- Roku is joining Apollo Global to buy up a piece of Starz (Broadcasting+Cable)
- Meta is about to face much tougher antitrust regulations in Germany (TechCrunch)
- The Cannes Film Festival won’t be testing attendees and won’t have a mask mandate (Variety)
- May the fourth be with you: Disney+ has dropped a new trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Paramount+ sets launch dates in Europe, Korea and India (Variety)
- …And the streamer added more than six million subscribers in Q1 (Deadline)
- Fox’s Tubi AVOD platform is pushing into original content with more than 100 titles (TechCrunch)
- Roku has some thoughts on creating a better TV ad experience (Broadcasting+Cable)
- Universal, DreamWorks’ The Bad Guys takes top spot at the weekend B.O. (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Streaming ad spending climbed 57% in 2021, and the market is set to keep growing (Deadline)
- …But the TV industry is still getting some things wrong with streaming (Variety)
- The crypto world has yet to realize that megadeals for startups are drying up (TechCrunch)
- Netflix is laying off staff from in-house editorial arm Tudum, just five months after launching it (Tech Crunch)
- The demand for Ukrainian films and TV shows is growing (The Wrap)
- Amid the streaming boom, A+E, Fox Corp. and AMC networks are leaning into linear TV (The Hollywood Reporter)
- British broadcasters are joining forces to tackle a production manager shortage in the UK (Variety)
- Despite Netflix’s stock stumble, the streamer is expected to spend more on content this year than ever (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Spain’s government will prevent toy manufacturers from using gender stereotypes in advertising (Euro News)
- Sundance Film Festival is cutting two of its programs for emerging filmmakers (Variety)
- Twitter is reporting a quarterly bump in users and revenue in the wake of being acquired by Elon Musk this week (CNBC News)
- Wall Street Journal reports Mattel is holding talks with private-equity firms about a potential buyout (WSJ)
- Dana Walden, Walt Disney Television’s chairman of entertainment, has big plans for the House of Mouse (Variety)
- YouTube’s Q1 ad revenue fell short of Wall Street’s expectations (The Hollywood Reporter)
- …Meanwhile, Google plans to start experimenting with ads on its YouTube Shorts platform (Yahoo News)
- Nothing is off the table for WarnerBros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav as he takes the reins (CNN Business)
- Disney is reportedly refusing to cut LGBTQ+ content from its Doctor Strange movie sequel for Saudi Arabia (Variety)
- TikTok was the most downloaded app worldwide in Q1 2022 (TechCrunch)
- Warner Bros. Discovery’s revenue has increased despite a decline in linear subscribers (Variety)
- Universal and Illumination postpone Super Mario Bros. live-action movie release until 2023 (Gamer Information)
- Elon Musk has closed a US$44-billion deal to acquire Twitter (CBC News)
- Kids aren’t just on TikTok for the funny vids: they’re captivated by social media trend analysis, too (Vox)
- Comic book creators are coming together to raise money for Ukrainian refugees (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Pokémon GO is teaming up with search engine Ecosia on a tree-planting campaign (Nintendo Life)
- The Obamas’ prodco Higher Ground is reportedly leaving Spotify in search of a new podcast deal (Bloomburg)
- Netflix’s subscriber dip costs it US$54 billion in market capital (Variety)
- HBO Max and HBO reach 76.8 million combined global subscribers (CNBC)
- Streaming usage has reached an all-time high as traditional TV viewing declines (The Hollywood Reporter)
- To drive the next generation of unscripted formats, BBC Studios is looking to add execs in LA (Deadline)
- Subscriber losses cause Netflix shares to plummet to their lowest point since December 2018 (Variety)
- …Meanwhile, the streamer is moving ahead with plans to create a lower-priced service with ads (BNN Bloomberg)
- TikTok is launching interactive tools to help brands create more engaging ads (Social Media Today)
- Web3 is making it possible for companies to sell IPs, digital figures, key scenes and even original movie scripts (Forbes)
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