Omdia: Amazon, Netflix, & Google to Capture Half of CTV Ad Market by 2030
The CTV advertising sector will be worth $81 billion by 2030, Omdia projects, surging from last year's $44 billion, with Google, Amazon, and Netflix expected to capture half of that market.
Disney+ to Stream Live Nation Music Festivals Internationally
Disney+ is joining Hulu to live stream Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits Music Festival, bringing coverage of the popular Live Nation festivals to its users worldwide.
HBO Max Launches Podcasts in Europe
HBO Max has expanded its podcast efforts to Europe, beginning today with Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast, hosted by film critic and broadcaster Rhianna Dhillon.
ChaiFlicks Partners with Reboot Studios
Reboot Studios, the creative production arm of the Jewish arts and culture nonprofit Reboot, has clinched a partnership with streamer ChaiFlicks for content rooted in driving forward contemporary Jewish storytelling.
New Leadership Appointments at ITV Studios’ Boom
Siân O'Callaghan has joined ITV Studios' Welsh label Boom as managing director, with Louise Allen and Rachel Evans tapped as creative directors.
CME Developing Two Social Purpose Productions
CME has revealed a new initiative to create socially impactful content for its entire footprint, greenlighting two for development: a doc about cervical cancer for Bulgaria and a digital-first series about anxiety among millennials and Gen Z for Croatia.
Channel 4 Pulls MAFS UK Amid Assault Allegations
Channel 4 has removed all previous seasons of Married at First Sight UK from its streaming and linear services following abuse allegations by former participants.
SPT Takes Majority Stake in Alex Baskin’s 32 Flavors
Sony Pictures Television has picked up a majority stake in 32 Flavors, Alex Baskin's non-scripted outfit that makes Vanderpump Rules, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Real Housewives of Orange County, and The Valley.
Hearst Networks Commissions Live Stream Killer for Crime+Investigation
Hearst Networks has commissioned a documentary about the murder of Natalie McNally and the role of technology in how crimes are committed and concealed, co-producing with Krempelwood and Longwave Studios for its Crime+Investigation channel.
Channel 4 Prebuys Two Colorized History Docs from Woodcut Media
Hitler’s Games: Berlin 1936 in Color and The Space Race in Color from Woodcut Media have been presold to Channel 4.
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Gen A to Z: Sofia the First’s Magical Return with Craig Gerber
ScreenMDM Talks welcomed Craig Gerber, EP and creator of Sofia the First: Royal Magic, to reflect on why now was a good time to bring the young princess back, eight years after the original series ended.
Studio 100 International to Rep Gaumont Animation’s Living Wild
Studio 100 International has secured the worldwide distribution rights to Living Wild, a 2D-animated comedy for the 6-to-11 set from Gaumont Animation for France Télévisions and RAI.
Madgic Expands Reach of Lana Longbeard
Lana Longbeard, a 2D-animated comedy distributed by Madgic Distribution, co-produced by its Zephyr Animation outfit and Copernicus Studios in Canada, has been picked up by several broadcasters worldwide.
ScreenMDM Kids/YA Special Edition: Licensing Expo
Recapping the L&M deals that made news ahead of Licensing Expo. Sign up for ScreenMDM Kids/YA here.
Meevee is Ditching Algorithms for Intentional Viewing / Erika Vogt-Lowell on Edye’s Edge with Spanish-Speaking Kids / Built-In Fandoms: Inside WEBTOON Productions’ Adaptation Playbook / The IP Advantage / Tween & YA Appeal / YouTube Deals & Netflix Games / People in the News. Sign up for ScreenMDM Kids/YA here.
LatAm’s New Content Playbook: Vertical, Local, Exportable
Executives from some of the region’s biggest broadcasters and platforms talk vertical, legacy IP, and backing stories that will travel.
The Banijay Blueprint for Scale, Impact & Engagement
From live experiences and sports to creator economy deals and vertical series rollouts, Banijay Group is scaling its footprint across the entire “economy of creation.”
European Commissioning Trends on Global Streamers
Insights on what’s driving the European content slates at HBO Max, Disney+, and Prime Video.
Japan’s Rising Soft Power
From the booming anime business to non-scripted format rollouts, co-productions, development deals, and manga adaptations, Japan is exerting its influence as a cultural powerhouse.
June Lineup: Market- and Genre-Focused Coverage for NEM, Annecy, PUSH, APOS & Sunny Side of the Doc
Each strand runs across vodcasts, columns, one-on-one conversations, and trend pieces. Market-pegged and running throughout the year, the intelligence you need, when you need it.
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Behind The Season: The Making of a Global Co-Pro with Marialy Rivas
As Fremantle lands at the LA Screenings with The Season, a buzzy new co-production from PCCW Media and SK Global premiering on Viu and Hulu this summer, the show's lead director and EP, Marialy Rivas, talks visual storytelling, global collaboration, and the joys of the Hong Kong backdrop in the new series from the makers of Crazy Rich Asians.
Mallorca Diaries: The Magic of CONECTA with Géraldine Gonard and Alexander Keil
Inside Content’s Géraldine Gonard and independent producer Alexander Keil preview the tenth edition of the well-regarded CONECTA event, convening in Mallorca later this month.
The SwitchScreen: Philip James McGoldrick’s Vertical Leap with Tattle TV
Tattle TV's Philip James McGoldrick joins ScreenMDM Talks to weigh in on reformatting library titles for the scrolling generation, empowering creators, and embracing AI to drive new forms of artistic expression.
Gen A to Z: Erika Vogt-Lowell on Edye’s Edge with Spanish-Speaking Kids
Our latest Gen A to Z episode of ScreenMDM Talks welcomes Erika Vogt-Lowell, VP of content at HITN, to talk about meeting the educational and entertainment needs of Spanish-language preschoolers at Edye, an SVOD platform that has expanded well beyond its U.S. Hispanic roots as it turns seven, with a footprint that runs across Latin America.
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