Jamie Stalcup

The Center for Industry Self-Regulation has launched the Institute for Responsible Influence, with its first initiative being a U.S. creator certification program built to elevate transparency, strengthen accountability, empower creators and foster trusted brand partnerships.

AMC Networks has relaunched Sundance Now as an algorithm-free streaming destination for bringing indie films directly into viewers’ homes straight after their theatrical runs, alongside a library of curated titles, first-run premieres and exclusive content.

MIP LONDON’s Creator Economy program, set across February 23 and 24, will feature a mainstage keynote from Evan Shapiro, panels on the role creators in driving audience growth and how premium digital content is commissioned and scaled, a roundtable on building sustainable growth with creator-led content and much more.

Paramount Skydance Corporation has filed preliminary proxy materials with the SEC and extended its deadline for Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders to tender their shares to the company from January 21 to February 20.

Samsung TV Plus has started 2026 with over 100 million monthly active users globally, with streaming hours increasing 25 percent year-over-year in 2025.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, Netflix saw revenues rise 17.6 percent year-over-year to $12.05 billion.

Fremantle has hired Lydia Goomansingh, formerly senior director of commercial content at Paramount, as senior VP of commercial and global branded entertainment.

Rakuten TV Enterprise, the B2B brand of Rakuten TV, has aligned with ID5 to enhance addressability and measurement across Rakuten TV’s CTV inventory.

Radial Entertainment has appointed Fremantle alum James Meyer to the newly created position of senior VP of international sales and distribution.

Channel 4 has appointed BAFTA-winning showrunner and TV executive Sarah Dillistone to lead its in-house production business in a newly created position.