An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, research analyst MoffettNathanson released its "Cord-Cutting Monitor Q3 2025: Signs of Life?" report. It found that the pay TV operators, including cable companies, satellite companies, and virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs) like YouTube TV and Fubo, added 303,000 net subscribers in Q3 2025. According to the report, "There are more linear video subscribers now than there were three months ago. That's the first time we've been able to say that since 2017." In Q3 2017, MoffettNathanson reported that pay TV gained 318,000 net new subscribers. But since then, the industry's subscriber count has been declining, with 1,045,000 customers in Q2 2025, as depicted in the graph [here]. The world's largest vMVPD by subscriber count, YouTube TV, claimed 8 million subscribers in February 2024; some analysts estimate that number is now at 9.4 million. In its report, MoffettNathanson estimated that YouTube TV added 750,000 subscribers in Q3 2025, compared to 1 million in Q3 2024. Traditional pay TV companies also contributed to the industry's unexpected growth by bundling its services with streaming subscriptions. Charter Communications offers bundles with nine streaming services, including Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max. In Q3 2024, it saw net attrition of 294,000 customers, compared to about 70,000 in Q3 2025. Other cable companies have made similar moves. Comcast, for example, launched a streaming bundle with Netflix, Peacock, and Apple TV in May 2024. For Q3 2025, Comcast reported its best pay TV subscriber count in almost five years, which was a net loss of 257,000 customers. "Traditional pay TV -- i.e. cable and satellite -- still declined quarter over quarter in Q3, but again, by less," noted SteamTV Insider. "The [year-over-year] rate of attrition dropped from -12.4 percent to -10.2 percent over 12 months." MoffettNathanson added: "Yes, Q3 saw a positive net add number for [pay TV for] the first time in eight years, but that positive result came in the year's seasonally strongest quarter. We're not yet close to seeing the category actually grow again..."

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[Deal du jour] La gamme de téléviseurs The One de Philips avec Ambilight, c'est la promesse de modèles polyvalents de qualité pour le cinéma et les jeux vidéo. En promotion, c'est encore mieux.

À quelques semaines des Jeux olympiques d'hiver de Milan-Cortina, France Télévisions s'apprête à moderniser sa chaîne 4K, France 2 UHD. Au programme : le support du Dolby Vision et du HDR10+.

Apple a annoncé le 8 décembre 2025 la plus grande expansion de son service Fitness+ : 28 nouveaux marchés rejoindront la plateforme le 15 décembre, accompagnés de trois nouvelles langues de doublage. Pour l'heure, aucune VF ne semble prévue.

C'est parti : comme promis, France Télévisions a lancé son marathon Ghibli le 6 décembre 2025. En tout, 11 films du studio japonais vont être proposés gratuitement en streaming légal en France. Deux longs-métrages sont d'ores et déjà sortis. Noël avant l'heure.

Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in a months-long bidding war for the legacy assets, the company said Monday. CNBC: Paramount will go straight to WBD shareholders with an all-cash, $30-per-share offer. That's the same bid WBD rejected last week, according to people familiar with the bid who asked not to be named because the details were private. The offer is backstopped with equity financing from the Ellison family and the private-equity firm RedBird Capital and $54 billion of debt commitments from Bank of America, Citi and Apollo Global Management. "We're really here to finish what we started," Ellison told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" Monday. "We put the company in play." On Friday, Netflix announced a deal to acquire WBD's studio and streaming assets for $72 billion. David Ellison-run Paramount had been bidding for the entirety of Warner Bros. Discovery, including those assets and the company's TV networks like CNN and TNT Sports.

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While Netflix hopes to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $72 billion, CNBC reports a senior official in America's federal government said the administration was viewing the deal with "heavy skepticism. And that's not the only hurdle: On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paramount, in a letter to lawyers for Warner Bros. Discovery [WBD], had warned that a sale to Netflix likely would "never close" because of regulatory challenges in the United States and overseas. "Acquiring Warner's streaming and studio assets 'will entrench and extend Netflix's global dominance in a matter not allowed by domestic or foreign competition laws,' Paramount's lawyers wrote," the Journal reported. Paramount "is now weighing its options about whether to go straight to shareholders with one more improved bid," CNBC reported Friday, "perhaps even higher than the $30-per-share, all-cash offer it submitted to Warner Bros. Discovery this week." And CNBC reported Friday that the review by America's Department of Justice "can take anywhere from months to more than a year." Netflix said Friday it expects the transaction to close in 12 to 18 months, after Warner Bros. Discovery spins out its portfolio of cable networks into Discovery Global... As part of the deal, Netflix has agreed to pay a $5.8 billion breakup fee to Warner Bros. Discovery if the deal were to get blocked by the government. Netflix's planned move is already drawing high-powered criticism, reports CNN: "The world's largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent. The outcome would eliminate jobs, push down wages, worsen conditions for all entertainment workers, raise prices for consumers, and reduce the volume and diversity of content for all viewers...." the Writers Guild of America union representing Hollywood writers. "Producers are rightfully concerned... Our legacy studios are more than content libraries — within their vaults are the character and culture of our nation." — The Producers Guild of AmericaThe deal raises "many serious questions" about the entertainment industry's future, "especially the human creative talent whose livelihoods and careers depend on it." — SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood's biggest actors union "This is not a win for consumers. Netflix has already aggressively raised prices, increased ad load, and stopped people from sharing passwords. Absorbing a competitor with strong content will only lead to its service becoming more expensive and give consumers less choice." — Ross Benes, a senior analyst at eMarketer, told CNN. [Benes also thinks this could mean fewer companies spending heavily on movies and TV shows. "This contracts the industry."

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[Deal du jour] Parfaite pour jouer et regarder des films et séries, cette excellente référence de téléviseur de Samsung baisse radicalement son prix.

HBO Max's 4K debut of Mad Men was botched after Lionsgate reportedly supplied the wrong file, leading to visible crew members where someone is seen pumping a vomit hose. Ars Technica reports: Mad Men ran on the AMC channel for seven seasons from 2007 to 2015. The show had a vintage aesthetic, depicting the 1960s advertising industry in New York City. Last month, HBO Max announced it would modernize the show by debuting a 4K version. The show originally aired in SD and HD resolutions and had not been previously made available in 4K through other means, such as Blu-ray. However, viewers were quick to spot problems with HBO Max's 4K Mad Men stream, the most egregious being visible crew members in the background of a scene. The episode was "Red in the Face" (Season 1, Episode 7), which was reportedly mislabeled. In it, Roger Sterling (John Slattery) throws up oysters. In the 4K version that was streaming on HBO Max, viewers could see someone pumping a vomit hose to make the fake puke flow. The Hollywood Reporter, citing an anonymous source, said that the error happened because Mad Men production company Lionsgate gave HBO Max the wrong file. The publication reported that Lionsgate "was working on getting HBO Max the correct file(s)" and was readying to provide them at approximately 10 a.m. PT today. The blunder is likely to be fixed for all viewers soon. There were no problems with the HD versions of HBO Max's Mad Men stream.

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Le Black Friday est terminé, mais pour le Cyber Monday certaines enseignes ont gardé encore quelques cartouches en réserve. Certaines offres n’apparaissent d'ailleurs que pour cette journée. Voici les meilleurs deals de ce dernier round avant que les prix ne remontent.

Le Black Friday est terminé, mais pour le Cyber Monday certaines enseignes ont gardé encore quelques cartouches en réserve. Certaines offres n’apparaissent d'ailleurs que pour cette journée. Voici les meilleurs deals de ce dernier round avant que les prix ne remontent.

Le vendredi reste la date officielle du Black Friday, mais l’événement ne s’arrête plus vraiment au jour J. Depuis quelques années, les enseignes prolongent les promotions tout le week-end -- et souvent jusqu’au Cyber Monday. Résultat : même après le vrai Black Friday, il reste encore de très bonnes affaires à saisir. Voici celles qui valent vraiment le détour aujourd’hui.

Le Black Friday, c’est l’occasion rêvée de trouver des produits tech à prix cassés. Parmi les articles les plus recherchés durant l’événement, les téléviseurs occupent toujours une place de choix. Voici donc une sélection des meilleurs modèles actuellement en promotion, pour profiter d’une excellente image sans exploser votre budget.

Le vendredi reste la date officielle du Black Friday, mais l’événement ne s’arrête plus vraiment au jour J. Depuis quelques années, les enseignes prolongent les promotions tout le week-end -- et souvent jusqu’au Cyber Monday. Résultat : même après le vrai Black Friday, il reste encore de très bonnes affaires à saisir. Voici celles qui valent vraiment le détour aujourd’hui.

Après des semaines d’échauffement de pré-promos, le vrai Black Friday est enfin là. Ce vendredi 28 novembre, c’est un peu le plat principal : le moment où des enseignes comme Amazon, Boulanger, Cdiscount, Rakuten et d’autres dégainent leurs ultimes offres. On a regroupé ici les pépites à ne pas manquer.

Le cinquième épisode de la saison 1 de Pluribus marque un tournant pour la série, qui bascule enfin dans une phase d'enquête et dévoile de premiers mystères. La nouvelle série de Vince Gilligan, après Breaking Bad et Better Call Saul, s'annonce bien plus mystérieuse que ce que les premiers épisodes suggéraient.

Nous y sommes : après un mois de promos en avant-première, le véritable Black Friday démarre enfin. Ce vendredi 28 novembre réserve encore de nombreux deals. Voici tout ceux qui valent réellement le coup d’œil.

Vendredi 28 novembre marque officiellement le Black Friday, même si les promotions ont commencé bien plus tôt cette année. Cette ultime journée de rabais devrait encore apporter son lot d’offres marquantes. Pour vous y retrouver, on a regroupé ici toutes les promotions qui méritent l'ajout au panier.

Les offres du Black Friday s’empilent depuis déjà plusieurs jours -- et même depuis plusieurs semaines chez certains marchands. Bref, il y a de quoi faire. Mais si l’on devait n’en retenir que dix, voici celles que l’on garderait.

[Deal du jour] La gamme Ambilight de Philips comprend de nombreux modèles, dont certains (très) grands écrans. Ce téléviseur OLED de 65 pouces baisse fortement son prix pendant le Black Friday.