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January 28, 2021 Top Stories

NBCUniversal Revenues Down in Q4

January 28, 2021

Comcast Corporation's fourth-quarter revenues slipped by 2.4 percent to $27.7 billion, while NBCUniversal's were down 18.1 percent to $7.5 billion.

January 27, 2021 Top Stories

WarnerMedia Q4 Revenues Down by 9.5 Percent

January 27, 2021

Fourth-quarter revenues at WarnerMedia fell by 9.5 percent to $8.6 billion, with a decline at Warner Bros. partially offset by gains at HBO.

January 20, 2021 Top Stories

Naver Acquires Wattpad

January 20, 2021

South Korean internet giant Naver, which owns the global digital comics platform WEBTOON, is acquiring Wattpad in a cash and stock deal valued at more than $600 million.

January 20, 2021 Analysis, Top Stories

Netflix Tops 200 Million Subs

January 20, 2021

Netflix added 8.5 million net subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing its total membership base to 203.65 million.

January 7, 2021 Top Stories

2020: The Year in Review

January 7, 2021

World Screen Newsflash looks back at some of last year's biggest media stories.

December 21, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

Record Growth for SVOD Subs in Q3

December 21, 2020

In the third quarter of this year, the number of global SVOD subscribers rose by 217.6 million, according to Strategy Analytics, the highest increase ever, topping the previous record of 211.7 million in Q4 2018.

December 11, 2020 Top Stories

Disney Ramps Up Streaming Strategy

December 11, 2020

The Walt Disney Company has set new targets for its suite of streaming services, unveiling a raft of new content and an expansion of the Star international brand at its 2020 Investor Day, where it revealed it has topped 137 million paid subs across its portfolio.

December 8, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

GroupM Upgrades 2020, 2021 Forecasts

December 8, 2020

Global ad revenues will be down by 5.8 percent this year, GroupM projects in its latest This Year, Next Year report, an improvement on the June forecast of an 11.9 percent drop in 2020.

December 7, 2020 Analysis, Top Stories

Zenith Projects Faster-Than-Expected Ad Recovery

December 7, 2020

Zenith has revised its advertising forecast for this year, projecting a 7.5 percent decline, an improvement on the company's previous warning of a 9.1 percent drop in 2020.

December 1, 2020 Top Stories

Priya Dogra Talks WarnerMedia AsiaPac Strategy

December 1, 2020

Speaking at ATF Online+, Priya Dogra, the president for EMEA and Asia (excluding China) at WarnerMedia, discussed the company’s recent reorganization, managing through the COVID-19 pandemic and her priorities for 2021.

Mansha Daswani