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LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s media outfit The SpringHill Company and Fulwell 73, the production company behind Friends: The Reunion and Carpool Karaoke, are to merge.

Over 60 million households worldwide watched the weekend boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, which marked Netflix’s first foray into live boxing.

Unveiling its fourth quarter 2024 results, Disney announced that it has 122.7 million Disney+ core paid subscribers, up by 4.4 million subs over the previous quarter.

Netflix has marked the second anniversary of the launch of its advertising-supported tier by revealing that the plan now reaches 70m monthly active users globally.

Amazon is to close down Freevee, its free ad-supported video streaming (FAST) platform, and to fold its content into its Prime Video service.

BBC Studios has agreed a partnership deal with Jolly Octopus Media, a new production company founded by Emmy and BAFTA winners Ollie Brack and James Longman.

Three quarters of young adults want to work in the UK’s creative industries but are deterred from entering the industry by a lack of knowledge about roles available as well as a perception that the industry is hard to get into.

AMC Networks has acquired full control of BBC America, its joint venture with BBC Studios.

Real-time graphics and live production specialist Vizrt has appointed Rohit Nagarajan as its new CEO. 

The UK government is to examine the future of linear TV broadcasting amid fears that some older and underprivileged viewers could be excluded from the general shift towards streaming.