Amazon rolled out its anticipated ad-supported news video service. The new service will be available on Fire TV devices and Fire tablets, and be fueled by content from publishers including Bloomberg, CBS News, Cheddar, Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, People, Reuters and Yahoo, among others.
Discovery is introducing its ad-funded streaming service Dplay in the UK and Ireland. Service will feature content from Discovery’s free-to-air portfolio of channels and will feature shows.
At the NAB Show, investors and equity analysts discussed the current state of media consolidation. Plus: Disney+ and Hulu ordered a revival of the hit high school musical “Glee” by Ryan Murphy.
Wednesday October 21, 2026 Live Sports Streaming Has The Fans. Now Advertisers Need A Smarter Way To Reach Them Live sports delivers something increasingly scarce in today’s fragmented media landscape: large, highly engaged audiences that show up together in real time. It’s no surprise that advertisers want in. According to
Netflix kicked off a new season of third-quarter earnings reports on Tuesday evening. Revenue grew 12% year over year to $12.9 billion, in line with Wall Street estimates – but ads sales didn’t grow quite as much as expected. But first: Our Cynopsis Top Women in Media event is fast approaching, so we’re highlighting some of our talented honorees with a short Q&A series! Up first is Maria Tullin of Horizon Media to weigh in on the growing video podcast trend. As first reported by Puck on Thursday afternoon, after 10 years at Netflix – and just days after being part of the keynote conversation at MIPCOM – Bela Bajaria is leaving her role as Netflix’s chief content officer, to be replaced by former Fox and Disney executive Peter Rice. Cynopsis 10/21/2026: Netflix Can’t Catch A Break
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