Jamie Stalcup

Cineverse has acquired Giant Worldwide, a global media services provider serving leading Hollywood studios and streaming platforms, to integrate it into its AI-powered media supply chain platform, Matchpoint.

One day after Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors urged its shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $30-per-share all-cash offer, Paramount has opted not to amend its proposal, reasserting that it is “superior” to WBD’s existing agreement with Netflix.

A recap of the biggest media stories of 2025.

New research from Parks Associates has found that 61 percent of U.S. internet households use their smart TVs as their primary streaming video devices, continuing a shift away from streaming media players, gaming consoles and other connected devices.

Telenet Group has sold its entire stake in Caviar, which is now owned by Bert Hamelinck, Mathias Coppens and Michael Sagol, investment fund Axio Together Fund and entrepreneur Jurgen Ingels.

NBCUniversal has sold out of its 2026 Olympic Games ad inventory, setting a new Winter Olympics ad sales record one month before the start of the event.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors has sent a letter to shareholders unanimously recommending that they reject Paramount’s latest tender offer, amended on December 22.

FOX Entertainment Studios has signed a multiyear first-look scripted and overall unscripted deal with Tracee Ellis Ross and her Joy Mill Entertainment.

Peacock will be the first streaming platform to integrate Dolby Laboratories’ full suite of advanced picture and sound innovations to its portfolio of blockbuster movies, originals and live sports and events.

UKTV and Channel 4 have signed a deal that has made the U streaming service available via Channel 4 streaming.