I personally don't agree with anything in this piece - the more likely outcome is still that Netflix becomes a legacy media studio - but this is at least a handy summary of the industry anxieties surrounding the merger. variety.com/2025/film/co...

Amazon MGM is a legacy media company, pt. 239409708435 deadline.com/2025/12/jame...

European cinema owners are not happy: www.allyourscreens.com/latest-news/...

One other thought from Netflix watchers has to be ironically reflect on Ted Sarandos saying in 2012 that Netflix had to become HBO before HBO became Netflix. Turns out...

Pending regulatory clearances - which will be no formality with this White House - the streaming era may be over. Netflix will become a legacy media company, with the VOD models that we all wrote so much about only acting as loss leaders to undermine the competition. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

European IP and streaming news: Netflix is remaking its Danish original film Loving Adults in Spain. The original was based on a novel and produced by SF Studios. (1) www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/hugo-si...

Some interesting details in the HBO Max Euro launch: firstly, there are some original films planned, including two from Italy. Secondly, in Germany, Constantin is moving its film output deal to HBO from Netflix. Pay 1 rights for films matter to streamers. variety.com/2025/streami...

🚨New publication 🚨A collection I co-edited with Paola Brembilla and Marco Cucco on the topic of Intellectual Property and the Audiovisual Industries has been published (in open-access!). All articles are available here (1): publishing.mediamutations.org/the-matter-o...

Very interesting new report published today by the European Audiovisual Observatory on fiction (i.e. series and straight to TV/platform films) production and commissions up to 2024. (1) www.obs.coe.int/en/web/obser...

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Australia's streamer regulations are now law. deadline.com/2025/11/aust...

Very happy to see a European co-production treaty for series moving forward at the Council of Europe. Happy also to say that I played a small part in this process at the outset. Fingers crossed for a speedy ratification process in 2026. (1) www.coe.int/en/web/porta...

🚨New publication alert!🚨An article I co-wrote with Ana Vinuela (Paris 3) on the production hub in Madrid where Netflix has studio space, has been published (in open-access) in the journal Mise au point. journals.openedition.org/map/8413

And yet more APV news. Schneider's departure from being head of APV Germany was reported earlier in the week, but now we have a new flowchart for the executive team that will collectively assume his duties. deadline.com/2025/11/prim...

More Amazon Prime Video news as a new head for its European operations takes up his post. He promptly begins by explaining the company's expansive AVOD/SVOD/TVOD ecosystem business plan. deadline.com/2025/11/prim...

This was always going to be seen as a cornerstone franchise for Amzn when they bought MGM. And so this will be a major test for the acquisition's thesis. deadline.com/2025/11/star...

Now that is how to write a headline for a review of a straight to SVOD action comedy. Well done, THR.

Now that is how to write a headline for a review of a straight to SVOD action comedy. Well done, THR.

Proofs arrive in our inboxes tomorrow and @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I will send this out to press before the end of the year! Preorder w/ UCPSAVE30 for 30% off www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...

I didn’t start out to write a populist political newsletter. But that might be where I end up. open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...

The ever PR savvy Netflix is desperately trying to keep a lid on this story, thereby showing its true colors as a studio just like any other. Bullying and other labor issues are to be swept under the rug if they hurt the marquee franchises. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

Interesting look - with figures - at the economics of the deal for the first KPop Demon Hunters and its sequel. The debate over whether Sony made the right decision or not will continue, but a 40%+ profit and higher margins on pt. 2 is a pretty good deal. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Netflix is making another stop on its 10 year anniversary tour of Europe, this one in Poland. This article gathers up some of its most high-profile projects there (no mention of 365 Days though!) and looks forward to the upcoming slate. (1) deadline.com/2025/11/netf...

Disney+'s strategy of incorporating national broadcasters into the platform in selected markets continues apace. deadline.com/2025/11/disn...

Quotas and investment requirements for streamers have officially been proposed to the Australian parliament by the ruling party. deadline.com/2025/11/aust...

🚨New publication (sort of) alert: the journal Principe de Viana has published a Spanish translation of my 2024 book chapter on Morena Films and Spanish cinema in the streaming era. And it's available in open-access.🚨 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Happy to announce a new publication in the journal Transnational Screens. This is an introductory article written with Miguel Fernández Labayen on the uses of colonial film archives for critical film historiography. Check it out: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Happy to announce a new publication in the journal Transnational Screens. This is an introductory article written with Miguel Fernández Labayen on the uses of colonial film archives for critical film historiography. Check it out: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Swedish film studio SF is putting a number of its older catalogue titles on YouTube. This is likely a strategy that many Euro studios are going to turn to monetize their catalogues as in-house VOD services prove too costly and undersubscribed. press-international.sfstudios.se/post/sf-stud...

More evidence of the importance of Spanish content on global VOD platforms. Also, some third party data on the popularity of specific titles such as Apocalypse Z and Cristóbal Balenciaga, among other titles. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Anglophone, multinational films with American stars are among APV's new slate of projects from Italy and France. Le plus ça change...(1) variety.com/2025/film/gl...

More coverage of Netflix's Italian anniversary celebrations, here Variety's interview with Nflix VP Eleonora Andreatta who provides a helpful overview of some of the company's biggest original productions from the country. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

More conspicuous cinephilia from Netflix, this time combined with a localized charm offensive as the company pledges to help re-open a historic cinema in Rome. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

A merger between a top producer and sales agent from the region could mean that Scandinavia now has a third major conglomerate (after SF and Nordisk). variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Yet more YA content news from Amazon Prime Video: Nicole Wallace will be APV's Millie Bobby Brown (but with more language skills). deadline.com/2025/10/nico...

10 (!) Mercedes Ron adaptations are coming from Amazon Prime Video, and Prime is now running a book club on TikTok to support its YA literary adaptations. Details on these developments and others in this rundown. deadline.com/2025/10/prim...

Disney+ to begin commissioning 3-4 original films annually from Spain, with the films being released in cinemas. www.audiovisual451.com/disney-inici...

Words to live by. Why do you think I started this account? 😂

The piece is more than a little convoluted, but nonetheless effectively highlights Gaumont's strategies for its Latin American and Spanish production: using its back catalogue for remakes and selling those to streamers. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Some updates on Amazon's French slate, including several films, some scripted and unscripted series. Highlights include continuing the accent on comedy (yay!) but also looking for local equivalents to the My Fault trilogy (boo!) (1). variety.com/2025/tv/glob...

When/if we get another snapshot of Amazon's Prime membership numbers, I wonder how it will be affected and/or reflective of this development. deadline.com/2025/09/amaz...

San Sebastián is starting so you can expect some more posting on the Spanish film industry, but Variety is already on to THE major story: Movistar+ and Netflix are now the dominant forces in film production. variety.com/2025/tv/glob...

Interesting Spanish news on Amazon's newest co-produced original series, a spin-off of the film franchise Padre No Hay Más Que Uno, a major hit for the platform in the first pay window. The series will also air on broadcast. www.audiovisual451.com/atresmedia-y...

Lots of important media news today, but let's not overlook the ongoing fallout of Jennifer Salke getting canned at Amazon. deadline.com/2025/09/vern...

Hamnet is obviously the main story here, but interesting to note that the two runners up for the TIFF People's Choice awards were Netflix original movies... deadline.com/2025/09/hamn...

Gaumont is producing the new Idris Elba film for Apple. That means the French conglomerate has now made series and films for all three of the major tech platforms, along with series for Disney and Par+ as well. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Potentially massive development in the French film industry. It will be interesting to see how it goes with regulators, but right now Canal+ is on the cusp of full vertical integration and an even bigger library of titles. deadline.com/2025/09/cana...

A yawn-filled and self-important piece seeking to coin the term "algorithm film" and generally kicking Netflix. This maybe would have been interesting if it had been published in 2018. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Great news for us Netflix movie watchers. Not only does KPop Demon Hunters rule, but now we don't have to talk (as much) about the turd that is Red Notice. www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/its-off...

🚨Happy to announce my newest publication, an article in French Screen Studies on Amazon Prime Video's impact on French cinema. I have 50 free copies I can distribute, so be in touch by DM if you'd like to read it. (1)