YouTube and FIFA have signed a Preferred Platform agreement for the FIFA World Cup 2026 – enabling media partners and creators to publish extended highlights, Shorts, video-on-demand content, and moments from FIFA’s Digital Archive.
Creative industries union Bectu has launched a cross-party parliamentary group to champion freelancers.
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Norbert Himmler has been confirmed for a second term as Director General of German public broadcaster ZDF.
Amazon is rebranding its ad-free video streaming offer as Prime Video Ultra and increasing the price of the service.
Disney+ is launching ‘Verts,’ a new TikTok-style vertical video feed feature for its mobile app that allows users to swipe through recommended clips from Disney films and series.
At the 2026 Oscars, One Battle After Another won six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, and Best Film Editing.
Netflix has opened a visual effects and innovation studio in India.
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Fifth Season, the film and TV production and distribution group behind Apple TV hit Severance, has acquired UK independent producer Story Collective.
Barb, the UK’s TV audience measurement organisation, has appointed Caroline Baxter as Chief Executive.
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The BBC World Service is a “UK national asset”, “important to its national defence and reputation”, for which the government "should be doubling the funding”, according to the organisation’s outgoing Director General, Tim Davie.
