School Spirits is becoming quite buzzy on Paramount+. The first three episodes of Season 2, which launched on January 30, amassed 1.7M viewers in the first seven days of availability, according to internal data from Paramount Global. That marks a 104% increase over the seven-day audience…

Roku delivered a strong set of fourth-quarter results, including crossing the $1 billion threshold in platform revenue. The streaming giant ended the quarter on December 31 with 89.8 million streaming households, surpassing 90 million in January, and also drew 34.1 billion streaming hours in the…

UPDATED with latest: Warner Bros. Discovery’s Harry Potter television series is set to begin filming next summer. They have found a costume designer in Holly Waddington, who recently won an Oscar in her craft for Poor Things starring Emma Stone. Killing Eve scribe Laura Neal has joined the writers roo…

Amy Schumer overtook Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx on this week’s Netflix Top 10 as her new film Kinda Pregnant came in at No. 1 on the English films list. With 25.1M views in the first few days after release on February 5, it was also Netflix’s most-watched title of the week. Back in Action held…

EXCLUSIVE: The Day of the Jackal seems to have been a sleeper hit for Peacock. The Eddie Redmayne-led political thriller has now become the streamer’s most-watched new original drama series ever after 75 days of viewership, NBCUniversal says. Apparently, the series has found success…

Capping a years-long effort to emphasize the living room, YouTube said Tuesday that it now gets more of its total U.S. viewership on TV sets than on mobile devices. U.S. viewers watch more than 1 billion hours in the U.S. counting both TVs and mobile, CEO Neal Mohan said. The exec expanded on…

EXCLUSIVE: Pay-TV bundle Philo is hitting some notable operational milestones in its eighth year as a full-fledged pay-TV service. The company has hit 1.3 million subscribers, posting a 20% year-over-year growth rate in 2024. Disclosing financials for the first time, Philo said it takes in $450…

Cineverse has extended its existing deal with Davis Panzer Productions, securing digital rights to nine titles including the original Highlander movie. Starring Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert, the 1986 action-adventure fantasy film grossed just $5.9 million but became a popular title in…

EXCLUSIVE: Cricket Media, the 50-year-old children’s media company known for its namesake print magazine, has acquired majority control of kids streaming outlet Sensical. The streaming service launched in 2021 under Common Sense Networks, the for-profit affiliate of Common Sense Media. Eric…

Song Hye-kyo (Descendants of the Sun) and Gong Yoo (Squid Game) are set to star in Show Business (WT), a new series set against the backdrop of the gritty and intense '60s and '80s Korean entertainment industry. Kim Seol-hyun (Light Shop), Cha Seung-won (Uprising) and Lee Hanee (The Fiery…

As premium plans become more costly, a majority of new streaming subscribers are opting for ads, according to a new report from Samba TV. In the second half of 2024, 43% of total SVOD subscribers had an ad-supported plan. The share is increasing, with 56% of new subscribers in that time period…

EXCLUSIVE: Tastemade is partnering with Ole Interactive to launch a new joint venture called Tastemade Latin America, aimed at boosting the region’s expanding streaming television market. The venture will combine Tastemade’s expertise in free ad-supported streaming television with Ole…