In the fast-evolving world of free ad-supported streaming television, movie channels have quietly carved out a meaningful niche, yet they still struggle to command the visibility they deserve. To gauge their true footprint, I examined Samsung TV Plus, one of the fastest-growing FAST platforms across the US and Europe's five largest markets (EU5) to answer the question: Movies on FAST channels: spotlight or sideshow?
Marion Ranchet //
19 May 2025
Streaming platforms, tech giants, and traditional broadcasters are all fighting to become the destination for live sport viewers. And in the middle of it all are the fans, facing rising costs, fractured access, and a growing sense of fatigue. The rights war has become a platform war. And no one's sitting on the sidelines.
Matt Stagg //
01 Aug 2025
All fans don't want the same experience. They don't consume sport content in the same places, with the same purpose, or with the same expectations. And yet, the industry still builds around the default—the single, editorially led, one-size-fits-all feed. It's time we treated live sport like what it really is: a base layer with infinite skinning potential. That's the model that drives engagement in every other digital format. And if broadcasting wants to stay culturally relevant, that same logic needs to be applied—fast.
Matt Stagg //
28 Aug 2025
This article will look at the state of CTV and streaming advertising and monetisation in the UK and EU, how the ad spend pie is divvied up, where CTV stands in relation to traditional broadcast, how the markets are trending, and what accounts for current growth patterns.
Nadine Krefetz //
28 Aug 2025
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Philip Radley-Smith //
27 Mar 2023
Streaming Advertising and Monetization Companies and Suppliers