- Disney is outsourcing its DVD and Blu-ray home video business to Sony (Variety)
- SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP reach a tentative deal on TV animation contracts (Cartoon Brew)
- …But is the threat of a third strike from crew unions already looming in Hollywood? (THR)
- Nielsen says YouTube has been the top US streaming service for 12 consecutive months (DTVE)
- Google suspends the Gemini AI tool from creating images in order to fix some ‘historical inaccuracies’ (Variety)
- Hope on the horizon: Overall spending on TV content is set to increase in 2024 (Deadline)
- Madame Web‘s box-office failure spells the end of a planned Sony franchise (THR)
- Walmart acquires smart TV maker Vizio in a US$2.3-billion deal (Broadband TV News)
- Alan Cumming and Jane Lynch join season two of Big Bad Boo’s The Bravest Knight (Variety)
- The CW picks up Hasbro Entertainment’s game shows based on Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble (Variety)
- US production workers at DreamWorks and Flying Bark are making a unionization push (Cartoon Brew)
- Hollywood execs break down how they plan to rebuild trust following the strikes (The Wrap)
- Apple removes the popular movie piracy streamer Kimi from its App Store (Wired)
- Travis Knight is in early talks to direct Amazon MGM Studios’ Masters of the Universe film (THR)
- Sony Pictures profits hit US$281 million in Q3, thanks to Crunchyroll and Across the Spider-Verse (Deadline)
- Disney taps a Nigerian games studio to develop mobile tie-in Disney Iwájú: Rising Chef (Gamesindustry.biz)
- …Meanwhile, 1,700 Disneyland character workers are looking to unionize (Variety)
- WBD has rejected multiple offers for Coyote vs. Acme—can the film be saved? (The Wrap)
- Roblox releases real-time AI text translator for 16 different languages (The Verge)
- New doc series explores abuse allegations against kids TV’s Dan Schneider (Variety)
- Ron Husband, Disney’s first Black animator, helped launch Louis Vuitton’s fall 2024 line (Cartoon Brew)
- MIPTV organizers are in advanced talks to launch MIP London in 2025 (Deadline)
- Google is combining its AI offerings into one brand: Gemini (The Verge)
- FTC says Microsoft’s Activision layoffs violate promises made in merger deal (Gizmodo)
- A look inside TikTok’s fight with Universal Music Group over rights (The Wrap)
- Hollywood’s strikes are still being felt in the UK screen industry (Variety)
- Godzilla Minus One pulled off its Oscar-nominated VFX for under US$15 million (Vulture)
- Elon Musk is funding Gina Carano’s lawsuit against Disney (THR)
- UK government demands Amazon unfreeze funds to hundreds of sellers (The Telegraph)
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