Montreal – November 03, 2026 -- FAST platforms can no longer rely on the traditional 30-second pre-roll, and executives from Xumo, LG and Equativ say pause ads, shorter spots and direct sales are the way to protect CPMs. The panel, moderated by Stingray Chief Revenue Officer David Purdy at TVOT Montreal 2026, focused on raising revenue per hour without driving viewers away.

WASHINGTON – November 02, 2026 -- Sky News has expanded its partnership with Arc XP, the media platform built inside The Washington Post, to power a new app and website targeted for launch by the end of 2027.

Unterföhring – November 02, 2026 -- ProSieben's quiz show "Wer stiehlt mir die Show?" opened its twelfth season with a 16.5 percent overnight market share in the channel's 14-49 target group, winning Sunday prime time.

Winterscheidt beats Knossalla in the season-opening final

Original host Joko Winterscheidt won the final against entertainer Jens "Knossi" Knossalla. He keeps his own show and hosting job for now.

Beijing – November 01, 2026 -- iQIYI began filming the internet feature film "Cop in Trouble" on October 28 at its new AI Film Studio, which links live-action shooting directly to nearly 30 AI models for post-production.

Shanghai studio syncs on-set footage to NadouPro in real time

The approximately 110-square-meter facility sits inside the iQIYI Creative Center Shanghai. It offers multi-camera shooting, synchronized high-resolution video and audio recording, digital continuity logging and real-time footage review.

Cologne – November 01, 2026 -- Regina Ziegler, the German film producer behind more than 500 film and television productions, died on November 1 in Berlin at the age of 82, public broadcaster WDR announced.

Ziegler founded her own production company in 1973

Born in 1944 in Quedlinburg, Ziegler worked as a production manager before launching her company in 1973. Over the following decades it produced titles including "Solo für Klarinette" with Corinna Harfouch and Götz George, "Der Verleger" with Heiner Lauterbach, and "Die große Flatter" with Richy Müller.

Mainz – November 01, 2026 -- Regina Ziegler, who built a catalogue of more than 500 national and international film and television productions over five decades, has died at the age of 82, ZDF announced.

Ziegler founded her own production company in Germany in the early 1970s

Born on March 8, 1944, Ziegler was the first woman in Germany to launch her own production company, in a male-dominated industry. Since 2000 she ran the company jointly with her daughter, Tanja Ziegler.

Munich – November 01, 2026 -- German public broadcaster ARD and its film arm ARD Degeto have announced the death of producer Regina Ziegler, who founded her own production company in 1973 and built it into one of Germany's most significant independent producers over more than five decades.

Berlin – October 30, 2026 -- German news broadcaster WELT will run about 32 hours of live special programming around the US midterm elections on November 3 and 4, 2026. Editor-in-chief Helge Fuhst will anchor part of the coverage from a dedicated WELT set at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Kortrijk – October 30, 2026 -- Barco will open its first HDR by Barco auditorium in Belgium on November 18 at Kinepolis Kortrijk, close to the company's headquarters, extending a premium cinema format that is already running in six countries.

Belgian debut follows rollout in six existing markets

HDR by Barco already operates in the U.S., U.K., Germany, India, Italy and the Netherlands. The most recent additions were three new sites in Germany. Construction in Kortrijk is underway.

Unterföhring – October 29, 2026 -- ProSiebenSat.1 is moving "The Voice of Germany" and "The Voice Kids" exclusively to SAT.1 in 2027 as part of a prime-time overhaul across SAT.1, ProSieben and Kabel Eins that also expands genre depth on streaming platform Joyn.