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Universal’s Fast Track of Movies to Peacock

Universal’s movie windowing strategy remains one of the clearest examples of vertical integration delivering very different results by market.

Universal’s Fast Track of Movies to Peacock

Universal’s Fast Track of Movies to Peacock

Original Concepts Bounce Back in US Scripted Commissioning

US scripted commissioning rebounded in 2025, with original concepts rising to 51% of new series as reliance on established IP, particularly literary adaptations, declined.

Original Concepts Bounce Back in US Scripted Commissioning

Original Concepts Bounce Back in US Scripted Commissioning

Paramount’s Pay-One Premieres Take Longer Outside the US

Paramount’s movie windowing strategy shows a different pattern to Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. While Paramount+ gives the studio a clear owned Pay-One destination, 3Vision’s Movie Tracker data shows that international Pay-One sharing arrangements continue to keep the UK and Australia on a longer timeline than the US.

Paramount’s Pay-One Premieres Take Longer Outside the US

Paramount’s Pay-One Premieres Take Longer Outside the US

Disney Finds Its Movie Windowing Rhythm

Disney’s movie release strategy has moved through several distinct phases since the pandemic, from early experimentation and now towards a more standardised international windowing model.

Disney Finds Its Movie Windowing Rhythm

Disney Finds Its Movie Windowing Rhythm

The HBO Max Effect on Warner’s Movie Windows

Warner Bros. Discovery’s international HBO Max rollout is beginning to bring key theatrical movie windows closer to the US model, particularly at Pay-One

The HBO Max Effect on Warner’s Movie Windows

The HBO Max Effect on Warner’s Movie Windows

US Scripted Commissions Set To Bounce Back After 2023 Fall

US scripted commissioning is starting to recover after a sharp fall in 2023

US Scripted Commissions Set To Bounce Back After 2023 Fall

US Scripted Commissions Set To Bounce Back After 2023 Fall

US Scripted Sales in EMEA Enter a More Selective Era

3Vision’s Show Tracker points to a continued slowdown in the third-party distribution of US scripted series across EMEA. Major studios are keeping more of their key titles for their own streaming services, while local buyers are becoming more selective about what they acquire. The result is a market where fewer US scripted series are finding third-party homes.

US Scripted Sales in EMEA Enter a More Selective Era

US Scripted Sales in EMEA Enter a More Selective Era

Where All3Media and Banijay Already Synergise

The proposed merger between Banijay and All3Media is set to produce a titan for UK content distribution. Show Tracker reveals where the synergy between the two companies exist already, highlighting a significant overlap in the companies’ top international buyers for their scripted series.

Where All3Media and Banijay Already Synergise

Where All3Media and Banijay Already Synergise

How Sony Is Rolling Out Its Netflix Windows Worldwide

Sony’s global Pay-One deal with Netflix has positioned the streamer as the first subscription home for its films after theatrical and transactional windows. Movie Tracker reveals the extent of how Sony's engagement with Netflix differs in markets where the SVOD already has Pay-One with Sony.

How Sony Is Rolling Out Its Netflix Windows Worldwide

How Sony Is Rolling Out Its Netflix Windows Worldwide

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