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)

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Netflix is using the "monumental auteur film" template to a tee with its campaign for Frankenstein. All the elements are there: --Experienced and successful director's passion project. --Outsized budget --"No one makes them like this any more" discourse. (1) variety.com/2025/film/ne...

More evidence that the real battle ground for the streamers when it comes to Indian cinema is in the second release window. Deals to get VOD rights to theatrical releases are much more attractive than straight-to-VOD films. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Ambitious new Mexican film slate from Netflix. New films from Maite Alberdi and Alonso Ruizpalacios, big star attachments including Diego Luna, and some interesting IP as well. (1) deadline.com/2025/08/dieg...

Par+ will not "prioritize" direct to streaming movies. Translation: We'll only release things as a platform original when they test badly. deadline.com/2025/08/para...

Ok, I understand IP is at a premium now in the media industries, but I had to do a double-take on this one. Nine figures reportedly paid for the Jason Bourne rights? variety.com/2025/film/ne...

More executive musical chairs for Amazon MGM in Europe. deadline.com/2025/08/amaz...

It's always worth checking out new issues of Media Industries, but this one more than others for scholars interested in VOD. The (open-access) journal's new issue has a special section on VOD research methods edited by Ramon Lobato and Karin Van Es. Check it out: journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/

Just published: The second-to last volume in the “Film Theory in Media History” to be published by Amsterdam University Press. The series is moving to a different press, and it’s not Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Stay tuned!

Comprehensive update on Amazon's video business in India, including biz models, pricing and content. Hoghlights include series crossover eps and a Mirzapur movie. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Some one-off, typically detail-free data reporting from Disney+ this time, about its original film Zombies 4. deadline.com/2025/07/zomb...

Netflix returns to Venice as its springboard into awards season. This it has three films in competition and a series showing out of competition (so far) among the selections at Venice. Amzn has one film showing out of comp. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The Q2 earnings report means that there is another engagement report is now. Taken together, the two docs show that the company's financial strength is only growing with all metrics pointing in the right direction. In terms of engagement though...(1) s22.q4cdn.com/959853165/fi...

The Q2 earnings report means that there is another engagement report is now. Taken together, the two docs show that the company's financial strength is only growing with all metrics pointing in the right direction. In terms of engagement though...(1) s22.q4cdn.com/959853165/fi...

Another EU country opts for streamer investment obligations. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

More 'datecdotes' - to use a term from the old platform - from Amazon about Prime Video movie releases. The Accountant 2 joins Red One as a film with $100 mil+ at the BO before heading to the platform and posting strong numbers there too. deadline.com/2025/07/the-...

Amazon can seemingly only report on the success of its American films once they get over 50 mil 'views'. deadline.com/2025/07/g20-...

New report out from the EAO on SVOD usage in Europe. While I still need to parse it a bit, the headline is indicative of the distinctly minor role that films play in streaming consumption. www.obs.coe.int/en/web/obser...

For those who like to keep track of executive flowcharts, Netflix has for the first time hired a dedicated content chief for Central and Eastern Europe. (1) deadline.com/2025/07/netf...

A very interesting report authored by my colleague Concepción Cascajosa was just published. It details how the working conditions of screenwriters in Spain have developed under the influence of streaming and other industrial changes. cineuropa.org/en/newsdetai...

The first high-profile showdown over countries' plans to regulate and tax American platforms results in a win for the US and the platforms as Canada caves. This will be a huge issue for the EU. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

Big news for the European streaming landscape. Will this be transformative for RTL? Or are they catching a falling knife? deadline.com/2025/06/rtl-...

Among many other interesting bits of news here is Amazon's plans to release 4-6 original films per year in cinemas in India. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

🚨🚨New publication alert! Ignore the date, the new issue of Economia della cultura was just published with my piece on European Studios and Streaming Platforms in it. It is a continuation of two interests I have been working on for years now. (1) www.researchgate.net/publication/...

🚨🚨New publication alert! Ignore the date, the new issue of Economia della cultura was just published with my piece on European Studios and Streaming Platforms in it. It is a continuation of two interests I have been working on for years now. (1) www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Very interesting new book just published in open access: Platforms and the Moving Image, edited by Jana Zündel and Philipp Dominik Keidl: meson.press/books/platfo...

Self-Learning Netflix Algorithm Produces Jeffrey Dahmer Stand-Up Special theonion.com/self-le...

I'm old enough to remember when we said streaming was becoming broadcast TV and we meant it metaphorically. deadline.com/2025/06/netf...

Excellent, detailed - if a bit propagandistic - overview of Netflix's impact on Spain over the last 10 years. The list at the end is extremely concise on key issues like stardom, talent development and helping Spain's industry recover from the 2011 financial crisis. variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Yet another former Netflix partner has changed sides, in this case only a few weeks after calling Ted Sarandos the "definition of dumb." variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Dakota Johnson is currently leading the race for celebrity with the largest gap in entertainment value between promotional appearances (witty, effervescent, self-effacing) and acting work (flat, affectless, dead-eyed to an almost narcotic degree)

Helpful and insightful overview of the three dramatically-different business models behind the three companies dominating the American independent movie scene. (1) www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

A 🧵about the ways in which Spain continues to be ground zero in the streaming wars outside of the US. Invariably, we must start with Netflix, who made one of its trademark splashy investment announcements this week, promising €1 billion in spending in the country. (1) variety.com/2025/tv/glob...