Media, Marketing & Communications

MORGANTOWN – November 04, 2026 -- REAL Shows Network (RSN), a national television network focused on real estate and lifestyle programming, has introduced "Take Me HOME, Country Roads," a locally hosted series built around West Virginia properties, communities and people.

Morgantown agents Michelle Oates and Zack Pell host the series

Oates and Pell of The Extra Mile Team with The Agency Morgantown front the show. It pairs their real estate expertise with local experiences and community connections across the state.

Oates said the series lets the team "open our doors" to viewers and show their daily work in the West Virginia market.

Five content pillars target homes, business and outdoor tourism

The series covers five areas:

Frankfurt – November 04, 2026 -- AGF Videoforschung GmbH and The Walt Disney Company are examining whether Disney+ can be integrated into AGF's active audience measurement in Germany, extending a partnership that already covers Disney's linear TV channels.

Disney Channel and National Geographic channels already feed AGF's linear TV data

Disney's linear networks, the Disney Channel and the National Geographic channels, are already part of AGF's linear TV measurement. AGF and Disney Advertising are now assessing the conditions under which the streaming service could join them in active measurement. No timeline or decision has been announced.

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.

Pause ads and 6-second spots target CPM pressure

JF Cote, Board Member at Equativ, said younger audiences will not sit through long ad breaks, which is pushing the market toward 15-second and 6-second formats. Stefan Van Engen, VP of Content Programming and Partnerships at Xumo, said full-screen pause ads that trigger when a viewer pauses video-on-demand content are currently earning premium CPMs. Garrett Winkler, Head of LG Channels (US and Canada), said LG is testing interactivity, squeezebacks and overlays.

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.

Footage from the set syncs automatically to NadouPro, iQIYI's AI-powered film and TV production platform. Filmmakers get immediate access to nearly 30 AI models, including Seedance 2.5 and Kling 4.0, plus hundreds of production-focused AI agents and skills that generate new visual elements from the live-action material.

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.

Kebekus, Wagner and Knossalla attempt the next takeover on Sunday

Comedian Carolin Kebekus, NBA player Moritz Wagner and Knossalla return the following Sunday to challenge Winterscheidt again. Eli, 36, from Schorndorf, joins as the wildcard contestant.

Only the contestant who wins the quiz categories and then beats Winterscheidt in the final takes over hosting duties.

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.

Video views on the Sky News app more than doubled year on year

The deal is part of Sky News 2030, a five-year transformation into a premium, video-first news organisation. The release, citing Ipsos, describes Sky News as the UK's biggest commercial news publisher app. Video views on the app have more than doubled year on year. The new platforms will put video at the center of the offering, feature more original reporting and add personalised ways to follow stories.

Sky News targets premium and paid-for products

The investment is meant to deepen engagement with existing users and strengthen direct audience relationships. It is also meant to create new commercial opportunities, including premium and paid-for products.

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.

WDR co-productions covered socially relevant themes

WDR Director General Dr. Katrin Vernau said German film has lost one of its most influential figures of recent decades. She cited the WDR co-productions "Der Verleger" and "Jenseits der Mauer" as examples of Ziegler's socially relevant approach. The WDR series "Die Anrheiner", shot in Cologne, was a strong audience draw.

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.

ZDF worked with Ziegler from 1979/80 onward

Ziegler first produced for the broadcaster in 1979/80 with the feature film "Fabian," based on a novel by Erich Kästner and directed by her husband, Wolf Gremm. Recent ZDF productions include "Die Wölfe" (2009), "Flaschenpost an meinen Mann" (2013), "Die Holzbaronin" (2013) and "Die Toten von Hameln" (2014).

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.

Ziegler launched her company in 1973 in a male-dominated industry

When Ziegler founded her company, the film industry was far more male-dominated than it is today, according to ARD. The broadcaster credits her with building the business through persistence and an instinct for material and talent.

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.

The format was introduced to moviegoers in fall 2024 and made its commercial debut in early 2025. Barco says it has since been deployed rapidly across major film markets in the U.S. and Europe.