- People are watching full TV shows and movies on TikTok (Variety, subscription)
- Theater chain IMAX wants to buy up IMAX China, but it’s facing investor opposition (THR)
- The EU’s MediaInvest makes a US$26-million investment in an audiovisual fund (Deadline)
- Japan’s creative industry is rallying together to stop a new tax increase (Japan Times)
- YouTube plans to add AI tools so creators can quickly make short videos (Digital TV Europe)
- Prime Video is launching an ad-free tier, for an additional cost, starting next year (Deadline)
- Warner Bros. Discovery is planning a major expansion of its UK studios (CNN)
- Industry leaders discuss the future of FAST (Variety)
- The UK looks to bring FAST services under Ofcom’s content rules (Digital TV Europe)
- Star Wars and One Piece are 2023’s top-rated entertainment brands so far, as ranked by fans (Variety)
- Elemental has become Disney+’s most-watched movie premiere of the year (Deadline)
- Startup Betweened develops an app to teach kids how to use social networks safely (TechCrunch)
- SAG-AFTRA allows indie prodcos to continue filming movies, and this is the list of titles (Deadline)
- Second only to VOD services, live streaming remains popular, a new study finds (Rapid TV News)
- How The CW has been surviving without its superhero dramas and teen-centric soaps (Variety)
- Paramount+ to launch in Japan, thanks to a deal with local streamers (THR)
- Netflix, Disney+, HBO and Paramount+ to drive US$20 billion in AVOD/SVOD revenue by 2029 (TBI Vision)
- New Girl actor Max Greenfield launches kids book I Don’t Want to Read This Book Aloud (Variety)
- Linear TV viewership was up in August, but down year over year, Nielsen reports (Deadline)
- Elon Musk says X will start charging “a small monthly fee” to use the platform (TechCrunch)
- The Walt Disney Company is reportedly looking to sell its Indian streaming and TV business (Bloomberg)
- The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 team up to launch live TV service (Financial Times)
- Paramount+ sets release date for family-friendly comedy Good Burger 2 (Deadline)
- The US music industry has grown 9% in the first half of the year, with paid streaming driving sales (Variety)
- TikTok has been fined US$367 million for violating EU laws on children’s data (The Verge)
- WGA will likely resume talks with studios next week (NYT)
- Former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar joins Roblox’s board of directors (Variety)
- Netflix YA-skewing series One Piece scores a season two renewal (TV Line)
- Stuart Baxter vacates his longtime role as eOne’s president of international distribution (Deadline)
- Disney is the latest company to start suspending overall and first-look deals (Deadline)
- …Meanwhile, Marvel Studios VFX workers unanimously vote to unionize (The Wrap)
- Tech leaders and US senators hold talks on how to regulate AI (The Guardian)
- Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard is retiring (Games Industry Biz)
- Netflix’s YA-skewing One Piece scores 19.2 million views in its first full week (Variety)
- How gaming companies can build age-appropriate experiences (Games Industry Biz)
- E-commerce platform TikTok Shop is officially open for business in the US (CNN)
- Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron has a UK theatrical release date (THR)
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