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Sports
NFL Scores Record Growth in 2025
The league saw a 10% viewership jump, fueled by rising female audiences, global expansion, streaming partnerships, player-focused storytelling, and one of the most unpredictable seasons in recent history.
Streaming
Bluey Dominates Streaming in 2025
The animated favorite Bluey topped all streaming titles in 2025 with 45.2 billion viewing minutes on Disney+, beating out Grey’s Anatomy and Stranger Things as total US streaming surged to a record 16.7 trillion minutes, up 19% from 2024.
Industry
Streaming Set To Overtake Traditional TV Spending
Ampere Analysis forecasts that streaming platforms will outspend traditional broadcasters by 2028, as the industry pivots toward unscripted shows, live sports, and consolidation deals while fending off growing competition from YouTube and AI-generated content.
Awards
Emmys Reshape Variety Categories
The Television Academy has combined the best scripted variety series and best talk series into a single best variety series Emmy, using an “area award” system with proportional nominee slots that allows for multiple winners if entries reach a 90% approval threshold.
Film Market
American Film Market Returns to LA in 2026
The American Film Market will take place at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles from November 10–15, 2026, continuing its return home after a well-received 2025 event that followed an unpopular move to Las Vegas in 2024.
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