Learn more about U.S. animated film and TV production trends since the pandemic and the state of generative AI in animation: The post-peak TV contraction has hit animated series commissions, particularly for kids content, but anime is a growing force influencing Western adult animation Straight-to-streaming animated feature releases have tapered off among studio-owned SVODs, while Netflix has risen as a prolific animation producer and distributor Major studios, VFX, animation studios and prom...| Luminate
If there’s been a narrative that defines the streaming wars in 2025, it’s the notion that Netflix is seeing its rivals making progress on their bid to close the gap with the market leader on the original-programming front. The post Netflix Series Lead Under Siege? Summer 2025 Begs to Differ appeared first on Luminate.| Luminate
Over the 20+ years it's been in operation, the Tiny Desk Concerts series has provided an intimate performance showcase for artists ranging from T-Pain to Maren Morris to engage their fans online. The post Tiny Desk, Big Impact: NPR’s Artist Influence, Quantified appeared first on Luminate.| Luminate
Animated series have endured a boom-and-bust cycle in recent years.| Luminate
Less than a month after its christening, Paramount Skydance jumped on the next big milestone for gaming’s role in Hollywood: a Call of Duty feature film. The post Call of Duty Deal Cements Paramount Skydance as Major Cross-Media Player appeared first on Luminate.| Luminate
After a long period of sitting on the sidelines, Peacock has finally entered the bundling game. The post How Peacock Just Changed the Game for Streaming Sports Bundles appeared first on Luminate.| Luminate
With its whopping $7.7 billion deal for the streaming rights to all UFC events in the U.S., newly christened Paramount Skydance is making a big play to reposition its SVOD for younger subscribers. The post UFC Rights Deal Could Be the Start of a New, Younger Paramount appeared first on Luminate.| Luminate
Perhaps one of the unlikeliest success stories to come out of Hollywood in recent years was the surprise hit Terrifier 3, a horror film that cost just $2 million to make yet topped the box office in October 2024 with $19 million in its opening weekend.| Luminate
The question of whether TikTok parent company ByteDance will actually sell its golden goose or let the app go dark in its biggest market has weighed particularly heavily on music creators and fans. The post What Will Drive Music Discovery If TikTok Is Banned? appeared first on Luminate.| Luminate
When mob thriller The Alto Knights fizzled out this spring after a poor showing for Bong Joon Ho’s expensive Mickey 17, many were quick to write off Warner Bros. for the year. The post How Warner Bros. Revitalized Its Film Slate, From ‘Sinners’ to ‘Weapons’ appeared first on Luminate.| Luminate
Even as classic multi-camera comedies such as Seinfeld and Friends remain popular on streaming, original hits in this storied format have remained elusive. The post How Netflix’s ‘Leanne’ Broke the Streaming Sitcom Curse appeared first on Luminate.| Luminate
Disney announced last week that Hulu will be “fully integrated” into the Disney+ app in 2026, folding the storied streamer into the Disney Bundle. But does the demise of the Hulu app mean the beginning of the end for Hulu as a brand?| Luminate
KPop Demon Hunters is the all-time most-watched Netflix original film worldwide, but reaching No. 1 tells only part of the story about what makes this title stand apart from previous hit films on streaming.| Luminate
Does the runaway success of KPDH mean K-pop is once again having a moment in pop culture? Well, yes and no.| Luminate
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One of the biggest movie releases of 2025 so far has been Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s vampire-slashing, Southern Gothic horror-thriller. Given the key role music plays in the film, it’s no surprise that the Sinners Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has enjoyed big streaming numbers — and a few TikTok-viral songs, to boot. But the most unique aspect of Ludwig Göransson’s soundtrack is its […]| Luminate
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Luminate released its new product, Artist + Genre Tracker, a best-in-class research tool to help you know what's hot and what's not in American music tastes with new artists added quarterly.| Luminate
We're pleased to present our industry-leading Year-End Music Report, highlighting the biggest takeaways from 2023.| Luminate
We're pleased to present our industry-leading Year-End Music Report, highlighting the biggest takeaways from 2023.| Luminate
"Emily in Paris" may be between seasons, but that hasn’t stopped veteran TV producer Darren Star from continuing to be a hot property in 2025.| Luminate
Ticket prices continue to be the biggest barrier to consumers attending music festivals.| Luminate
The number of scripted spinoff series currently on linear TV and streaming has increased 75% vs. the same time last year, according to Luminate Film & TV.| Luminate
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Europe may be home to a wide array of countries and cultures, and one thing that unites them is their love of music.| Luminate
In the never-ending debate over binge-vs.-weekly release in streaming, Disney+ has found success with a compromise.| Luminate
Year-over-year viewership trends across original and licensed content from the streaming giant have actually seen net declines in both films and TV series.| Luminate
In the 2024 Year-End Music Report, we dive deeper into genre shifts on streaming, highlight changes in consumption across international markets, delve into songwriting representation and provide additional insights across gaming, live music, social media and more.| Luminate
New Agreement Adds Music Streaming Metrics from Fortnite Jam Tracks to Luminate’s Industry-Leading Music Data Platform CONNECT| Luminate
For the first time in three years, R&B has finished among the five subgenres that experienced the most share growth in Q1 2025.| Luminate
Music and gaming are highly intertwined. In fact, gamers over-index in consumption for all top 10 U.S. music genres, compared to general population benchmarks, reinforcing their deep connection to both worlds.| Luminate
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In what can best be described as a lackluster Super Bowl from a football perspective, most chatter coming out of the big game centered around Kendrick Lamar’s historic halftime performance.| Luminate
The 67th annual GRAMMY Awards were held in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2, 2025, in the wake of wildfires that decimated several of the city’s neighborhoods in mid-January. The rebuilding process for Los Angeles will no doubt be lengthy, but the GRAMMY Awards telecast offered a bit of hope: the GRAMMYs drove fundraising for charities and […]| Luminate
Since 2020, the disruptive effect streaming services have had on linear television and theatrical films has been a major industry concern.| Luminate
Black History Month is an annual period of remembrance and celebration, and we at Luminate are looking forward to this year's Black History Month theme: “African Americans and Labor.”| Luminate
In our 2024 Year-End Music Report, we introduced the Luminate Export Power Score – a metric designed to evaluate a country’s ability to export recorded music globally. Typically, when we analyze how countries are performing we focus on streaming trends, but this approach doesn’t take into account the full impact of how artists from said country […]| Luminate
With streaming growth maturing in the U.S., International adoption of the format is a higher priority than ever.| Luminate
From PBS’s MASTERPIECE programming block to BBC America, and with titles like Downton Abbey and Dr. Who, British TV has maintained its place in the cultural zeitgeist for nearly as long as the medium has existed.| Luminate
While streaming habits are susceptible to any number of shifting cultural forces, there’s at least one that’s consistently reliable: holiday-related viewing.| Luminate
In recent years, concerts and live events have seen record-high revenues and attendance, breathing much-needed life into a sector that teetered on collapse during the pandemic.| Luminate
A corner of entertainment often overlooked in year-end retrospectives is the performance of stand-up comedy specials and the power they hold to launch up-and-coming talent into stardom.| Luminate
As we inch closer to the end of 2024, one trend we’ve continued to track at Luminate is the growth of non-English music and the export power of ex-U.S. territories.| Luminate
This summer, AMC and Netflix inked a deal licensing 13 AMC titles to Netflix. This wasn’t a typical licensing deal, as many of these titles were already flagship series on AMC’s own paid streamer, AMC+. When they arrived on Netflix on August 19, the titles were given prominent AMC branding, a rare sight in Netflix’s […]| Luminate
FILM & TV STREAMING VIEWERSHIP (M) Measuring viewership and revealing rankings for original streaming series and films Streaming viewership across all major U.S. streamers for film and television creators, producers and distributors. Consumption data on any original series or film across every major streaming platform by minutes watched, audience share and more, as well as […]| Luminate
This past May, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they would begin offering a Disney+/Hulu/Max bundle, prompting questions: How does a mega-bundle like this impact each participating streamer?| Luminate
The iconic sights of Paris were on full display Friday, July 26, as the city welcomed viewers from around the world for the 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.| Luminate
Leveraging their profound expertise, Luminate's team of researchers and analysts delivers comprehensive research and valuable insights to the Music industry.| Luminate
Leveraging their profound expertise, Luminate's team of researchers and analysts delivers comprehensive research and valuable insights to the Film & TV industry.| Luminate
Luminate’s 2024 Midyear Music Report focused on high-impact trends across several different sectors of the Global industry. Along with topics ranging from overall consumption metrics to short-form video and changes in share of streaming based on an artist’s country of origin, the report illustrated the impact of live music events both in terms of the amount […]| Luminate
The streaming wars aren’t over, but they might already have a winner.| Luminate
Skydance and Paramount became a dynamic duo long before their M&A tango made trade headlines this year.| Luminate
Luminate’s 2024 Midyear Music Report, released last week, revealed Latin music as the fastest-growing genre in the U.S. when ranking by share point change, comparing the first half of 2024 with the first half of 2023.| Luminate
When Paramount rebranded its “CBS All Access” service to “Paramount+” in 2021, its intentions were clear: Like other media conglomerates, it was chasing the runaway streaming success of Netflix.| Luminate
The Star Wars franchise has been central to the success of Disney+, which launched in 2019 with The Mandalorian as its flagship program.| Luminate
The K-Love Fan Awards were held in May and broadcast earlier this month as the Christian and Gospel music community came together to recognize Christian artists, athletes, authors and entertainers.| Luminate