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TikTok invests $50 million to make Korea launchpad for global trends Doubling creator rewards and expanding pro partnerships, TikTok sets Korea as the springboard for worldwide content waves.

Tubi’s annual cultural insights report has found that streaming remains the most engaging entertainment channel and on-demand streaming holds the highest levels of attention.

A new study from Hub Entertainment Research indicates that sports fans are becoming increasingly frustrated trying to find games as sports rights continue to be spread across more services.

HBO Max has become the most widely bundled streaming service globally, with 60 distribution partnerships in 20 major markets, according to new research from Ampere Analysis.

Three of TV5MONDE’s FAST channels have launched on Plex across Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.

Prime Video India today unveiled a massive slate of original TV shows, feature films and licensed content, as international execs came to town.

In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

Webtoon Entertainment, the parent company of Naver Webtoon, will invest more than 70 billion won this year in discovering new works and supporting creators.

Japan's premium video-on-demand sector achieved $7.2 billion in total revenue during 2025, marking a 15% year-over-year increase, a new report found.

JioHotstar partners with OpenAI to introduce ChatGPT-powered voice and text content discovery for its 450 million monthly users across India.

Prime Video reports that its non-English language movies and series are engaging global audiences more than ever, with an abundance of new titles in the pipeline that were presented at the inaugural Prime Video Presents: International Originals showcase in London.

Roku handily beat Wall Street analysts’ consensus forecast for earnings in the fourth quarter and signaled plans to roll out bundles of premium streaming subscriptions.

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has found that the total catalogue growth of Prime Video, Apple TV, Disney+, Netflix and Paramount+ increased by 20 per cent year-on-year (YoY).

India is positioning itself as a powerhouse in Asia Pacific content investment, projecting a significant rise to 12% of a $22.1 billion market by 2026, with traditional broadcasters and global streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime fueling growth.

While the rise of sports programming in recent years has been well-documented, new figures from Nielsen illustrate the extent of its dominance.

Nielsen, the specialist audience measurement, data and marketing intelligence, has released The 2026 Upfront Planning Guide, which takes an in-depth look at ad supported TV viewership trends across key audience demographics and in sports.

Amazon MGM Studios has tapped Buddy Marini, formerly managing director of Warner Bros. Discovery Japan, as its new head of Japan.

Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service, upon the completion of the merger between Paramount and WBD.

BET+ will be folded into Paramount+ after Paramount has acquired Tyler Perry's equity stake in the BET streamer.

"Verts" will launch on the platform, with vertically-oriented content from the company's vast entertainment catalog, but that is just the beginning.

Premium VOD subscriptions across Southeast Asia jumped 19% to 61 million in 2025, a Media Partners Asia report has found.

The English Premier League has confirmed it will launch its own streaming service in Singapore ahead of the 2026/27 season – and is exploring how it could be eventually rolled out globally if it proves successful.

According to WARC forecasts, the company is on track to win nearly 10 per cent of global connected TV (CTV) ad spend in 2027.

Paramount posted a 2% uptick in total revenue in the fourth quarter, but losses widened during the first full quarter since the Skydance merger.

In Parks Associates’ latest findings, 30 percent of U.S. consumers reported cutting household expenses as the top reason for canceling a streaming service subscription, overtaking content availability as the dominant driver.