- Banijay Entertainment sets its sights on large-scale M&A deals (Broadcast International)
- AI startup Cartwheel raises US$10 million and launches its first animation tools (Forbes)
- Why Amazon’s studios are betting big on ’80s franchises (TheWrap)
- A Universal Parks exec breaks down its new sci-fi/fantasy pop-up strategy (Variety)
- WBD launches a new program to put Harry Potter scenes into branded product ads (WBD)
- …And the mediaco is changing its streamer’s name back to HBO Max this summer (Deadline)
- The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards unveils its 2025 nominees (PR Newswire)
- YouTube is selling new ad sponsorships for this year’s biggest awards show (Variety)
- Disney focuses on sports content expansion at its 2025 upfront (Variety)
- NBCUniversal earmarks April 3, 2026 for movie sequel Super Mario World (ANN)
- Lindsay Patterson and Ira Singerman launch a podcast about making kids podcasts (pod.link)
- These are THR‘s top Cannes restaurant reccos to consider for MIPCOM (THR)
- Amazon Prime Video orders a second season of MrBeast’s Beast Games (THR)
- PBS KIDS will stop producing Molly of Denali after season five airs (AlaskaPublic)
- A look inside Cartoon Network’s historic legacy and uncertain future (Bloomberg)
- Apple TV+ announces a new 2D-animated preschool series called Not a Box (Apple)
- CBeebies and Sky Kids win BAFTAs in the Children’s categories (THR)
- Major TV and film orgs lobby against Trump’s entertainment tariffs (Deadline)
- Colliers claims e-commerce is no longer disrupting the retail sector (RetailDive)
- The FTC loses its appeal against Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard (Gamesindustry.biz)
- A new US$1-billion Africa Film Fund launches to transform the country’s industry (Afreximbank)
- A fake LinkedIn post about Elmo’s layoff speaks to industry defunding fears (Variety)
- As Hollywood cuts back, YouTubers are upping their production game (THR)
- Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly moving towards splitting up the company (CNBC)
- Presales for Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch are exceeding A Minecraft Movie (Deadline)
- PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie locks a voice cast including Snoop Dogg and Bill Nye (Billboard)
- Bluey and Windcatcher took home Screen Producer Australia’s kids awards (IF Magazine)
- Copyrighting AI-assisted TV series and films won’t be an easy process (Variety)
- Netflix is rolling out an AI-powered tool to make its search more conversational (TechCrunch)
- Disney has “tech-forward” plans for its new theme park in Abu Dhabi (THR)
- BAFTA has opened applications for the next Breakthrough UK talent-finder (Televisual)
- F1 drivers raced full-sized LEGO cars at an event in Miami last weekend (Formula 1)
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