Xiaomi has made the 2025 S Pro Mini-LED TV series official, and the new TVs will be available to purchase from October 29 in China. The new lineup has four models, with a starting price of 4,599 yuan (about $646). Among the four, three have a peak brightness rating of...

I used to believe that cable was an outdated and overpriced obstacle. So, I went all-in to the world of streaming, ready to embrace a customized, cost-effective TV experience. However, cutting the cord wasn't as convenient, flawless, and budget-friendly as I hoped. From subscription fees that seem to climb every month and licensing battles that make my favorite content vanish into thin air to navigating confusing menus, here are the top reasons I regret cutting the cord.

Peak TV may be over, but even in a time of industrywide contraction, another era is forging ahead unabated: Welcome to Peak Franchise TV. An Asteroid Is About to Hit Upfronts Spinoffs of successful series are almost as old as network TV itself — the first ones premiered in the late 1950s. The current state of the business, however, with its nearly boundless viewing options for both old and new programming, is uniquely set up to reward investment in building franchises. On the broadcast networks alone, the 2023-24 season will feature 21 scripted series that are part of a franchise, defined as...

“In 2007 I watched the “X Files” on YouTube. That changed my consumer experience!” said analyst firm Ampere Analysis’s Research Manager Olivia Deane, invited to discuss audience’s shift in the last 20 years, structural adaptations and new business models in kids’ content at MipJunior’s opening session Oct. 18.Why 'Tales of the City' Helped to Open Screen Doors for Queer Stories From the boom of on-demand to peak and post-peak TV, kids content creators have been on a rollercoaster in the last two decades, as explained by Deane in her presentation ‘Mapping out a New Era of Kids TV & Entertainment’ at...

Spanish TV fiction producers are finding ways to navigate the rocky international scene thanks to increasing interest from foreign producers looking to co-finance in Spain, leveraging the country’s generous tax incentives. Apart from streamer financing — which accounts for over 50% of total Spanish content investment, the highest in major European markets — the peak […]

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. TV is in a weird, wild place right now. We’re post-monoculture. Post-prestige. The Golden Age is over. There’s more TV than ever before in human history, and yet, it can feel harder than ever to find something worthwhile to watch. And, with the flood of streaming services (Fubo? Freevee?? MGM+???) to even know where to watch it.

You might think that declining subscriber satisfaction with the best streaming services was a given in the face of rising subscription prices, the introduction of more ads and increasing account restrictions, but new research suggests it's more to do with customers being less satisfied with what's available to stream.A recent TiVo survey of close to 5,000 people in the US and Canada shows that subscribers are increasingly fed up with the quality of content available, reports Ars Technica. This trend has only become more pronounced over the past three years, with survey respondents' abilities to find 'moderate to good' stuff...

The landscape of television is vast and varied, and with new shows coming out basically every single day, and streaming apps allowing us to watch the classics, there’s an endless amount of it out there, both good and bad. If you watch enough TV and read enough articles about it, it’s not hard to figure out what the good shows are, the ones all the critics love, the ones that have the biggest fanbases. That also means that certain shows will get popular enough that they’ll escape containment.

Reality TV is on a spectrum of being acceptable and somewhat trashy. Between Bravo, TLC, MTV and streaming services adopting shows, there is a strong variety of reality TV to watch. Some iconic reality TV shows we’ve all heard of are. “What Would You Do?,” “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette,”...