M&A deal activity in the U.S. media sector fell 19 percent in the first half of this year compared to the second half of 2019, according to PwC, but digital and telco assets are still proving to be attractive assets amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

CBS All Access and CBS Sports will serve as the exclusive English-language homes in the U.S. of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League through 2024.

NBCUniversal's new streaming service, Peacock, has sealed a deal with ViacomCBS for a raft of movies and TV shows, among them The Godfather trilogy, Ray Donovan and The Affair.

The churn rate among OTT services in the U.S. rose from 35 percent in Q1 2019 to 41 percent in Q1 2020, according to Parks Associates.

New data from Strategy Analytics indicates that the surge in SVOD numbers seen at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. was not sustained once stay-at-home measures eased.

Between April 2019 and April 2020, the number of OTT homes in the U.S. rose by 5.2 million, according to Comscore's 2020 State of OTT report.

SVOD platforms have benefited from customers taking up new services during the COVID-19 pandemic, but churn rates have also accelerated, according to Deloitte.

Just six months since its launch, Disney+ has made it into the top five SVOD services in the U.S. with take-up in 25 percent of U.S. broadband homes, according to Parks Associates.

More than 50 percent of adults in U.S. homes say they are watching more TV during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey by Leichtman Research Group.

Just as SVOD operators are seeing increased usage during COVID-19 stay-at-home measures, U.S. cable platforms are reporting gains in on-demand viewership, according to The Diffusion Group (TDG).