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27 Mar 2026
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Jack Benjamin
Meta and Google have been found liable for a woman’s harmful social media addiction. Is an additional harm the business logic that values the attention advertisers want to monetise?
27 Mar 2026
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The Media Leader Staff
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26 Mar 2026
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John Moulding
The annual Living Room Study commissioned by RTL AdAlliance finds that 14% of Europeans go straight to a BVOD service after turning on their TV – up 6 percentage points in a year.
26 Mar 2026
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John Moulding
Together with adtech company ShowHeroes, the media agency commissioned a 4,400 person study in Europe that shows streaming subscription fatigue. The authors claim FAST will scale as subscription growth plateaus.
25 Mar 2026
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Jack Benjamin
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a new consultation on applying the Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) to advertising for less-healthy food and drink products.
25 Mar 2026
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Jack Benjamin
At Advertising Week Europe in London Wednesday, Meta's head of creative strategy for the Nordics, Rich Kivell, warned that brands are treating WhatsApp as a "utility pipe" rather than "a canvas for expression".
25 Mar 2026
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John Moulding
The Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe wants the EC to acknowledge the growing power of CTV OS and virtual assistant providers.
25 Mar 2026
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James Longhurst
The Media Leader’s flagship awards programme is joining forces with the 37-year-old M&M Global Awards, putting senior and emerging talent from across the industry in front of a global audience.
25 Mar 2026
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John Moulding
The French broadcaster is determined that its TF1+ streaming platform will have the scale to compete with Netflix and Disney+. It wants to be the go-to digital destination for French speakers in Europe and Africa.
25 Mar 2026
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John Moulding
Bitmovin’s Jacob Arends argues that foundational models will improve faster than legacy domain-specific models designed for narrow TV-related applications. His company is showcasing its own AI-powered solutions at NAB.
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