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As FIFA's estimated $4.3 billion in media rights revenues for the World Cup suggests, sports broadcasting is an expensive game, and only getting more expensive with each tournament; the 2026 figure is around $1 billion higher than in 2022. But even without access to live games, publishers managed to find creative ways to drive engagement Read More
As millennials await the recently threatened relaunch of Myspace, tomorrow sees the launch of a new social media service that looks (and sounds) like another defunct social platform. Divine is a video-sharing app where users can post six-second loops, essentially making it a revamp of Vine, which shuttered in 2017. Though it has no affiliation Read More
We hear plenty around the need for more transparency, and more signals to be passed through the supply chain, when it comes to CTV advertising. Often, this is framed as primarily a buy-side frustration, where advertisers and agencies don't have a clear window into what exactly it is they're buying. But Kieran Greene, founder and Read More
In this week's Week in Charts, CTV Decides DSP RFPs, Streaming Captures Majority of Primetime Upfront Spend, and Linear Viewing Climbs Above SVOD in New Zealand. To have Week in Charts delivered to your inbox, you can sign up to the newsletter here. Quote of the Week Number of the Week Charts Read More
When Apple introduced its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework over five years ago, forcing apps distributed on Apple technology to ask for explicit permission to use the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) and track user behaviour, there were a number of recurrent complaints from the advertising world. App owners have had to collect consent through Apple's Read More
In this week's Week in Review: Netflix grows its Upfronts ad commitments, Disney agrees a content deal with The Overlap, and Roku launches an all-AI FAST channel. Top Stories Sports Interest is High as Netflix Doubles Upfronts Commitments While there was plenty of excitement in the industry around Netflix's ad offering when it first came Read More
Ozone, the publisher sales house initially formed by an alliance of UK premium publishers, this morning announced a new partnership with publisher monetisation platform Content Ignite which will open up Ozone's demand and monetisation technology to Content Ignite's own publisher partners. Since it was founded as The Ozone Project back in 2018 by The Guardian, Read More
France's Alliance de la Presse D'Information Générale (APIG), a trade group representing French newspaper and magazine publishers, has filed a complaint with the national competition authority seeking compensation from Google for the use of publisher content in AI overviews. The organisation, which counts Le Figaro, Le Monde, Ouest-France, Le Parisien, Les Échos, and L'Équipe among Read More
This time two years ago, only two major streaming services (Netflix and Disney+) were profitable businesses, according to MoffettNathanson. Since then the tide has been turning, as ad-supported tiers and bundling partnerships have helped boost profitability. Most recently, Fox-owned Tubi reported its first profitable quarter in October 2025, while NBCUniversal's Peacock reached profitability in Q2…
In this week's Week in Charts, The Trade Desk's Jeff Green on competitors' "lack of objectivity", HBO Max sees ad tier growth, and Gen Z are a minority on Insta and TikTok. To have Week in Charts delivered to your inbox, you can sign up to the newsletter here. Quote of the Week Number Read More
