QYOU Studios has been named 'Most Innovative Studio' at the Digiday TV & Video Awards, underscoring its growing prominence in creator-powered storytelling and premium digital production.
Michelladonna goes around the world to celebrate the cats who live and work in bodegas, corner stores, and repair shops on her show, Shop Cats. The bilingual series launched in 2024 on creator-led production platform Mad Realities, and quickly found an audience drawn to its feline stars and Michelladonna's energy and humor.
Nobody's asking this question. Nobody's saying, 'hey, what's going on over there at WPP?' It's just not happening. Most have no idea it's even happened. They don't read the trades. They hear about this stuff through consultants, or when an agency review forces them to run the rule over who they're working with.
Media and creative agencies face a range of threats in 2026, from generative AI to media fragmentation and the continued dominance of Meta and Google's platforms. In response, few businesses in this sector have stood still. They've chosen to merge, acquire - or in the case of Dentsu, cast loose - to keep moving forward. The likely destination? A leaner sector that employs fewer people and trades on its tech bonafides and principal-media trading capabilities over its creative chops.
There are a lot of capability stories out there. There aren't a lot of stories or pictures about the client's experience. We're really trying to look at how we use client experiences as a true differentiator that we showcase.