Erik Gruenwedel

Binge, the Australian SVOD platform owned by sports streamer DAZN, has joined Prime Video Channels as a third-party streaming option priced at A$19 per mont h, and Premium for A$22 per month.

Paramount’s PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie is set to begin streaming on Paramount+ beginning Nov. 12.

Versant Oct. 28 launched four new free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels comprised of past franchises from CNBC, Oxygen and E!, growing its FAST portfolio to 13 channels. Built from some of Versant’s most engaged brands across business news and personal finance and genre entertainment, the channels bring the fast-growing audience of free-streaming viewers on Prime Video and The Roku Channel.

Alphabet Oct. 28 reported third quarter (ended Sept. 30) Google subscriptions, platforms and devices revenue of almost $14.3 billion in revenue, up 11% from almost $12.9 billion in the previous-year period.

George Cheeks, co-Chair and chief content officer of the newly formed Skydance TV division, Oct. 28 announced his management team overseeing the largest television company in the country follwing the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, whose assets include CBS, CNN, Paramount Network, HBO, Showtime, TNT Sports, CBS Sports, and WBD Sports, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Discovery Channel, Bravo, TNT, TBS, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Magnolia Network, and the Paramount Network, among others.

Next to profitability, audience engagement is the new benchmark for streaming video platforms.

Netflix Oct. 29 announced a fifth season for award-winning political drama “The Diplomat,” about a maried couple (Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell) working for the State Department in the U.K.

U.K. streamers spend an average of $109.82 (£82.38) monthly on video, up 11% from $98.61 (£73.99) in 2025. Viewing time is higher too, with an average of 4.62 hours of video content consumed daily, compared to 4.5 hours last year, according to new TiVo data.

Content from foreign language countries accounts for 65% of acquired titles on Netflix and 50% on Disney+, according to new research from Ampere Analysis. Mexican drama Surviving Hurricane Otis, about two brothers who fight through an unexpected Category 5 storm, bowed No. 1 overall and on Netflix’s foreign-language movie chart with 14 million views for … Continue reading "Ampere: Foreign Language Titles Tally More Than 50% of Netflix, Disney+ Acquisitions"

Miami-based TelevisaUnivision Oct. 29 reported mixed third-quarter (ended Sept. 30) fiscal results across the U.S. and Mexico — driven by access to the FIFA Men’s World Cup tournament over the summer.