Mansha Daswani

Advertisers should be embracing VOD and FAST platforms in their bid to reach younger and more diverse audiences, over half of which are not watching traditional cable TV, per Samba TV's latest State of Viewership report.

Wonya Lucas will step down as president and CEO of Hallmark Media at the end of this year.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has sealed a new agreement with J:COM in Japan, significantly expanding their joint-venture partnership.

Direct-to-consumer revenues were a bright spot in Paramount's Q2 results, rising 40 percent while overall revenues slipped by 2 percent to $7.6 billion.

RTL Group's revenues in the first half of this year were down 5.1 percent to €3.1 billion ($3.4 billion) as a result of a challenging ad market, particularly in Germany.

Fox Corporation reported stable Q4 revenues of $3.03 billion, as gains in affiliate fees helped to offset a decline in advertising revenues.

Lionsgate is set to acquire Entertainment One (eOne) from Hasbro for $500 million.

Total revenues at Warner Bros. Discovery in the second quarter were down 4 percent ex-FX to $10.4 billion, with the company reporting a reduction in global direct-to-consumer subs.

The inaugural FAST Festival took a deep dive into the FAST space, covering every sector of the emerging landscape.

The Southeast Asian SVOD base grew by just 7,000 in the first half of this year, a significant slowdown following the 7 million net new additions in the second half of last year and 3.7 million in the first half of 2022, according to new Media Partners Asia (MPA) data.