Roku Is Expanding Its Instant Resume Feature to More Streaming Services, Getting You Right Back Into Your Show Or Movie...
Roku is rolling out a sweeping update to its app certification criteria, mandating Instant Resume for high‑traffic apps on Roku TVs and Players starting October 1, 2026. The changes also extend Continue Watching to qualifying apps outside the United States and require Deep Linking for all live and on‑demand content. These standards target smoother cross‑device playback, richer navigation, and a more uniform experience for global users. Developers will need to adjust back‑ends to meet new thresholds and deadlines.
Samba TV and TiVo Strike UK CTV Advertising Partnership
Samba TV and TiVo have launched a strategic partnership in the United Kingdom, effective April 1, to combine Samba's cross‑platform audience intelligence with TiVo's owned‑and‑operated CTV inventory. The deal makes TiVo Samba's preferred managed‑service advertising partner and positions Samba as the...
Hulu Orders 50 Cent Documentary Series
Hulu has commissioned a three‑part documentary series that chronicles rapper‑turned‑entrepreneur 50 Cent’s evolution from Queens street hustler to global cultural icon. The untitled series will examine his influence across music, business ventures, and film, offering an intimate portrait of his legacy....
YouTube TV Removes MS Now From Its Website, But It’s Still There if You Want It. Here Is Where You...
Potential subscribers noticed that MS NOW, the rebranded MSNBC, no longer appears on YouTube TV’s public channel list. Despite the omission, the network remains available in any YouTube TV package that includes news, such as the $82.99 comprehensive plan or...
Leyra Selected by RÚV for Smart TV Streaming Rollout
Icelandic public broadcaster RÚV has chosen Leyra's OTT platform for its new smart‑TV streaming service on Samsung and LG devices. Leyra, a joint venture of Accedo and Magine Pro, will deliver live and on‑demand TV and radio with full Icelandic language...
Channel 4 Scraps Bake Off Episode Starring Scott Mills
Channel 4 announced it will not broadcast a Celebrity Great British Bake Off episode featuring DJ Scott Mills, citing the seriousness of historic sexual allegations that led to his BBC dismissal. The network will replace the slot with an alternative celebrity episode. Mills...
MS NOW Names Executive Producers for 4 New Shows
MS NOW announced four new executive producers to lead its upcoming shows launching in June, part of a broader schedule revamp unveiled in March. Patrick McMenamin will helm Stephanie Ruhle's two‑hour morning block, while Rebekah Dryden follows Ali Velshi to...
Hiimaanshu Shindde Joins Zee Music Company as VP & Head – Streaming
Zee Music Company has appointed Hiimaanshu Shindde as Vice President and Head of Streaming, tasking him with shaping the label’s streaming strategy, partnerships, and growth across digital platforms. Shindde arrives with more than two decades of experience in music, digital...
The Many Ways CTV Publishers Extend Supply and What It Means For You
CTV publishers use five distinct supply models to monetize inventory beyond their owned‑and‑operated channels. The models—inventory share, backfill, buyback, audience extension, and run‑of‑network—allow publishers to expand impressions from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions while retaining control over pricing...
How Will the Consolidation of Indy TV Stations Change Our City?
Local TV news in Indianapolis is undergoing rapid consolidation as Circle City Broadcasting finalized its purchase of WRTV, joining its existing ownership of WISH‑TV and WNDY‑TV. Simultaneously, Nexstar Media Group closed its $8.5 billion deal to acquire TEGNA, the owner of...
Has Shrinking Season 4 Been Canceled or Renewed?
Apple TV+ confirmed that the comedy‑drama Shrinking will return for a fourth season. Creator Bill Lawrence announced the renewal on X on April 4, 2026, noting the series will launch a completely new story while retaining the same cast and characters. Season 3,...
BBC Player Launching In-Flight Platform
BBC Studios has teamed with Panasonic Avionics to launch a dedicated BBC Player streaming service for airline seat‑back entertainment systems, slated for later 2026. The platform will deliver a constantly refreshed library of BBC Studios’ factual, drama, comedy, children’s and documentary...
Greening of Streaming Names Board of Directors
Greening of Streaming (GoS) has moved from an informal initiative to a formally governed organization, establishing a Board of Directors and a lab‑based research model. The new structure includes dedicated labs for measurement, policy, communication, technical standards, and more, each...
TV Ratings (8/4/2026): MAFS Final Vows Capture The Nation
The Married At First Sight (MAFS) finale aired on Nine, drawing a national reach of 2,927,000 and an average audience of 1,804,000. The episode featured two break‑ups, a surprise girlfriend request, and the series’ first on‑air proposal when Philip asked...
EXCLUSIVE | 10 Scraps Planned Back to Back AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR Shoot
Network 10 has abandoned plans to film a second Australian Survivor season back‑to‑back, reversing a December announcement. The decision follows a steady decline in linear overnight ratings for the twelfth season, despite growth in streaming viewership. Host David Genat, who...
Artemis II Cable Coverage by the Numbers
Artemis II’s launch generated a surge in cable news viewership, with Charter’s Spectrum News 13 in Orlando posting a 531% increase and Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa climbing 391%. Across social platforms, the coverage amassed 12.2 million views on Facebook...
Men’s NCAA Numbers
The 2026 men’s NCAA basketball championship game, featuring Michigan versus UConn, averaged 18.3 million viewers across TBS, TNT, truTV and HBO Max—its highest‑rated final since 2019 and a 23 % jump over the 2024 TNT broadcast. The Final Four drew 14.2 million viewers, up...
Sheridan Smith's "Shocking" And "Superb" Drama Shoots up Netflix Charts After Being Added to Streamer
BBC drama "Care," starring Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman, entered Netflix’s UK catalogue last month and quickly rose to number three on the platform’s Top 10 chart. The 90‑minute, 2018‑produced film, created by Jimmy McGovern and Gillian Juckes, follows a single mother caring for...
Save The Dates: Dark Matter Season 2, Mindy Kaling's Hulu Comedy, And More
Apple TV+ announced that Dark Matter Season 2 will premiere on Friday, August 28, with weekly episodes leading to an October 30 finale. The sci‑fi drama returns starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly, continuing the multiverse storyline. Hulu will launch Mindy Kaling’s comedy...
UOL Transmitirá Brasileirão Feminino E Brasileirão Masculino Sub-20
UOL has secured rights to broadcast the 2026 Brasileirão Feminino Série A and the Brasileirão Masculino Sub‑20. Matches will stream for free on the UOL channel and its YouTube Sports feed, while select games will be exclusive to the paid UOL Play...
From TV Deals to Titles: Why the Big Ten’s Money Machine Is Just Getting Started
The Big Ten Conference leveraged its $7 billion television contract to dominate the 2025‑26 college sports season, capturing national titles in football, women’s basketball and men’s basketball. Michigan’s 69‑63 win over UConn secured the men’s basketball championship, marking the first triple‑title...
Ticker Announces New Entrepreneurship Series THE FOUNDERS METHOD
Ticker, the global news‑streaming platform, announced the launch of its original entrepreneurship series “The Founders Method.” Hosted by memobottle co‑founders Jesse Leeworthy and Jonathan Byrt, the show dives into the decisions, challenges and systems that shape modern startups. The debut episode...
New 50 Cent Docuseries Heads To Hulu
Hulu has ordered a new docuseries that chronicles 50 Cent’s journey from the streets of Queens to global cultural dominance, with veteran documentarian Mandon Lovett directing. The series will spotlight the rapper’s recent $500,000 charitable contributions to Shreveport nonprofits, funded by...
Here Are the Dates of the 2027 & 2028 Oscar Telecasts – the Last Ones Before the Show Moves to YouTube
The Academy and ABC have confirmed that the 99th Oscars will air on March 14, 2027, and the centennial 100th ceremony will be held on March 5, 2028, both from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. These dates follow the traditional...
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Oscars Announce Final 2 Ceremony Dates on ABC Before Moving Broadcast to YouTube
The Academy announced that the 99th Oscars will air on ABC on March 14, 2027 and the 100th on March 5, 2028, marking the final two ceremonies on network television. Starting with the 101st ceremony in 2029, the Oscars will...
Sony Will Lay Off Hundreds Of TV & Movie Studio Employees
Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a restructuring that will eliminate several hundred jobs across its film, television and corporate divisions, affecting a modest slice of its 12,000‑plus global workforce. The changes follow the appointment of Ravi Ahuja as chairman and CEO,...
Prime Video, Foxtel, ABC Commissioners Set for SCREEN FOREVER 40 Panel
Screen Producers Australia announced a State of Play panel at SCREEN FOREVER 40, moderated by journalist Virginia Trioli, featuring commissioners Alexandra Gilbert (Prime Video), Daniel Monaghan (Foxtel) and Jennifer Collins (ABC). The discussion will focus on tighter commissioning, evolving audience...
YouTube’s New TV Tools, Prompted Playlist on Spotify, & More
YouTube unveiled a suite of TV‑focused tools, including the FAST‑style “Stations” channel launching with Coachella coverage and a “TV Companion” feature that links smartphones to smart‑TV playback and comments. The platform also extended its Ask chatbot to smart TVs, aiming...
SeriesFest Sets Lineup With ‘The Four Seasons’, ‘The Testament’s & ‘Ponies’ Panels
SeriesFest, the Denver-based television festival, announced its twelfth edition lineup for May 6‑10, 2024. The schedule includes screenings of Netflix’s *The Four Seasons* (season 2), Hulu’s *The Testaments*, and Peacock’s *Ponies*, followed by conversations with creators and stars. Additional panels feature industry...
GSN President John Zaccario & Sony TV Head Of Comedy Colin Davis Leaving Amid SPE Layoffs; Studio Shuts Down Wardrobe...
Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a wave of layoffs that includes the departure of John Zaccario, president of Game Show Network, after 18 years, and Colin Davis, EVP of Comedy Development at Sony TV. The cuts also signal the shutdown of...
Isabel Klee’s ‘Dogs, Boys and Other Things I’ve Cried About’ Lands At UCP
Isabel Klee, a social‑media star with roughly two million followers, is turning her debut memoir *Dogs, Boys and Other Things I’ve Cried About* into a television series after Universal Content Productions (UCP) secured the rights. The book, slated for an...
Manager J.M. Stodola Joins Arsonhouse Entertainment
J.M. Stodola has joined Arsonhouse Entertainment as a manager after a four‑year stint at Sugar23, where he advanced from assistant to manager. He arrives with a roster of comedy talent that includes London Brown, Erica Rhodes, and several stand‑up creators....
As CFOs Scrutinize CTV Spend, Incrementality Emerges as a Differentiator
CFOs are tightening scrutiny on connected‑TV (CTV) spend because traditional metrics like impressions and modeled ROAS fail to prove incremental revenue. The article argues that the trust problem stems from over‑attributed conversions and fragmented measurement infrastructure. Incrementality testing, which isolates...
Money Has Always Ruled the TV Industry. Greed Is Pushing It to Collapse
The TV industry’s employment base in Los Angeles has collapsed, shedding about 42,000 jobs—a 30% drop—since late 2022 as producers chase cheaper locations and tighter budgets. The shift began with cable’s lucrative multi‑stream model, but streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Disney+...
Fox to Use Kalshi Predictive Data in News, Weather Forecasts
Fox Corporation has signed a sponsored integration with prediction‑market platform Kalshi, embedding its data into Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Weather and the streaming service Fox One. The deal excludes election coverage, where Fox will continue to rely on its...
50 Cent Documentary Series Set At Hulu
Hulu has green‑lit a three‑part documentary series on rapper‑entrepreneur Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, reportedly paying $75 million for the project. The series will trace his journey from Queens streets, through a near‑fatal shooting, to his record‑selling music career and expansion into television...
NAB 2026: Synamedia to Demonstrate AI by Quortex
Synamedia will showcase its AI by Quortex framework at NAB Show 2026, offering on‑demand AI processing for video workflows instead of continuous operation. The system leverages smart‑sampling to trigger AI only when meaningful changes occur, promising up to ten‑fold reductions in...
Eluvio Launches Next-Gen Content Fabric ‘Bucharest Release’ Ahead Of NAB Show
Eluvio has made its next‑generation Content Fabric, dubbed the Bucharest Release, commercially available ahead of the NAB Show. The platform introduces a zero‑copy, any‑to‑any routing architecture that replaces satellite and point‑to‑point fiber links for live broadcast distribution, delivering sub‑500 ms global...
Bell Media, Ottawa Senators Extend Regional Broadcast Rights Agreement
Bell Media and the Ottawa Senators have signed a long‑term extension that keeps TSN and its French counterpart RDS as the regional television broadcasters for Senators games. TSN Radio 1200 also remains the exclusive English‑language radio partner, delivering live play‑by‑play...
NAB Show: Beeble Expands AI Production Workflow With Background Remover
Beeble announced the launch of Background Remover, an AI‑powered rotoscoping tool, ahead of its NAB Show appearance in Las Vegas. The web‑based service can generate clean alpha mattes in seconds, handling complex motion, hair and blur. Users may batch‑process up...
Public Media Management Names Christian Siebeneck VP, Technology & Innovation
Public Media Management appointed Christian Siebeneck as Vice President of Technology & Innovation to accelerate its cloud and master‑control services for public television stations. Siebeneck previously served as chief technology officer at Twin Cities Public Television and chief technologist at...
Netflix Expands 'One Piece' Universe with New Animated Shows, Season 3 Details
Netflix announced a multi‑format expansion of the One Piece franchise, including a live‑action Season 3 slated for 2027, a LEGO animated special debuting September 29, and a new anime series from WIT Studio. Season 3, titled “One Piece: The Battle of Alabasta,” will follow Luffy’s...
ESPN Layoffs Connected to Disney’s YouTube TV Dispute, Report Says
Disney’s ongoing fallout from its YouTube TV carriage dispute is prompting ESPN to announce a new round of layoffs. The two‑week standoff last year cost Disney roughly $100 million in lost distribution and advertising fees as millions of viewers were cut...
Amagi Launches New Tool to Help Stations Turn Newscasts Into Social Clips
Amagi introduced Newspulse, an AI‑driven platform that turns live and archived news broadcasts into ready‑to‑post social media clips. The system automatically identifies story segments, reformats video into multiple aspect ratios and adds captions and platform‑specific metadata. Human‑in‑the‑loop controls let editors...
Kalshi to Peddle Its Wares to Fox News' Famously Temperate, Disciplined Audience
Kalshi, the leading U.S. prediction‑market platform, has signed a multi‑channel partnership with Fox Corporation to embed its markets on Fox News, Fox Business, Fox One and Fox Weather. The arrangement mirrors existing collaborations with CNN and CNBC, positioning Kalshi’s odds...
Mediawan Appoints Ignacio Soto Pérez as CEO of Boomerang TV
Ignacio Soto Pérez has been appointed CEO of Boomerang TV, the Spanish production powerhouse within the Mediawan group, reporting to Group Chief Content Officer Elisabeth d’Arvieu. Soto brings a blend of broadcast, production and digital experience from roles at Cuatro,...
HBO Max Adds Alien 3 “Assembly Cut” And Two Other Alien Special Editions
HBO Max has expanded its sci‑fi catalog by adding three new Alien special editions: the 30‑minute‑long Assembly Cut of Alien 3, the Aliens Director’s Cut favored by James Cameron, and a 7‑minute‑extended Special Edition of Alien Resurrection. The Assembly Cut restores deleted...
AfroAnimation Summit Is Quickly Emerging As A Major Talent Pipeline
The AfroAnimation Summit, launched in 2021, has rapidly become a central hub for animation, gaming and digital media talent, especially for Black and Brown creators. Attendance surged from 1,700 in its first year to 4,700 by the second, prompting major...
Eccho Rights Closes New CEE Deals for Winds of Love
Eccho Rights has sealed new distribution agreements for the Turkish daily drama *Winds of Love* in Bosnia, Lithuania, Serbia and Montenegro, adding to earlier sales in Poland, Israel, Romania, Georgia and North Macedonia. The series, produced by Unik Film &...
YouTube’s Coachella 2026 Coverage Includes a 24/7 TV Station
YouTube is expanding its Coachella 2026 partnership by launching a 24/7 linear TV channel, Coachella TV, alongside its traditional livestream. The platform will stream seven stages, offering 4K feeds for three main stages and a vertical video feed for the Quasar stage....