THE BEGINNING OF 2026 IS A TURNING POINT FOR PAY TV

7. 1. 2026 While viewers in the Czech Republic have mainly noticed the end of MTV music channels or Paramount Network stations, there have been significantly more changes in the world of pay TV. Even Nickelodeon, the children’s TV channel, has seen a new version. Paramount, under the wing of Skydance, has significantly reduced its broadcasts across Europe… Continue reading THE BEGINNING OF 2026 IS A TURNING POINT FOR PAY TV

SOUTH PARK BECOMES THE MOST EXPENSIVE ANIMATED SERIES

27. 7. 2025 Paramount Global has acquired exclusive global streaming rights to South Park for $300 million a year for five years. The satirical show South Park has become the most expensive animated series of all time. Its creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, will receive an incredible $1.5 billion for the series to be broadcast exclusively on… Continue reading SOUTH PARK BECOMES THE MOST EXPENSIVE ANIMATED SERIES

HALF OF STREAMING USERS DON’T KNOW WHICH SERVICE THEIR FAVORITE SHOW IS ON

28. 3. 2024 A new study by hub Entertainment Research has found that about half of streaming users do not know which service has popular franchise shows — and licensing is to blame. About the same percentage of TV viewers say they could not explain what Apple TV+ is to another person. The licensing of TV series across… Continue reading HALF OF STREAMING USERS DON’T KNOW WHICH SERVICE THEIR FAVORITE SHOW IS ON

SUPER BOWL LVIII COULD BE MOST WATCHED EVER

13. 2. 2024 It seems counter intuitive in these days of streaming and on demand, but CBS says that its coverage of Sunday’s Super Bowl was the most watched broadcast in history. Preliminary figures show 123.4 million viewers watched the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII across all platforms is up 7%… Continue reading SUPER BOWL LVIII COULD BE MOST WATCHED EVER

DIGITAL TV RESEARCH PREDICTS TOP SVOD PLAYERS IN 2029

6. 12. 2023 Netflix will continue to top SVOD competitors in subscribers in six years: In the race to grow the biggest subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) customer base before the start of the next decade, Netflix is the odds-on favorite, according to a newly released forecast from Digital TV Research. The forecast, part of the research organization’s “SVOD Forecasts… Continue reading DIGITAL TV RESEARCH PREDICTS TOP SVOD PLAYERS IN 2029