Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2026, set for February 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with the event broadcast live on NBC, Telemundo, and streamed on Peacock. The Super Bowl continues to be the most-watched television event in the United States, recently surpassing 120 million viewers and drawing international attention as the premier showcase for live entertainment.​ The NFL’s decision, in partnership with Apple Music and Roc Nation, is historic: Bad Bunny is [...]

Sony Pictures Television is setting its sights on the next era of global entertainment, identifying anime and video games as the key drivers of intellectual property in the years ahead. During his MIPCOM keynote, Sony Pictures Television chairman Keith Le Goy said the dominance of U.S. comic book universes such as Marvel and DC, which have shaped the past two decades, is waning. Instead, anime and gaming—industries that thrive on dynamic storytelling and deeply engaged fan communities—are becoming the new [...]

The new global hit Hotel Costiera, produced by Lux Vide – one of Italy’s leading scripted production studios founded in Rome by Ettore Bernabei and now part of the Fremantle Group – together with Amazon MGM Studios, has reached the number one position on Prime Video USA in October 2025, as reported by Variety and IMDb News. This marks a remarkable milestone for an Italian production that merges an Anglo-American television production model, characterized by cinematic aesthetics and serialized storytelling, [...]

Netflix is officially opening its doors to the world of video podcasts, marking one of its boldest moves in recent years. The streaming giant has announced a partnership with Spotify to bring to its catalog a selection of 16 video podcasts produced by Spotify Studios and The Ringer, the network founded by Bill Simmons. The titles will debut on Netflix in the United States in early 2026, before gradually expanding to other markets. The collaboration marks Netflix’s entry into a [...]

Presented during the MIA Market in Rome, the Seventh APA Report on Audiovisual Production (October 2025) confirms the steady expansion of Italy’s audiovisual sector, which has reached a total value of €16.3 billion, marking a 9% increase over the previous year. The report highlights a sustained growth trajectory that has outpaced the national GDP, with an average annual increase of 4.6% since 2018, reaffirming the industry’s strategic relevance within Italy’s creative economy. The analysis shows that television remains the core [...]

Taylor Swift has once again redefined the rules of entertainment with the launch of her twelfth studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” paired with the unconventional cinema event “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” held the weekend of October 3–5 and topping both the U.S. and global box office. A Non-Traditional Event This wasn’t a standard film or concert: Swift’s initiative was a unique 89-minute cinematic listening party, formatted as an exclusive in-theater encounter for fans. The event [...]