- Avatar was noticeably absent from Disney’s update last week…is there still a place for the franchise? (The Verge)
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are working with Spotify on a new exclusive podcast deal (CNN Business)
- The FTC is ordering many of the biggest techcos to explain what they’re doing with all that user data (Tech Crunch)
- Tom and Jerry’s release date is getting pushed as WB juggles sharing content with theaters and HBO Max (Variety)
- ViacomCBS has launched a dedicated diversity and inclusion website that breaks down its demographics (Variety)
- Inside Cartoon Saloon’s new feature Wolfwalkers, and how it fits into a new golden age of animation (The New Yorker)
- The kids edtech boom is going strong as IntellectoKids raises US$3 million in financing (Tech Crunch)
- Netflix has revealed its top global shows, and one kids offering rises above the rest (TBI Vision)
- US SVODs and European governments square off over how much local content is actually being produced (Variety)
- AMC has raised US$100 million in liquidity, but it may not save the chain as more studios go DTC (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …And movies aren’t the only industry that’s hurting—concerts lost US$30 billion this year (Chicago Tribune)
- As it rolls out new content and wins big at the Game Awards, Among Us hype is here to stay (Washington Post)
- Sony is leaning into anime and has purchased AT&T’s Crunchyroll streamer (CNN Business)
- We all knew this was coming: The global cinema industry is in for a US$32-billion loss this year (Variety)
- Netflix has rolled out a new tool that gives parents an easier way to engage with kids content (The Verge)
- Disney+ is working on a movie about the first woman to swim the English channel (Deadline)
- Peacock has reached 26 million subscribers since launching in July (Digital TV Europe)
- Viacom is on the verge of winning an exec poaching lawsuit against Netflix (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Former BBC Children’s boss Alice Webb takes charge of a new Universal Music content studio (TBI Vision)
- COVID-19 is driving a major increase in app spending and downloads (Tech Crunch)
- How did Fortnite and Roblox become the social media platforms of the future? (Digiday)
- Legendary Entertainment, which financed two upcoming Warner Bros. movies, is not happy with its HBO Max plan (Variety)
- …And many others involved in the films say they were blindsided by the decision (The Hollywood Reporter)
- BBC is changing up its structure, scrapping the controller role to focus on streaming (Deadline)
- Disney+ is looking to hire in Southeast Asia, which could signal a launch in the region soon (Digital TV Europe)
- The problem with an all-streaming future for movies is that if theaters die, movies might as well (Variety)
- TikTok might not get sold after all—talks are on hold as the US government figures itself out (BNN Bloomberg)
- Nickelodeon has partnered with a trans actor to find a trans or non-binary kid to be its next star (Pink News)
- WarnerMedia plans to launch its entire 2021 movie slate in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously (Variety)
- …And the media giant is set to launch its SVOD in Europe and LatAm next year (TBI Vision)
- Layoffs are underway at Walt Disney TV Group after a restructure to focus on streaming (Deadline)
- …On top of all that, Radio Disney is shuttering after two decades in operation (Los Angeles Times)
- Industry dream job shifts from running a channel to running a streaming studio (Variety)
- …Speaking of which, Discovery is planning to roll out its new streamer in January (Deadline)
- New research shows just how badly kids are being affected by COVID (CNN)
- Is TV teaching kids the wrong things about pain? (Science Daily)
- Netflix has changed its mind and is no longer renewing its first African original for another season (TBI Vision)
- …At the same time, the SVOD plans to double its spending in Asia (BNN Bloomberg)
- Disney is closing Touchstone TV and migrating its execs elsewhere (Deadline)
- Guess what dominated Apple’s most downloaded apps in 2020? Zoom and Among Us, of course (The Verge)
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