Streaming companies cut scripted TV commissions by a quarter

The world’s biggest streaming services are slashing the amount of scripted television they are producing, with the number of commissions in the first half of 2025 dropping by 24%, year-on-year.

This is according to Ampere Analysis, a London-based media analyst firm, which tallied the number of first-run and renewed scripted TV originals ordered by the top six global streamers: Apple, Amazon, Disney+, HBO Max, Netflix, and Paramount+.

Just 242 scripted shows were commissioned globally by streamers in the first six months of the year, down from 318 in the first half of 2024.