- Netflix’s ad-tier reaches 1 million subscribers after slow start in 2021 (Bloomberg)
- Use of AI in films is under scrutiny by the Screen Actors Guild and WGA (TBI Vision)
- Shazam: Fury of the Gods stumbles domestically with US$30.5 million debut (Variety)
- Microsoft is building a mobile games store to take on Google and Apple (TechCrunch)
- YouTube TV hikes monthly subscription price due to rising content costs (TechCrunch)
- Banijay’s revenues increase to US$3.4 billion following company’s acquisition spree (TBI Vision)
- Can movie theaters survive? It’s the most enduring question in Hollywood (THR)
- Paramount+ to launch its first mobile-only plan in Brazil and Mexico (Variety)
- Former TikTok exec says Creator Fund was launched as a “reactive measure” against competition (THR)
- Disney+ cancels second season of its live-action series Willow (Deadline)
- RTL Group revenues climbed 9% to US$7.6 billion but company’s EBITA fell 6% in 2022 (Variety)
- US threatens to ban TikTok unless Chinese parent company sells its shares in the app (Boomerang)
- Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu are considered essential by over half of their subscribers (Digital TV Europe)
- Warner Bros. Studio Tokyo set to open largest indoor Harry Potter attraction in the world (Deadline)
- Microsoft to introduce 3D avatars to its Teams platform in May (The Verge)
- Family films and French productions topline Cartoon Movie 2023 (Variety)
- Meta to cut 10,000 more jobs, following last November’s mass layoffs (Variety)
- Raid: Shadow Legends video game is getting an animated show adaptation (THR)
- Bear Grylls greenlights doc from his son Jesse for new Outdoors.com platform (Deadline)
- Microsoft lays off ethical AI team as it invests in its partnership with OpenAI (TechCrunch)
- Netflix scoops six Oscars with wins for Pinocchio and The Elephant Whisperers (TBI Vision)
- ABC names former Netflix exec Chris Oliver-Taylor as chief content officer (ABC)
- Italy doubles its film distribution fund to US$2.14 million (Variety)
- Western European pay-TV revenues to drop 18% by 2028 (Digital TV Europe)
- Final sound stage open at Sky’s new TV and film studio complex (Advanced Television)
- Kids author/illustrator Ian Falconer, creator of Olivia, has passed away at age 63 (NYT)
- Why this year’s Oscars could see a big boost in ratings (Forbes)
- Storytelling platform Wattpad lays off 15% of its workforce (TechCrunch)
- Universal rebrands its parks unit to pave the way for future business expansions (THR)
- How female execs at Roblox are shaping positive and healthier gaming (Forbes)
- Bruce Vaughn rejoins Walt Disney Imagineering as CCO and co-head (THR)
- Nick says viewership for the 2023 Kids’ Choice Awards was up by 40% (Deadline)
- TikTok rolls out a feature allowing creators to post paywalled content (The Verge)
- German retailer Mytoys plans to cease operations and close all stores (Toy World Mag)
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