Premium VOD Revenues in Japan Rose 15% in 2025
Premium VOD revenues in Japan rose 15% to $7.2 billion in 2025, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA), with SVOD subscribers (including YouTube Premium) reaching 67.9 million.
ScreenMDM Unveils New Themed Thought-Leadership Strands
ScreenMDM is launching a new lineup of curated editorial strands—theme-focused, running year-round across audio, video, and written content—designed to deliver the industry insights, case studies, and trend analysis that matter to your business.
ZDF Studios Sends 1,200-Hour Scripted Package to TV2 Hungary
TV2 in Hungary has acquired a sweeping package of scripted programming from ZDF Studios, landing free, pay, and VOD rights for some 1,200 hours.
Prime Video Slates April Global Rollout for The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits, the first Spanish-language television adaptation of the Isabel Allende novel, will land on Prime Video's global footprint this April.
Banijay Entertainment Unveils New Music Format
Produced by Endemol Shine Germany for ProSieben and Joyn, Staying Alive is a new music format from Banijay Entertainment that uses technology to enable current artists to perform duets with the likes of Elvis Presley and Freddie Mercury.
Netflix Sets Multiyear Unscripted Pact with MEGUMI in Japan
Netflix has entered into a multi-year exclusive unscripted agreement with MEGUMI in Japan following the success of her first reality project with the platform, Badly in Love.
Content Creator Shabaz Ali to Lead BBC Three & iPlayer Series
Popular U.K. TikTok content creator Shabaz Ali will lead a special for BBC Three and iPlayer, Shabaz Asks: Are Billionaires Bad?, marking his TV debut.
Fremantle UK Pacts with Premier League Star Eberechi Eze’s Flowstate
Fremantle UK is working with Flowstate, the newly launched creative agency founded by Arsenal player Eberechi Eze, for a slate of premium entertainment, factual, and brand-funded content.
Traitors UK Winner Lands BBC Two Doc
Television personality Harry Clark, who rose to fame after winning season two of The Traitors in the U.K., is on a mission to meet the Pope in a new one-hour documentary commissioned from CTVC by BBC Two and iPlayer.
Single’s Inferno Gets Sixth Season at Netflix Korea
Single’s Inferno has become Netflix's longest-running Korean unscripted original, landing a sixth season renewal.
Gen A to Z: Reinventing the Model with Animaj’s Greg Dray
Animaj Co-Founder Greg Dray joins ScreenMDM to discuss how the company is driving new models across the production, development, and monetization of kids’ and family content, including through its landmark Lumee joint venture with Hasbro Entertainment.
Serious Kids Lands Cloth Cat-Produced Holiday Special
The Ghost of Midwinter, an animated holiday special from Cardiff-based Cloth Cat, has been taken on for worldwide (excluding Wales) representation by Serious Kids.
Gen A to Z: WildBrain’s Kate Smith on Audience Engagement Tactics
“We are the kids’ TV network of today,” Kate Smith, EVP for audience engagement at WildBrain, told me as we discussed how the kids’ and family powerhouse has harnessed opportunities on YouTube.
Gen A to Z: It’s a Bing Thing with Acamar Films’ Mikael Shields
Mikael Shields, CEO of Acamar Films, shares Bing’s success story, discussing how the brand has scaled its digital and off-screen presence and steering the indie through the complex kids’ media ecosystem.
Gen A to Z: Unlocking Value with VIEWED’s Terence Mbulaheni
Terence Mbulaheni, who runs the digital agency VIEWED, weighs in on monetizing legacy kids' content on YouTube and best practices for engaging young viewers on the platform.
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