PriceWaterhouseCoopers

For media and telecommunications mergers & acquisitions, the past six months have been characterized by headline-grabbing megadeals, increased consolidation within streaming, and a pronounced shift toward profitability and scale—underscoring a renewed confidence among both strategic and financial buyers in deploying capital. Sector M&A activity saw a marked uptick in the second half of 2025, driven by more favorable financing conditions, strategic portfolio realignments, and a rejuvenated investor appetite for premium intellectual property. 

Only half of US businesses affected by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 expect to be compliant by the 2020 deadline, according to a PwC survey of more than 300 executives at US companies with revenues of $500 million or more. The law — CCPA for short — is expected to provide state residents sweeping data-privacy rights that most businesses will only be able to honor by first overhauling their personal data-governance capabilities.