European television, with its lack of affiliate fee billions may hold the key to success in the streaming era. Plus why two competing conferences are a perfect metaphor for the state of TV today.

It’s a big planet, with a lot of TV watchers. And getting as many of them a chance to watch Paramount Plus, Pluto, and now, SkyShowtime, is Kelly Day’s job as ViacomCBS’ president of international streaming services.

The six-episode Mike White series The White Lotus ended this week, but not before creating the sort of buzz that many had assumed was no longer possible around a TV show. It wasn’t Game Of Thrones level—that series had almost a decade to build up to the final season—but it was at the level of HBO’s previous buzzed-about limited series, Mare of Easttown.

Netflix and Amazon were just as big in Europe's record year for streaming video as they have been in the United States, a new survey shows. But there were some distinctive Continental differences when you look further into the numbers.

A look at the growing market for OTT sports broadcasting in Europe, now on hold, but sure to explode post-pandemic.