The piece was first published by Digiday sibling WorkLife The watercooler flirtation has gone digital, with emojis and GIFs becoming the new Cupid’s arrows and LinkedIn and Slack taking the place of Tinder. According to recent studies, office romances aren’t just surviving hybrid work — they’re thriving in it. Continue reading this article on digiday.com.…

Western Europe hit a record volume of Crime & Thriller production orders from leading global streaming platforms in 2024, reaching 94 titles. That’s equivalent to a 43 per cent share of all commissions by major streamers in the genre, more than the North American (NAM) and Asia Pacific (APAC) regions combined. The main beneficiary has…

This week’s Media Briefing looks at media companies’ previous efforts to launch (or grow) their own social media platforms, in light of BuzzFeed’s plans to tackle big tech’s algorithms by creating its own social media site. Spoiler alert: few have tried, and even fewer have succeeded. BuzzFeed’s latest pivot LA Times owner’s new right-wing venture,…

UK comms regulator Ofcom has published proposals for upper 6 GHz spectrum to be made available and shared between mobile and Wi-Fi services. The UK is spearheading efforts to explore the sharing of upper 6 GHz by these two different technologies, which should bring benefits to the economy, and has also been promoting this approach…

John Malone, one of the founders of the modern media landscape, has agreed a biography deal with Simon & Schuster to be called Born to Be Wired. Set for a September release, Malone is working again with writer Mark Robichaux who penned 2003’s Cable Cowboy memoir. “Over a lifetime of business deals, the most valuable…

Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, reveals a growing consumer preference for ad-supported streaming, robust momentum for Apple TV+, increasing investment in sports content and Netflix’s continued strength in delivering engaging entertainment in its Q4 Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data on the global streaming market. The study, from Kantar’s Worldpanel division, uncovered the following…

Ofcom has published the latest figures for the complaints it has received about the UK’s main broadband, mobile and pay-TV services. These figures cover the third quarter of 2024, from July to September. During this quarter, there was a slight decrease in the number of complaints we received compared to the previous quarter (from April…

French football governing body LFP is suing DAZN over unpaid rights fees for this season. It is reported that DAZN has only paid half of the domestic TV rights money top-flight Ligue 1 clubs were owed this month. The football body called an emergency meeting with the 18 Ligue 1 clubs to discuss the situation…

Bitmovin’s latest Video Developer Report indicates an increasing role of AI, the slow adoption of next-generation codecs, and continuing challenges when it comes to ad insertion. It also demonstrates a disconnect between sustainability efforts and cost implications Key Challenges and Opportunities from the Report This year’s Video Developer Report saw advertising (15 per cent) remain…

Paramount seems ready for a carriage battle with YouTube.  “We have made a series of fair offers to continue our long-standing relationship with Google’s YouTube TV, providing subscribers access to the full array of Paramount’s entertainment, news and sports programming,” a spokesperson for Paramount told Deadline. “YouTube TV is attempting to pressure Paramount to agree…