Monday Memo: “What Matters Next” For Radio?
Kate O’Neill’s new book *What Matters Next* argues that AI is not the primary disruptor for radio; human behavior is. The author contends that stations that stay relentlessly human—curious, adaptive, and empathetic—will thrive, while those that double‑down on automation risk sameness. AI should be used to clear routine tasks, enabling broadcasters to focus on storytelling, community connection, and hyper‑local content. The book warns that the gap between early adopters and laggards will widen.
Regular Show Returns to Cartoon Network & HBO Max
Cartoon Network and HBO Max will premiere *Regular Show: The Lost Tapes*, a half‑hour reboot special, on May 11. The project is led by original creator JG Quintel, alongside executive producers Sean Szeles and Sam Register, and features a voice cast that...
Asia’s Sports Media Confab Pitches Its Tent in Singapore
Sportel Asia 2026 convened in Singapore, gathering rights‑holders, broadcasters, streaming platforms and tech vendors for two days of deal‑making. Sessions highlighted soaring rights fees, the surge of streaming services, and the fragmentation of Asian audiences. The agenda also tackled piracy’s...
UEFA Considering Streaming Games on Its Own Global Streamer
UEFA is exploring a league‑owned global streaming service for Champions League matches, targeting a pilot in Asian markets next year and a broader rollout by 2027. The concept echoes Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez’s free‑to‑air vision from the failed Super...
Marshals Episode 4 References One Of Yellowstone's Most Heartbreaking Moments
Paramount’s “Marshals” season 1 episode 4 pays homage to a poignant moment from “Yellowstone” season 5, where John Dutton delivered a compassionate farewell to Emmett Walsh’s widow. In the episode, Kayce Dutton and Pete Calvin retrieve a crashed helicopter’s victims, and Kayce recalls...
Hub: Streamers Find Differentiating Their Platforms to Consumers a Challenge
Amid accelerating media consolidation, Hub Entertainment Research finds U.S. consumers struggling to differentiate streaming services. Confidence in major SVOD brands fell in 2026, with declines ranging from 1% for Hulu and Prime Video to 5% for Apple TV. Around two‑thirds...
Producer, Podcasts (Women’s Sports)
Sinclair Broadcast Group is hiring a Producer to launch a women’s soccer‑focused podcast as part of its expanding digital sports portfolio. The role will oversee end‑to‑end production, content strategy, talent coordination, and monetization across audio, video, and social platforms. Candidates...
Ultra-Local Free Newspapers Are Flourishing in the Jura Region of Switzerland Despite the Media Crisis
Clement Charles has launched his third ultra‑local free newspaper, La Gazette de Moutier, in Switzerland’s Jura region, adding to L’Ajoie Magazine and La Vallée Magazine. The papers are printed in runs of 5,200‑6,000 copies and delivered to every mailbox in their...
All3Media Seals Pre-Sale of Secret Service to Movistar Plus+ in Spain
All3Media International has secured a robust slate of pre‑sales for the espionage thriller *Secret Service*, produced by Potboiler Productions. The series will debut on ITV1 and ITVX in the UK this spring and will premiere exclusively on Spain’s Movistar Plus+....
Banijay Entertainment Unveils Strong Premium Scripted Slate for Series Mania
Banijay Entertainment announced a premium scripted slate at Series Mania in Lille, highlighting a diverse lineup that spans the UK, Europe and global streaming platforms. The slate features high‑profile dramas such as *A Woman of Substance*, *Falling* by BAFTA‑winner Jack...
Ligue 1+: French Football League Losing Hundreds of Millions to Piracy
French football officials report that 59% of fans watched Ligue 1 matches via illegal streams this season, costing the league’s Ligue 1+ platform and partner BeIN Sports hundreds of millions of euros. The loss follows the collapse of the LFP’s...
Roku Announces A Fix To A Major Bug That Made Using Your Antenna For Free ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC...
Roku announced a forthcoming software update to fix a bug that forced Roku TV users to have an active internet connection to access over‑the‑air (OTA) channels via an antenna. Recent OS changes merged OTA broadcasts with streaming listings in the...
Nomono Unveils Audio/Video Sync at SXSW to Expand Into a Full-Stack Creator Workflow
Nomono announced Audio/Video Sync within its Studio Cloud platform, letting creators capture professional‑grade microphone audio and automatically align it with video footage. The cloud‑based tool applies AI‑driven sound enhancement, then exports a distribution‑ready video with studio‑quality audio. Targeting the rapidly...
How to Use Brand Safety Tools to Protect Your Brand’s Reputation
Brand safety has expanded in 2026 from merely protecting paid ads to monitoring organic content, social conversations, influencer activity, and data compliance. The rise of fragmented news sources, generative AI, and platform rule volatility increases reputational risk. Tools such as...
YouTube Viewership Trends From Official Broadcasters, Creators and Fans During the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics generated massive YouTube activity, drawing over 500 million unique viewers who logged more than 20 billion minutes (about 330 million hours) of watchtime. Official broadcasters such as NBCUniversal, Eurosport, CBC, the Japan Consortium and the IOC’s @Olympics channel supplied...
First Shoppable TV Series ‘Bring My Pinterest to Life’ in UK
Pinterest debuted its first shoppable TV series, "Bring My Pinterest to Life," on Roku’s free channel in the UK, US, Canada and Mexico. The six‑episode lifestyle show transforms users' inspiration boards into real‑world makeovers while embedding QR codes that link...
BAFTA TV Awards Sets Host for 2026 Ceremony
Comedian Greg Davies, famed for hosting Taskmaster, has been confirmed as the host of the BAFTA Television Awards on May 10, 2026, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. This marks his first stint leading the ceremony, succeeding Alan Cumming,...
IBEW Calls for Scrutiny of Skydance-CBS Layoffs and Proposed CNN Merger
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) has publicly demanded greater transparency after Skydance Media’s merger with CBS triggered a second round of layoffs and the shutdown of CBS News Radio. The union warned that the rapid changes, announced only...
The Atlantic Takes Its Journalism to Sea in Three-Year Cruise Ship Partnership
The Atlantic has struck a three‑year partnership with luxury cruise line Seabourn, embedding its writers, editorial programming, and subscription access aboard the line’s voyages starting this fall. The deal combines advertising, sponsorship, and a subscription enablement model, culminating in a...
NDTV Alumni's Frammer AI Wins ABS-CBN, Ousts Wildmoka
Frammer AI, founded by former NDTV executives in 2023, has secured a deal with ABS‑CBC, one of Asia's largest media groups. The partnership replaces the long‑standing European platform Wildmoka, consolidating ABS‑CBC's live and edited video workflows under Frammer's AI‑driven system....
Google Ads Are Showing Identical Website Stats Across Multiple Advertisers
A pattern has emerged where multiple Google Ads display identical website statistics across competing advertisers. The uniform stats, normally unique per site, raise concerns about a possible bug, test, or intentional change in Google’s ad platform. The anomaly was first...
MediaWise Launches Teen Creator Network with $300,000 Grant From Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
MediaWise, the Poynter Institute’s media‑literacy arm, announced the Teen Creator Network, a new program for U.S. creators aged 13‑20. Funded by a $300,000 grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, the initiative will teach media literacy, journalism ethics, responsible AI use,...
Why Volumetric 3D Is Finally Ready for Broadcast
Dynamic volumetric 3D has long been hampered by inefficient mesh compression, preventing real‑time broadcast deployment. An ISO‑backed Video‑based Dynamic Mesh Compression (V‑DMC) standard now encodes changing 3D detail as 2D video frames, leveraging existing video codecs and GPU acceleration. The...
CNN Is Merging With CBS News In A Move That Will Transform Both Companies
Paramount Skydance has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $77 billion per share, valuing the combined company at roughly $110 billion after debt. The transaction places CNN and CBS News under the same corporate roof for the first time, opening the door to...
What’s The Story With Crookhaven?
BBC Studios Kids & Family has debuted "Crookhaven", an eight‑part drama that reimagines a secret school for young thieves as a family‑friendly adventure. Adapted from J.J. Arcanjo’s five‑book YA series, the show follows pickpocket prodigy Gabriel and rival Penelope as...
Tina Feys First Ever SNL UK Monologue Features some Big Surprise Guests
Tina Fey hosted the inaugural episode of Saturday Night Live UK, delivering a monologue that addressed audience skepticism about an American leading the British version. The show featured surprise appearances by Michael Cera and Graham Norton, who joined Fey onstage...
LinkedIn Outperforms All B2B Ad Platforms: Dreamdata
Dreamdata’s 2026 LinkedIn Benchmarks Report reveals LinkedIn is the only B2B advertising platform delivering a positive return on ad spend, posting a 121% ROAS. The platform now commands 41% of B2B paid‑social budgets, outpacing Google Search (67% ROAS) and Meta...
Google Folds Gemini Deeper Into DV360 to Automate Media Planning and Buying
Google is embedding its Gemini AI model as the core operating layer of Display & Video 360, turning the DSP into an automated media buyer. Marketers can now upload a media plan and have Gemini generate a complete campaign setup, streamlining...
YouTube Launches Gemini-Powered Creator Partnerships With AI Matching
YouTube has rebranded its BrandConnect tool as Creator Partnerships and infused it with Google’s Gemini AI to automate brand‑creator matchmaking. The service is now embedded in YouTube Studio, Google Ads and the DV360 demand‑side platform, letting advertisers use natural‑language queries...
Call for Listings in Campaign’s Saudi Report 2026
Campaign Middle East has opened listings for its sixth Saudi Report, slated for publication in May 2026. The directory will feature free basic listings and paid half‑page, full‑page, or double‑page options, with submission deadlines of April 7 for basic entries and...
GoWit & Futura DDB Form Exclusive Retail Media Partnership in the Adriatic
GoWit and Futura DDB have announced an exclusive retail‑media partnership covering Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Macedonia. The deal combines GoWit’s AI‑first omnichannel commerce platform with Futura DDB’s regional creative and market expertise, delivering a unified dashboard for multi‑market campaign...
TV’s Training Offerings for Agencies Are “Outdated for the Modern Market” – Buy-Side View with Anything Is Possible’s Matt Towle
Matt Towle, head of broadcast at Anything is Possible, argues that traditional TV training programs are outdated and can’t keep pace with the modern CTV ecosystem. He notes that CTV is democratizing video advertising, allowing brands with budgets as low...
Amazon MX Player Rolls Out Free Micro-Drama Platform Fatafat
Amazon MX Player has launched Fatafat, a free micro‑drama platform delivering short, serialised episodes for mobile‑first audiences in India. The service spans romance, thriller, drama and youth‑focused stories, differentiating itself by offering content at no cost. A high‑profile campaign starring...
Tech Giants Cough up as ASA Seeks Funding Overhaul
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is overhauling its funding model after decades of reliance on legacy media agencies. A new taskforce, backed by Google and Meta, will design a sustainable financing framework to match the digital‑first ad market that...
Inside the Crisis Facing Local TV News: Layoffs, Consolidation and Shrinking Ratings
Local TV news is in crisis as Nexstar Media Group slashes staff, including longtime KTLA anchors, amid plummeting ratings. Streaming now captures more than 40% of U.S. viewing, pulling ad dollars away from traditional broadcasts. The industry is turning to...
How Channel Surfer Turns YouTube Into a Classic Linear TV Experience
London developer Steven Irby launched ChannelSurfer.tv, a web‑based electronic programme guide that repackages YouTube feeds into a classic linear TV experience. The static Next.js site runs on Cloudflare, uses PartyKit and daily GitHub Actions to refresh a curated list of...
Analysis: HBO Max Is Most Widely Bundled Streaming Service
Ampere Analysis reports that HBO Max holds the largest bundling footprint among streaming services in 20 major markets, partnering with 60 unique providers and appearing in 303 packages. The service’s bundling strength is especially pronounced in Central and South America...
The More Nigerians Stream, the Less Their Favourite Artists Earn From Spotify
Nigerian artists have earned over ₦143 billion ($105 million) from Spotify since 2023, reaching ₦60 billion in 2025. While total revenue rose sharply in 2024, growth stalled to just 3.45% year‑over‑year in 2025 as streams shifted toward the domestic market. Local consumption jumped...
Azerion Promotes ‘Leading DOOH Specialist’ Rebecca Callaghan to Head of Out-of-Home
Azerion has created a new Head of Out‑of‑Home role and promoted Rebecca Callaghan, a recognized DOOH specialist, to lead it. Callaghan brings more than a decade of experience across traditional and programmatic OOH, including prior stints at Yahoo, JCDecaux and...
Movistar’s Anti-Piracy Measures Blocking Legit Streams
Spain’s anti‑piracy crackdown, led by LaLiga, relies on IP‑blocking to stop illegal football streams. Movistar’s implementation on March 22 blocked about 145 IP addresses, including those of major cloud providers, causing widespread service outages that persisted into the following morning. The...
Microdramas Clock $300 Mn Revenue in a Year; RMG Users Shift to Offshore Betting Apps
India’s interactive media market, now worth $13.8 billion, is being reshaped by microdramas, which generated $300 million in revenue, 450 million downloads and 100 million monthly active users in their first year. The format is projected to expand to a $4.5 billion market by 2030,...
Vocento Unlocks Advertising Inventory Value with Opti Digital Demand Hub
Vocento, Spain's leading regional press group, partnered with ad‑tech firm Opti Digital to deploy its Demand Hub solution. The platform adds an AI‑driven, attention‑based demand layer that serves high‑impact social display ads only when they enter the user’s viewport. This...
ClippaPay Launches Africa’s First Creator-Powered Content Creation, Clipping Distribution & UGC Affiliate Platform
ClippaPay has launched Africa’s first creator‑powered platform that links brands with influencers through three distinct earning models: UGC creation, video clipping, and performance‑based affiliate marketing. The service lets brands post campaigns, receive creator bids, and pay on approval, while clippers...
POSSE – Publish on Your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
POSSE (Publish on Your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) is a content strategy that prioritizes publishing first on a personal website before distributing copies or links to third‑party platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Mastodon, and others. The model enhances ownership, canonical...
Creative Agencies Are Quietly Moving Everything Into Air — Here's Why You Should Too
Creative operations platform Air announced its biggest update yet, rolling out a context layer, AI agents, and a canvas to streamline asset management and on‑brand automation. The platform, already used by over 250,000 users at 3,000 firms including Google and...
Liqvd Asia Bags Four New Mandates
Indian agency Liqvd Asia announced four new client mandates—Origami, Kasturi Foods, Sama.live and Woodland—adding roughly ₹35 crore (about $4.2 million) to its future business pipeline. The engagements cover integrated marketing communications, creative and media services, brand narrative building, and digital storytelling across...
Online Publishers Mount Fightback Against Social Giants
Ozone, a collaborative ad platform built by leading UK publishers, now reaches 42% of the UK population weekly and 66% of the US population monthly, rivaling Instagram and surpassing TikTok. The network claims 228 million global monthly users and delivers over...
KIIS Expected Me to Berate Henderson, Sandilands Tells Court
Controversial radio host Kyle Sandilands has filed a Federal Court claim seeking to overturn ARN's termination of his $100 million (≈$66 million) KI & S contract. The filing reveals a $7.4 million (≈$4.9 million) base salary, $120,000 (≈$79,000) flight allowance, $500,000 (≈$330,000) advertising budget and $2 million...
Agentic AI Commerce May Spell the End of Internet Ads: A16z Crypto
a16z Crypto warns that autonomous AI agents could replace traditional online advertising, reshaping the internet’s economic model. The article notes the $291 billion ad market in 2025 may erode as agents shop without distraction. Platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini already offer...
5, Pluto TV Announce Snooker Simulcast Partnership
5 and Pluto TV have forged a simulcast partnership to air two senior snooker events – the John Virgo Trophy on April 11‑12 and the World Seniors Snooker Championship on May 6‑10. Both tournaments will be streamed live on Pluto TV, with...