Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Ad Revenue Nears $10 Billion in Latest Quarter

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Alphabet remains on a roll as its world-beating streaming-video platform YouTube continues to dominate.

Hollywood Reporter: NBA Playoffs Fuel Warner Bros. Discovery Gains in May TV Distributor Rankings

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One more data point for the “live sports is the engine of linear TV” argument (not that it needed many more): TNT’s NBA playoffs telecasts accounted for nearly all of Warner Bros. Discovery’s gains in Nielsen’s TV distributor rankings in May.

Advanced Television: Dr Seuss Enterprises expands partnership with Little Dot Studios

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Dr Seuss Enterprises has renewed and expanded its partnership with multi-platform production company, social media agency and digital media network, Little Dot Studios, following a successful collaboration that brought the celebrated world of Dr Seuss to YouTube audiences around the globe.

Hollywood Reporter: Major League Baseball Acquires Stake in Creator-Led Jomboy Media

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Major League Baseball is getting into business with one of the sport’s top creators.

Deadline: WWE’s First Crossover With AAA Locks Down 4.1M Viewers In 24 Hours As Company’s First Full In-Ring YouTube Broadcast

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The WWE set a new audience record with its first AAA crossover event since acquiring the leading Mexican lucha libre promotion in April.

Advanced Television: Google, Red Bull and more join XR Sports Alliance

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The XR Sports Alliance (XRSA) has announced its second cohort of joining members including Google, Red Bull, French Soccer League (LFP), Premier Lacrosse League (PLL), FISE, Lenovo, Stats Perform and T-Mobile US.

Advanced Television: Ubisoft, History Hit launch Echoes of History YouTube channel

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History Hit, the SVoD, content platform and podcast network founded by Dan Snow, and Ubisoft have renewed and expanded their partnership.

Variety: Disney Loses Legal Bid to Block YouTube’s Hiring of Media Exec Justin Connolly

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A California Superior Court judge rejected Disney‘s request for a temporary restraining order that sought to prevent Justin Connolly from working at YouTube.

Hollywood Reporter: ‘Dirty Jobs’ Host Mike Rowe Sues Discovery Over Denying Streaming Royalties

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Warner Bros. Discovery has been sued by Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe, who alleges that the network is refusing to pay him certain streaming royalties and is misinterpreting his deal to shortchange him on other payments.

Variety: YouTube Disputes Disney Lawsuit’s Claims Over Justin Connolly Hiring, Alleges Disney Is Using Exec as ‘Pawn’ in License Talks

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YouTube has fired back at Disney, opposing Disney’s lawsuit attempting to block the video giant’s hiring of Justin Connolly, a former high-level media distribution exec for the Mouse House.

Hollywood Reporter: Disney Sues YouTube Over Poaching Exec Ahead of Licensing Renewal Deals

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YouTube‘s hiring of longtime Disney executive Justin Connolly to serve in a newly created role as global head of media and sports has sparked a lawsuit against the Google-owned company.

Deadline: YouTube Will Stream Kansas City Chiefs-L.A. Chargers NFL Game For Free From Brazil This September

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that the Kansas City Chiefs will face the L.A. Chargers in an early-September game streaming globally on YouTube.

Deadline: YouTube TV Bucks The Cord-Cutting Trend, Growing By Disrupting – But Not Everyone “Enjoys The Zen”

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In just eight years, and in a landscape defined by cord-cutting and decline, YouTube TV has become one of the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S.

Deadline: Starz Shares Jump 40% On First Day Of Trading, Disney Up 11% On Strong Quarterly Earnings

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Wednesday’s performances by Starz and Disney shares represented a bright spot in an otherwise murky 2025 for media stocks.

Broadband TV News: Ocilion launches IPTV streaming app for Samsung smart TVs

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IPTV service provider Ocilion is expanding the reach of its white-label TV solution with the launch of a dedicated streaming app for Samsung smart TVs.

Deadline: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Sees Tariffs Raising Prices For Consumers As Media Stocks, Markets Fall

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Amazon chief executive Andrew Jassy says he’s “guessing sellers will pass that cost on” as President Donald Trump raises the price to import goods into the U.S.

Variety: Australia’s Video Market to Hit $12.3 Billion by 2030, YouTube, Netflix Dominate, Media Partners Asia Study Finds

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In a new analysis of Australia’s evolving entertainment landscape, research firm Media Partners Asia (MPA) projects the country’s video industry will reach $12.3 billion in total revenue by 2030.

Hollywood Reporter: Trump Tariffs Timing Couldn’t Be Worse for Hollywood

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President Trump on Wednesday afternoon declared what he called “Liberation Day”: Announcing wide-ranging tariffs that he argued will rebalance the global trade order, and in his words make America rich.

Hollywood Reporter; Survival of the Biggest: Europe’s TV Shake-Up Is “Inevitable”

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Two major TV deals this past week — ITV Studios’ acquisition of a majority stake in The Gentlemen producer Moonage Pictures and MediaForEurope’s takeover bid for German broadcaster Pro7Sat.1 —highlight a hard truth for Europe’s legacy networks: It’s grow or die.

Advanced Television: TF1 CEO predicts new TV golden age

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TF1 CEO Rodolphe Belmer, delivering a keynote speech at the Séries Mania Forum in Lille, revealed that he foresees a new TV golden age.