SVOD stories
FAST now reaches over a quarter of European homes as subscription fatigue pushes viewers towards free, ad-supported streaming options.
More than 5.5 million monthly viewers in Australia now face new interactive Prime Video adverts as Amazon broadens its ad buying tools.
Viewers could spend less time searching and more time watching as TiVo adds conversational AI search across fragmented TV and streaming catalogues.
Cost pressures have helped slow New Zealand's media shift, with television narrowly beating global video-sharing platforms and streaming use easing.
Subscription-fatigued viewers in more than 90 countries can now pay only for time watched as MovieMe shares 70% of viewing revenue with creators.
Fragmented viewing habits are forcing agencies to juggle budgets across television and streaming as MiQ rolls out a single planning tool.
Slower growth in the world's biggest video platform's ad business suggests its shift to TV screens and Shorts has yet to lift marketer spend further.
User spending and engagement are accelerating in Asia-Pacific, where short drama apps now deliver the world's highest revenue per monthly active user.
Global TV viewing slipped slightly last year as Glance put data from more than 100 territories into a new interactive dashboard.
Rising prices and content overload are pushing viewers to treat subscriptions as temporary, forcing brands to rethink retention around re-entry.
Advertisers can now buy prominent TV home screen slots programmatically in four Asia-Pacific markets as streaming shifts viewing habits and ad budgets.
Australian advertisers will gain wider programmatic access to Tubi’s ad-supported TV audience as connected TV spending climbs towards AUD $2 billion by 2029.
Android has become the main growth engine for subscription apps, with paid installs now outnumbering free ones on the platform.
Viewers in four English-speaking markets can now sign up for nearly 25,000 hours of anime through Apple’s TV app.
Hireup launches a national campaign starring its own community, challenging tokenistic disability portrayals across Australian screens.
Broadcast still reaches most New Zealanders daily, even as streaming grows, with free access and emergency resilience keeping it relevant.
Streaming budgets are becoming easier to track as marketers gain visibility into rival campaigns across Australia's fast-growing connected TV market.
Advertisers now have a bigger rival to subscription services, as YouTube drew the largest ad-supported audience in Canada, Numeris found.
The cheaper streamer is aimed at older televisions and travellers, with USB-powered setup and faster performance than the previous HD stick.
StarHub launches Lunar New Year 2026 bundles in Singapore, dangling HBO Max, broadband freebies and 5G line and device discounts.
