- Paramount’s IF has a US$35-million domestic opening weekend (THR)
- Little Dot Studios launches a hub to demystify vertical video content (Little Dot Studios)
- Annecy Fest defends inclusion of an AI-based film in this year’s competition (Cartoon Brew)
- A new Irish fund offers up to US$19,000 to indie game developers (Games Industry Biz)
- How Spanish animation is flourishing and eyeing more growth (Variety)
- TikTok is experimenting with 60-minute video uploads to compete with YouTube (Tech Crunch)
- Amazon Prime renews German YA series Maxton Hall after its record-breaking premiere (Deadline)
- Meanwhile, Marvel’s live-action series Silk: Spider Society gets cut loose at Amazon (THR)
- A pending audiovisual law could give a boost to Czechia’s TV animation industry (Variety)
- IMAX doubles down on wide-screen releases for 2025, focusing on superheroes (THR)
- This high-profile, family-friendly Fortnite creator is launching his own company (Variety)
- TIFF will roll out the red carpet with an official market in 2026 (The Wrap)
- Sundance animated darling 10 Lives secures North American distribution (Deadline)
- Walmart cuts hundreds of corporate jobs and asks some workers to relocate (Retail Dive)
- A former DreamWorks/Henson staffer breaks down the critical state of the US animation biz (YouTube)
- Greece’s rebate overhaul plan should bolster toon production (Variety)
- Food Network serves up a Harry Potter cooking format (Deadline)
- Licensing PR vet and kilogrammedia founder Jane Garner has died (License Global)
- Comcast is bundling Peacock, Apple TV+ and Netflix into Streamsaver (Variety)
- CAA signs a deal with AI company Veritone to store digital talent assets (Deadline)
- Amazon greenlights live-action Spider-Man series Noir (IGN)
- How Cannes turned Boonie Bears into a billion-dollar Chinese film franchise (THR)
- First-time upfronts from Netflix, Amazon and YouTube put focus on streaming ad (Deadline)
- Sesame Workshop writers ratify their new five-year labor contract (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Netflix teen drama Heartstopper wins kids & family GLAAD Media Award (Variety)
- Indian streamer JioCinema launches an anime hub to meet rising demand (Digital TV Europe)
- Amazon-backed startup Anthropic to let kids to use its generative AI systems, under certain conditions (Tech Crunch)
- This year’s Peabody Award winners include BBC Studios’ Bluey (Variety)
- Nearly 300 filmmakers back Cannes workers calling for strike action (THR)
- FilmSharks snaps up international rights to A Hero’s Journey to the West (Deadline)
- Microsoft will launch its first-party mobile game app store in July (TechCrunch)
- A new report estimates Disney’s Wish lost more than US$130 million (Cartoon Brew)
- Roblox jumps to more than 77 million active daily users in Q1 (Gamesindustry.biz)
- MrBeast breaks up with talent agency Night to centralize his business (Bloomberg)
- How streaming giants are putting linear TV on the ropes at this year’s upfronts (THR)
- TikTok plans to start labelling AI-generated content on the platform (Reuters)
- Tencent hunts for international partners for its teen/YA shows (Cartoon Brew)
- Microsoft’s Xbox division shutters four of its game studios (Gamesindustry.biz)
- Demand for kids content is high, but streamers aren’t meeting it (TVREV)
- Breaking down Wall Street’s fascination with online influencers (THR)
- Netflix has started production on Wednesday season two in Ireland (Variety)
- Nintendo will unveil a successor to its Switch console by March 2025 (THR)
- Amazon is rolling out three new interactive ad formats on Prime Video (Deadline)
- WBD strikes deal with Canal+ to launch Max in France and Poland in June (DTVE)
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