Streaming

• European cinema attendance declined by 5.5% in 2025, with the total number of cinemagoers dropping to 796 million. • Despite the fall in attendance, overall box-office revenues remained stable at €6.36 billion. • This trend highlights a shift in consumer behavior and pricing dynamics within the European film exhibition market.

• A new streaming release titled "The Bride" follows a lonely man named Frank who travels to 1930s Chicago to seek the help of Dr. Euphronious. • The plot centers on the revival of a murdered young woman, leading to unexpected consequences involving murder, possession, and a radical cultural movement. • This release is part of a curated list of streaming recommendations for the week of May 20-26, providing viewers with new binge-watching options.

• Non-English original content has overtaken English originals on Netflix for the first time, accounting for 52% of the platform's originals in 2025 compared to 49% in 2024. • According to Ampere Analysis, Spanish and Korean productions recorded the strongest growth, driving the shift toward a more globalized content library. • This trend highlights a strategic pivot by Netflix to prioritize international markets and diverse storytelling to sustain global subscriber growth.

• High-profile celebrity alliance declarations and streaming service changes dominate this week's entertainment news from Colombo Marciano. • Key announcements include major partnership deals involving top stars, reshaping industry collaborations. • These developments signal evolving business models in Asia's entertainment sector, impacting content distribution.

Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurousTheatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not a threat to “in-person” attendance and are making audiences more adventurous, according to new research commissioned by the National Theatre.Introducing the findings on Monday, the NT’s director, Indhu Rubasingham, said that the boom in filmed theatre had raised major questions including the concern that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home would have a negative impact on live attendance. The organisation commissioned research by the agency Indigo to learn more about audiences’ attitudes to filmed theatre. Continue reading...

Previously prohibited use of websites such as Omoggle that connect a streamer to a stranger’s video feed now allowed Last week, at 4am, 19-year-old Sammy Amz was scrolling through X when something caught his eye: a popular Twitch streamer was competing in a 1v1 “mog-off” with a stranger, and losing.The next day he opened the Omoggle gaming website and began to play. Quickly he matched with another user – green dots appeared on their faces onscreen, as the website began to compare their measurements: canthal tilt, palpebral fissure ratio, nose-to-face width ratio and so on. Continue reading...

• Platforms like Netflix are championing theatrical outcasts such as Nukkad Naatak, Haq, Kennedy, and Dhadak 2, transforming them into global hits. • Monika Shergill of Netflix highlights how streaming provides new life to small-budget indie films previously overlooked in theaters. • These regional and indie stories gain international audiences, bridging gaps for underreported Indian cinema.