Global TV shipments for Q2 hit their biggest snag of the year - down 2.1% year-over-year. For full-year 2025, global shipments are estimated at around 208.7 million units - essentially flat vs the previous year, down 0.1% year-over-year.

From a consumer experience perspective, FAST maturity is still a ways off. Growth of over 17% is expected through the next five years, to reach $27.14 billion.

Media analysts say that perhaps more than other bidders, Netflix may run into regulatory, anticompetitive concerns - much more than Paramount and Comcast.

"Beneath these comps, the industry remains healthy," writes Laurent Yoon, Bernstein Research media analyst. The Q3 period average profit margin is 19% for the industry.

AMC is starting up a new streaming service focused just on reality TV called All Reality, and has launched its service via Amazon Prime Video - with others to come.

Sensing another potential lawsuit on the way? Part of this type of TV marketing/PR campaign. Trump continues to lean on unpaid "earned" media with edgy content - speaking in industry parlance - to seed his messaging.

Over the past year, LG Ad Solutions has seen a more than 60% year-over-year increase in general-market advertisers integrating home-screen ads into campaigns.

Where are legacy TV station owners headed in terms of media business growth beyond driving down costs, amping up ad revenues and putting carriage pricing pressure on legacy and virtual pay TV providers?

Stock market sensitivity and tension was all up in the grill of the company's parks and experiences business. And of course, its direct-to-consumer streaming platforms.

A study commissioned by TVB says 38% of respondents now turn off the TV set speaker, listening to content via headphones or earpods, while some just mute audio.