 The White Paper Series Launches with Digital-Shift: Spring/Summer 2026—Spotlight on North America & Western Europe
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Understanding The New Screen Economy
The pace of change in the media business today is unrelenting. From consumption habits to monetization models to the technology underpinning everything. Change is the only constant, and figuring out how to understand that principle and adapt to it was the thinking behind the launch of ScreenMDM's White Paper Series.
We are not here to give you audience numbers or revenue projections, but rather to share case studies on how execs are making the most of disruption and transformation to chart new paths for their businesses.
Digital-Shift: Spring/Summer 2026 focuses largely on North America and Western Europe, exploring how various sectors of the ecosystem are adapting, from free-TV broadcasters to pay-TV channels, niche SVOD services to IP owners and distributors. At the heart of it is the ecosystem reshaping everything: the creator economy and social video.
You’ll see some recurring themes across this report. Fragmentation, fandom, being multiplatform in distribution and creation, and constant optimization. In this White Paper, we aim to distill what those things mean in practice, drawing on insights from the executives who are figuring them out every day. From panels and keynotes at global content summits to dozens of interviews and countless news stories, this White Paper features practical intelligence for making sense of this new screen economy.
The report is available for just US$129. We have discount codes for the experts quoted and for indie one- to two-person operations. Email me if you fall into either of those categories! ScreenMDM Club members—your free copy is being emailed to you. If you missed it, let me know! ScreenMDM Extra subscribers also have their own discount code; check your Substack app, and again, if you didn't get it, please do get in touch.
Across 90 pages, the report features expert insights from 60-plus sources, organized into thematic sections. Bookmarked so you can easily find what you need, and it's printable. We hope it's a resource you return to as you make sense of the ever-evolving business of creating, producing, and distributing content.
(If you're not yet a subscriber, you'll also be signed up to ScreenMDM Daily. Unsubscribe at any time, but we hope you won't!)
What's Inside
Legacy Shifts: How free and pay channels are shifting their businesses.
- A+E Global Media
- Bedrock
- Blue Ant Media
- CME
- CNA
- Euronews
- France 24
- Freely
- Impresa
- ITV
- MTV
- NewsWorld
- RTL AdAlliance
- RTP
- RTVE
- Sky
- TF1
- Virgin Media
- Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
The Other SVODs: Niche Streamer Wins
- BritBox
- Crunchyroll
- Viaplay
YouTube on YouTube: With insights from
- Alex Piper, EP, Sports & Creator Content
- Kim Larson, Global MD & Head, Creators
- Pedro Pina, VP, EMEA
IP Owners
- Banijay
- BBC Studios
- Bell-Phillip Television Productions
- Fremantle
- ITV Studios
- Shaftesbury
- Sony Pictures Television International Production
- The Mediapro Group
The Optimizers Making Sense of Social Video
- Chronicle Studios
- Dubhub
- GloMotion Studios/WinnieWood
- Likewise Media Consultants
- Little Dot Studios
- Merzigo
- TeamFalco
- We Are Era
CTV Battles: The AVOD & FAST Platforms
- Roku Media
- Rakuten TV
- Samsung TV Plus
- Tubi
- TCL
- wedotv
The New Studios
- CrunchLabs
- Dhar Mann Studios
- Dude Perfect
- Electrify
- Sidemen
Purchase the 90-page report now.
If you've got questions about this report and the ones we have lined up in the coming months—digital trends in "emerging" markets, vertical video, sports, factual, formats, and kids—do get in touch.
—Mansha Daswani