
BBC podcast outpaces Lineker's Netflix show in World Cup digital battle
Early figures suggest the BBC's Football Daily is drawing bigger audio and video numbers than Gary Lineker's Netflix-backed daily tournament show.
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Early figures suggest the BBC's Football Daily is drawing bigger audio and video numbers than Gary Lineker's Netflix-backed daily tournament show.

The Lachlan Murdoch-led broadcaster is buying the streaming hardware and ad platform it once sold its stake in, aiming to fuse Tubi with Roku's 100 million-plus households.

The streamer is bolting three more star-driven titles onto its exclusive video podcast deal with iHeartMedia, deepening a push to make podcasts mainstream streaming content.

Netflix has confirmed the hit romantic comedy will end with Season 6, with Lily Collins promising a finale shot across Greece, Monaco and Paris that closes Emily's story 'in the most chic way'.

After a months-long bidding war, Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's escalated offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, ceding HBO, the studios and CNN — and turning to a $25bn share buyback instead.

The Peaky Blinders creator's Dublin-set period saga has been recommissioned after a strong debut run, with the writer signalling ambitions to take the dynasty all the way to the 1960s.

Within days of each other, the streamer renewed its hit teen mystery and its acclaimed video-game anime for third and final seasons, completing two stories built as trilogies from the start.

The public-service broadcaster says its digital viewing minutes are rising faster than rivals from the BBC to Netflix, as it positions younger audiences at the heart of its strategy.

The US reimagining of the ITV comedy favourite has been picked up across more than a dozen territories, with Sky and NOW taking UK rights as the format proves its international pull.

A multi-year partnership will reserve a pair of tickets for an artist's most dedicated Premium listeners before general sale, using streaming data to identify genuine fans rather than touts and bots.

At its upfront, the retail giant unveiled tools that automatically tailor ad messaging to what viewers are watching, sharpening its assault on the traditional TV advertising market.

Following a steep subscription increase, Apple is stacking its streaming service with Formula 1, Major League Soccer and baseball as it seeks to justify the higher tariff to viewers.

Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan and Veep director Chris Addison team up on a crime drama starring Aidan Gillen and Ella Lily Hyland, with a rare two-season order from the outset.

Showrunner Adi Shankar confirms the anime adaptation will close out its planned trilogy, capping a streaming success that repeatedly cracked the platform's global top 10.

The media group is separating its HBO Max and studios business from its cable and news networks, a structural overhaul that reshapes the global content landscape.

Disney's broadcast arm has reluctantly complied with an accelerated regulatory review it says is unconstitutional, in a dispute with political roots that is rattling the US TV business.

The streaming giant will let paying subscribers create AI covers and remixes of opted-in songs, with Universal artists sharing in a new revenue stream built on consent, credit and compensation.