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Ted Sarandos wants investors (and regulators!) to know: Netflix is facing more competition than ever, and the competition is only getting more fierce. It’s a message that appears honed for battle, should regulators in the U.S. or Europe try to…

The CoSTAR Foresight Lab has been assessing the opportunities, challenges and biggest future-facing impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Creative Industries across a broad range of outputs, frameworks, and methodologies. AI is no longer a future consideration for the…

Netflix has been testing new vertical video features, which it plans to roll out later in 2026.  Speaking on its earnings call Tuesday, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said the streamer had already been featuring a vertical video feed in the…

Ever since its $83 billion deal for the studio, investors have been concerned that the acquisition confuses what has so far been a more focused stock and growth story. It’s been more than a month since Netflix, run by co-CEOs…

Launched in 2023, few physical markets have come together so fast as Miami’s Content Americas. Attendance stood at 2,278 delegates in 2025. This year, all exhibition space has sold out.  Yet just as it has fast consolidated as the No.…

Over one million admissions have been delivered to cinemas across Aotearoa this summer, according to Val Morgan. The latest data, from audience measurement tool CineTAM, covers December 19 to January 11 and shows admissions are up +45% on the same…

Six months. A 17 percent dip in entertainment employment in the L.A. area. Billions in estimated economic activity lost to the state of California. Could it happen again? Three years after the double writers and actors strikes rocked Hollywood, it’s…

UK multi-channel broadcaster UKTV will double down on its YouTube and social media strategy after posting record ratings and audience share figures during 2025. Last year marked the company’s strongest year to date across social media, with UKTV’s social team…