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Hollywood Spending In 2026: Big Spending Is Back, But Peak TV Isn’t

Hollywood Spending In 2026: Big Spending Is Back, But Peak TV Isn’t | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Disney and Paramount are upping the ante on original content spending for 2026 — but it’s sports and international content that may reap the benefits.
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Streaming Report Card 2025: How Did The Major Players Fare?

Streaming Report Card 2025: How Did The Major Players Fare? | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

After more than five years of gushing red ink, 2025 was the year when streaming across the board started to turn a profit.

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Creator Economy Ad Spend Projected To Hit $37B This Year – IAB

Creator Economy Ad Spend Projected To Hit $37B This Year – IAB | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
The creator economy ad market will hit $37B this year – four times as fast as the overall media industry, according to an IAB report.
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Survey: Streaming subs seeking more value for money 

Survey: Streaming subs seeking more value for money  | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

More than half of global households (59 per cent) are worried about streaming annual price increases and, crucially, the majority think streaming platform price hikes (58 per cent) are unfair and unreasonable.

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JioHotstar Executives Detail $445 Million South India Strategy

JioHotstar Executives Detail $445 Million South India Strategy | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Indian streaming giant JioHotstar is scaling its South India operations following dramatic audience growth over the past 10 months.
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Amazon's Prime Video Launches AI-Generated Video Recaps

Amazon's Prime Video Launches AI-Generated Video Recaps | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Amazon's AI-generated Video Recaps on Prime Video provide 'comprehensive season recaps' to bring viewers up to speed on their favorite shows.
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Hollywood Spending In 2026: Big Spending Is Back, But Peak TV Isn’t

Hollywood Spending In 2026: Big Spending Is Back, But Peak TV Isn’t | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Disney and Paramount are upping the ante on original content spending for 2026 — but it’s sports and international content that may reap the benefits.
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Disney eyes sports and anime to boost Asia streaming business

Disney eyes sports and anime to boost Asia streaming business | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

It is projected to end 2025 with US$1.4 billion in revenue across the region, excluding India and China, said Media Partners Asia Read more at The Business Times.

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BBC Studios Unifies its Media & Streaming Business in ANZ and Asia Under New APAC Leadership

BBC Studios Unifies its Media & Streaming Business in ANZ and Asia Under New APAC Leadership | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

BBC Studios has announced the formal integration of its media and streaming business in ANZ and Asia under the leadership of Robi Stanton.

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Report: YouTube the priority platform for sports industry

Report: YouTube the priority platform for sports industry | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Sports marketing agency IMG's report has crowned YouTube as the priority platform for the sports industry for the second year running, due to its ability to reach new audiences across a variety of media formats, drive revenue, and deliver audience analytics, followed by Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

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Webtoon Entertainment & WB Animation To Co-Produce Webcomic Adaptations

Webtoon Entertainment & WB Animation To Co-Produce Webcomic Adaptations | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Webtoon Entertainment is set to enter a deal with Warner Bros. Animation to co-produce a slate of 10 fan-favorite Webtoon series for global distribution.

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Comcast Q3 Earnings Report: Peacock Loss, Subscribers Update

Comcast Q3 Earnings Report: Peacock Loss, Subscribers Update | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Peacock, the streaming service of Comcast’s entertainment unit NBCUniversal, narrowed its third-quarter loss to $217 million compared with $436 million in the year-ago period.

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Apple Services Revenue Increases 15% to Hit New Record in September 2025 Quarter

Apple Services Revenue Increases 15% to Hit New Record in September 2025 Quarter | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Tech giant Apple saw a healthy 15% bump in its Services segment, which continues to be its fastest-growing part of the business.

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Japan's Anime Industry Was Worth $25 Billion in 2024

Japan's Anime Industry Was Worth $25 Billion in 2024 | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

The record annual results for Japan's booming anime industry were achieved even before the recent historic success of 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle.

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U.S. Subscription TV & Video Revenue to Reach $190.7 Billion in 2030

U.S. Subscription TV & Video Revenue to Reach $190.7 Billion in 2030 | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Parks Associates is forecasting that total subscription TV and video revenue in the U.S. will rise from $186.5 billion in 2025 to $190.7 billion in 2030.
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2026 TV Advertising Will Suffer Amid Digital Boom

2026 TV Advertising Will Suffer Amid Digital Boom | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Geopolitical pressures and AI concerns still loom, but advertising is predicted to keep growing this year … though it's the tech giants that will reap the rewards.
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Study: Netflix most preferred ad platform among APAC consumers 

Study: Netflix most preferred ad platform among APAC consumers  | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Over half of APAC marketers plan to further increase spending on online video, e-commerce, and influencer content in 2026, according to Kantar Media Reactions 2025.

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Disney Inks Major OpenAI Deal to Bring More Than 200 Characters to Sora Video Platform, Invests $1 Billion in AI Company

Disney Inks Major OpenAI Deal to Bring More Than 200 Characters to Sora Video Platform, Invests $1 Billion in AI Company | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI have reached an agreement for Disney to become the first major content licensing partner on Sora, OpenAI’s short-form generative AI video platform.

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Netflix Acquires Avatar-Creation Company Ready Player Me to Fuel Games

Netflix Acquires Avatar-Creation Company Ready Player Me to Fuel Games | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it
Netflix will soon let customers make their own customized gaming avatars through the acquisition of Ready Player Me, an avatar-creation platform.
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Disney Streaming Subscribers Surge As Execs Hint At AI Plans

Disney Streaming Subscribers Surge As Execs Hint At AI Plans | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Both Disney+ and Hulu saw big subscriber gains as Bob Iger outlines a user-generated content add-on in streaming and execs dismiss M&A plans.

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Prime Video With Ads Reaches 315 Million Monthly Viewers Globally

Prime Video With Ads Reaches 315 Million Monthly Viewers Globally | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

That’s up from 200 million monthly viewers worldwide announced in April 2024 to underline the scale and reach of the Amazon ad-supported streaming platform worldwide.

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TV5MONDE FAST Channels Land on TCL Services

TV5MONDE FAST Channels Land on TCL Services | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

The FAST channels TV5MONDE Chefs, TV5MONDE Info and TV5MONDE Voyage are expanding their reach with a global rollout on TCL Channel and a launch in the U.S. on TCLtv+.

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Sports Rights Will Cause $1B Bump In Disney Content Spending Next Year

Sports Rights Will Cause $1B Bump In Disney Content Spending Next Year | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Disney will be increasing its overall content spending by $1 billion to $24 billion, largely due to growth in sports rights fees including the newly renewed NBA agreement.

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Research: 38% US internet homes subscribe to sports streaming service

Research: 38% US internet homes subscribe to sports streaming service | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Parks Associates has published research revealing that 38 per cent of US internet households subscribe to at least one sports-specific streaming service, up from just 4 per cent in 2019.

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'Superman' Powers Warner Bros. Discovery Earnings

'Superman' Powers Warner Bros. Discovery Earnings | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

The hero of Warner Bros. Discovery‘s third-quarter earnings was Superman, which helped drive its studio business to double-digit growth, but linear TV continues to to be a drag on the company’s bottom line, with TV advertising hit particularly hard.

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Paramount+ Plans Price Hikes As Content Investment Ramps Up

Paramount+ Plans Price Hikes As Content Investment Ramps Up | AVIA OTT NEWSLETTER | Scoop.it

Paramount+ is planning price hikes in the U.S. early next year as the company also ramps up its content investment.

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