RTL Deutschland Launches ntv Doku as an SVoD Channel on Amazon Prime Video RTL Deutschland launched ntv Doku, a subscription VoD channel on Amazon Prime Video bundling more than 500 hours and over 250…

• HBO Max to Launch Inside Prime Video and Hulu in Japan Under Nippon TV Partnership

  HBO Max to Launch Inside Prime Video and Hulu in Japan Under Nippon TV Partnership Warner Bros. Discovery will launch HBO Max as a hub within Prime Video and Hulu in Japan on 1 October, with the Stand…

• Netflix Signs First Talpa Deal, Adding Over 300 SBS6 Episodes in the Netherlands

  Netflix Signs First Talpa Deal, Adding Over 300 SBS6 Episodes in the Netherlands Netflix agreed its first content partnership with Talpa, licensing more than 300 episodes of established SBS6 reality a…

• Videoland and HBO Max Launch Bundled Subscriptions in the Netherlands

  Videoland and HBO Max Launch Bundled Subscriptions in the Netherlands Videoland and HBO Max launched a joint subscription bundle for the Dutch market on 1 September, pairing the RTL/DPG Media service’…

• Bundesliga Places UK and Ireland Live Rights With Jamie Vardy’s Creator-Led Network

  Bundesliga Places UK and Ireland Live Rights With Jamie Vardy’s Creator-Led Network Banijay Entertainment agreed a deal with the Bundesliga to livestream matches in the UK and Ireland, plus archive ac…

• Disney Signs Creator Content Deal With Dhar Mann Studios, Starting With 20-Episode Order

  Disney Signs Creator Content Deal With Dhar Mann Studios, Starting With 20-Episode Order Disney struck a deal with Dhar Mann Studios - the YouTube-native producer with 27.5 million YouTube subscribers…