Copyediting is under way and the new book project is now website official. Locating Media Industries, coming to a bookstore/library near you in June 2026 (tentatively)! www.routledge.com/Locating-Med...

Lots of Amazon Prime Video news out today as it holds an event to promote its 'international' output. The most comprehensive piece comes from Deadline with a profile of Mercedes Ron and the growing number of adaptations on the platform. (1) deadline.com/2026/02/amaz...

Apple taking more measures to own and control its IP. A handy piece for understaning the strategic rationale for doing so. deadline.com/2026/02/appl...

Copyediting is under way and the new book project is now website official. Locating Media Industries, coming to a bookstore/library near you in June 2026 (tentatively)! www.routledge.com/Locating-Med...

A (brief) interview from Deadline with Amazon's new head of international content Nicole Clemens. Along with a new project announcement, the int will help readers learn about Prime Video jargon like 'out of country' hits and its editorial line of 'populist literature'. deadline.com/2026/02/chlo...

And another from the Philippines, where 2 films are among the Netflix original works coming in 2026. about.netflix.com/en/news/next...

Catching up on more Netflix intl slate announcements from last week. These include the Thailand slate, on which we find 5 original films. And the announcement also has some interesting info on the local market. about.netflix.com/en/news/next...

More color on the German AV law, its nuances and complexities, and some of the immediate pushback from the group representing platforms and TV companies. If the latter is angry, it is likely good news for the country's producers. deadline.com/2026/02/germ...

Germany's Min of Culture (finally) reveals its planned revisions to its investment obligations for streaming platforms. A huge leap forward, let's see now how the negotiations go at the parliamentary level. www.reuters.com/business/ret...

Yet another intl slate announcement from Netflix, this one from India, where the co. is getting back into the original film business after a while betting more on Pay 1 windows of theatrical releases. 11 films on the 2026 slate, 9 of which will be made in Hindi. about.netflix.com/en/news/next...

Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities.

As predicted, Netflix has announced its German slate for 2026 this week. Among the many announcements are six feature films. about.netflix.com/en/news/what...

A helpful round up of the performance of Netflix original movies on the platform in 2025. www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watc...

X's AI tool Grok reportedly produced 3 million sexual deepfakes in 11 days - today the Commission reacted and opened another formal investigation into X under the Digital Services Act. Here is what the investigation is about ⬇️🧵 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Netflix's 2026 Japan slate includes 4 films (one of which is in the anime section) and a growing relationship with Japanese major Toho, about.netflix.com/en/news/next...

Yet more executive upheaval at Amazon Studios, this one yet again moving APV closer to explicitly copying the Netflix template. deadline.com/2026/01/amaz...

Some coverage of the trainwreck that is Amazon's Melania Trump documentary, a film that is shaping up to be a nadir for the streaming era on multiple levels. ca.news.yahoo.com/jeff-bezos-u...

Netflix's intl slate announcements keep coming in, this latest one from Spain. Nflix reports on Spain a lot, so the 3 new originals come in addition to a slew of projects debuting in 2026. Two films among the new announcements, including a new feature from Oriol Paulo. variety.com/2026/tv/glob...

A particularly interesting announcement for European cinema watchers comes from Italy, where Netflix's slate includes 5 original films and two series that are based on films. (1) about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...

Yet more Netflix international slate announcements incoming last night and today. First up is Mexico, where two features and some interesting series were unveiled. Notable among the films is Takedown, the follow up from the producer and director of Counterattack. variety.com/2026/film/gl...

And one I missed last week: Indonesia, where there are 4 original films on the slate. about.netflix.com/en/news/next...

Moving to South Korea, Netflix's 2026 slate includes at least 4 original films. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...

Lots of Netflix news this week, including earnings and a new engagement report. A series of international slate updates are also incoming, starting with Poland, where there are at least two films have been revealed. deadline.com/2026/01/netf...

We're used to these by now, of course, but this is a pretty irksome claim to make without figures or methodology. How popular could APV's other German original films have been? deadline.com/2026/01/der-...

An addendum to the Sony/Netflix film deal is that Sony will continue to use Netflix as a dumping ground for projects that it feels are not commercially viable. (Here it sounds like a dud, but bear in mind that Sony thought the same about KPop Demon Hunters.) www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

$7 billion for movies that have played in theaters first. Stick a fork in the Netflix original movie, everyday it becomes a smaller part of the company's strategies. deadline.com/2026/01/netf...

More examples of Europe's legacy broadcasters becoming parts of global streamers' bundles, these coming from Prime Video. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

More bundling deals between American and European legacy media players. deadline.com/2026/01/hbo-...

At least 15 Spanish 'original' films will be released by Amazon (6) and Netflix (9) in 2026 and I see at least three missing from this list, putting the probable total around 20. (1) www.audiovisual451.com/el-cine-espa...

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...