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SpaceX: Everything, everywhere, all at once
Few investors or the market in general could have been disappointed by SpaceX’s Q3 results. Analysts at MoffettNathanson (MN) distilled the results down and while recognising the achievements also covered the enormous amount of spending, both Capex and Opex, ahead for SpaceX and its various divisions. MN is concerned about the investment required. “In the […]
Viaplay CEO: “Q3 was another milestone”
Viaplay Group has revealed its Q3 2026 results, showing the “continued execution” of its strategic turnaround even as the Nordic streamer contends with persistent cash flow challenges and elevated debt levels. Core operations sales reached SEK 5,251 million (€472.4m), up 30 per cent on a reported year-over-year basis attributed to the Allente consolidation (in late […]
Alliance tackles Swiss IPTV piracy
According to a study by the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA), around 634,000 people in Switzerland use IPTV services that are offered illegally and have acquired content by unlawful means. Anyone who uses such services is exposing themselves to a high risk of fraud, phishing, malware and identity theft, as well as misuse of personal data […]
Canal+ “well on track” to deliver 2026 guidance
Canal+ has reported that Group revenue for the first 9 months of 2026 was up 37.5 per cent to €6.4 billion, reflecting increased scale following the acquisition of MultiChoice. The French broadcaster added that it was well on track to deliver 2026 guidance. Group revenue excluding MultiChoice increased 1.3 per ent on a restated basis […]
Legendary circles Lionsgate
Legendary Entertainment, the US production company behind the Dune and Minecraft franchises, has reportedly revived talks to acquire Lionsgate Studios. and submitted a takeover offer according to Bloomberg. Legendary, owned by Apollo Global Management, had previously mulled making a bid for Lionsgate in 2025. Since then, the two parties are said to have held on-and-off […]
Italy: Streaming revenues double since 2020
Italy’s audiovisual industry reached a total turnover of €16.8 billion in 2025, marking a 3.1 per cent year-over-year increase, according to a report by the Audiovisual Producers Association (APA). While TV continues to anchor the sector, streaming platforms are rapidly closing the distance – doubling their market share from 21 per cent in 2020 to […]
Trust is the new currency as media brands fight for attention across platforms
The battle for audience attention has never been more fragmented, and at the LG Ad Solutions Thought Leadership Breakfast, fragmentation was the starting point for a wide-ranging conversation between New Digital Age Editor in Chief Justin Pearse and Abi Watson, Head of Publishing at Enders Analysis. The conversation explored how broadcasters and media owners are adapting to an audience that no longer sits neatly in front of a single screen, and what that means for trust, quality and the future of premium content. The post Trust is the new currency as media brands fight for attention across platforms appeared first on New Digital Age.
VisionCoreAI and Capital Q® Ventures Announce Partnership to Accelerate Growth of AI Video Intelligence Platform
With its first commercial applications in correctional security, VisionCoreAI is building momentum toward broader adoption of its proprietary AI technology. VisionCoreAI, Inc., an emerging artificial intelligence technology company developing advanced video intelligence solutions, today announced a strategic capital and growth partnership with Capital Q® Ventures Inc. to support the company’s next stage of commercialization, product […]
DuckDB 2.0 Gives Developers More Ways to Connect, Query and Build
Major open-source feature release advances the Quack protocol, accelerates remote data access, and expands SQL, extensions and AI-agent capabilities. DuckDB was built to run inside applications, without requiring a separate database server. Today, DuckLabs announced DuckDB 2.0, a major feature release that preserves this in-process architecture while expanding how developers connect to and work with […]
Spotify Hums Along in Q3, Reaching 306 Million Paid Subscribers: ‘There Is More Runway Ahead’
Spotify hit the mark on all its key targets in the third quarter of 2026, as the streaming-audio giant packed on 6 million subscribers in the period — to reach 306 million — and saw healthier growth in ad revenue. On the free side, Spotify added a net 11 million monthly active users to stand […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Views Search Absorbed Into Agentic Layer via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the future of Search is an agentic layer that unifies Google's Search and AI experiences. The post Google CEO Sundar Pichai Views Search Absorbed Into Agentic Layer appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
More Partners, More Problems: Why CTV Needs a Supply Path Reset
As the CTV market matures, buyers are seeing increased supply while publishers have more programmatic partners to work with. But adding more monetisation partners does not automatically bring greater value, argues Anastasia Skliarenko, Director of Growth at Axis, and that assumption risks making supply paths convoluted and costly. CTV has inherited some useful things from digital Read More
Who made this ad? A question at the heart of ANA’s AI discussions
As AI transforms advertising, marketers have an opportunity to shape the rules around authenticity, disclosure and consumer trust before others do it for them.
Inside Terri & Sandy’s rebrand—and what repositioning can do for an indie
The New York agency embraces optimism, maximalism and two giddy exclamation points as a new generation takes charge.
20 brands catching millennials’ attention right now and how they’re doing it
Skims, Liberty Mutual and Pixar were among the brands that gained ground in the third quarter of 2026.
Highdive turns 10—what the co-founders have learned, and what’s next
As the acclaimed indie celebrates a milestone, Chad Broude and Mark Gross are also preparing for the next era.
How to turn skepticism into buy-in—young marketing leaders share their experiences
This year’s group of 40 Under 40 honorees were able to convince doubters to back new ideas.
Independent agency M&A decision guide—whether to do a deal, with whom and on what terms
Agency founders are fielding approaches from private equity firms, consultancies and independents. Ad Age lays out whether to engage, who to trust and when to walk away.
NHL’s failed romance campaign shows sports marketers the dangers of misreading fan culture
The league's “Hot for Hockey” misfire shows the risks of courting new audiences—and how teams can better understand the fans they hope to attract.
Why the Best Loyalty AI Is the AI You Never See
Marketers have spent years getting better at deciding who to message. AI should make us better at deciding who not to message. That may sound counterintuitive in an industry obsessed with personalization. But the more a brand knows about a guest, the more selective it should become about when it earns the right to […]
Bloomreach Opens Its Platform to the Agentic Era: More Than 200 Agents Have Already Been Built on Loomi Connect by Marketers, Ecommerce Teams, and Technology Partners Worldwide
Bloomreach, the AI company for personalized customer engagement, announced that brands, technology partners, and agencies around the world have already built more than 200 agents using Loomi Connect, the integration foundation for its Loomi intelligence layer. Loomi comprises multiple models, including purpose-built, adaptive models that learn from each business’s unique data, orchestrated together to drive […]
BigGeo Launches Audience Composer: Build Digital Audiences from Real-World Visits
Execute with geographic insight. Compose custom audiences from real-world visitation patterns, continuously refreshed. How the world moves tells a story. Audience Composer connects that real-world visitation activity directly to digital campaigns, turning visits to stores, categories and competitor locations into audiences brands and agencies can activate and measure online. BigGeo announced the availability of Audience […]
OpenArt AI Hires Former Salesforce Global Head of Brand and Creative Scott Larson as Company Nears $200M ARR
After helping transform Salesforce into a global B2B powerhouse, Larson joins OpenArt as Vice President of Brand Marketing & Creative to scale its brand amid rapid growth OpenArt grows from $0 to close to $200M ARR in less than two years, increases headcount 300%, expands leadership team, and builds on momentum with Disney Accelerator selection […]
Change Agents Launches Beacon Agentic AI Search Platform, Targeting 5.6 Million U.S. Small Businesses and a New Recurring Revenue Opportunity
Subscription-based platform designed to help businesses compete for visibility on ChatGPT and Gemini, positioning Change Agents to capitalize on the shift toward AI-powered search Change Agents Corporation (Nasdaq: CHGA) (“Change Agents” or the “Company”), a technology company developing commercial agentic AI software through its wholly owned subsidiary, Avalon Quantum AI, LLC, and pursuing AI-enabled drone […]