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Nostalgic Music Listening Is On the Rise — How Should Brands Lean In?

By Luminate

June 9, 2026

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Broadcast Shows Have Quietly Become Major Streaming Hits

By Tyler Aquilina

June 5, 2026

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Beyond K-Pop: Preserving South Korea’s Musical Future

By James Guerra

May 26, 2026

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Music

How Gamers’ Music Tastes Break the Mold

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…

When the Big Game Becomes the Backdrop for a True Cultural Moment

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…

Music with a Mission: The GRAMMYs Raises $9 Million+ for LA Fire Relief

Recognizing Black and African American Excellence

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…

Introducing: The Luminate Export Power Score

Streaming’s New Frontiers

With streaming growth maturing in the U.S., International adoption of the format is a higher priority than ever….

Film & TV

Unscripted Series Spotlight

This week, we’re leveraging Ranking Reports in Luminate’s Streaming Viewership (M) to spotlight high-performing unscripted series titles across all digital platforms….

The Golden Globe Surge

With the 2025 Golden Globes more than a month behind us, it’s time to use Luminate’s Streaming Viewership (M) to see how the ceremony impacted winning…

Are Original Films Retreating From Streamers?

Since 2020, the disruptive effect streaming services have had on linear television and theatrical films has been a major industry concern….

Franchise Frenzy or Fatigue?

When it came to franchise titles in 2024, studios found themselves at an important crossroads….

Great Britain’s Great Year

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…

AppleTV+ Sci-Fi Strategy Revealed!

In this newsletter, we’re using Silo as a lens to evaluate AppleTV+ strategy in leveraging science fiction series on its platform to drive viewer engagement….

Intelligence

How Peacock Just Changed the Game for Streaming Sports Bundles

After a long period of sitting on the sidelines, Peacock has finally entered the bundling game….

The One Quibi Mistake Hollywood’s First Microdrama Venture Must Avoid

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…

How Warner Bros. Revitalized Its Film Slate, From ‘Sinners’ to ‘Weapons’

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…

ESPN-Fox Bundle Aims to Transform Cable Nets for the Streaming Era

If traditional media companies can’t save the cable bundle, perhaps they can re-create it in the aggregate….

The Oscars on YouTube? Don’t Bet on It

And the Oscar for least likely to end up with the TV rights to the Academy Awards goes to … YouTube?…

Legislative Help Does Only So Much for Working Musicians

In the face of a revenue slowdown across both recorded and live music, the industry’s main players want to build new income streams and add more…

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