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Netflix added 8.76 million global subscribers in the third quarter, taking its total subscriptions to 247.15 million.

Sunset+Vine has appointed Peter Angell as chief executive officer.

The BBC has cancelled daytime soap Doctors after 23 years on air, blaming ‘super inflation in drama production'.

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is to launch its Max streaming service in 22 European countries in Spring 2024, followed by launches in France and Belgium later in the year.

Katharina Frömsdorf has been named CEO of German streamer Joyn.

Negotiations between Hollywood studios and actors’ union SAG-AFTRA broke down last week, ending hopes that the three-month strike by performers would quickly come to an end.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to the hiring of freelance TV crew by the BBC, ITV and a number of indie production companies.

ITV has started offering linear addressable advertising across its ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and ITVBe networks in YouView homes, opening up addressable targeting for advertisers in live broadcast viewing across 1.3 million households.

German broadcasters ARD and ZDF have officially launched a joint streaming network which allows viewers to watch their shows on either of their platforms.

Eight European public service broadcasters have teamed for a joint TV drama commissioning initiative called New8.