- Warner Bros. Television is reportedly close to striking a deal with Amazon for DC-branded animation (Deadline)
- Acknowledging ‘challenging times,’ Bob Iger meets with Disney employees (NYT)
- Paramount TV Studios and CBS Studios are the latest Hollywood companies to implement layoffs (Variety)
- …And speaking of layoffs, a big one is coming soon to AMC Networks (NextTV)
- Disney is paying US$900 million to acquire the rest of BAMTech (THR)
- …and its Willow series, based on the cult-classic ’80s film, launches today (NextTV)
- Netflix should be giving its movies longer theatrical runs (Variety)
- In the world of subs and dubs, Deluxe has acquired Post Haste Digital (Deadline)
- ICYMI: The Kidscreen Awards nominations are in (Kidscreen)
- Bob Iger’s reorg is aiming to fix the problems he helped create (Variety)
- YouTube Music is rolling out a new recap feature to compete with Spotify (TechCrunch)
- MGM chairman Mark Burnett is stepping down following the Amazon acquisition (TBI Vision)
- Mexico’s film academy suspends the country’s top film awards due to ‘financial crisis’ (Deadline)
- Disney’s new animated movie Strange World is flopping at the box office (Cartoon Brew)
- …Meanwhile, Bob Chapek is leaving a mixed legacy at Disney’s theme parks (Variety)
- The revenue for OTT TV and movies is set to explode in the next few years (TBI Vision)
- The UK government is criminalizing online content that encourages self-harm (TechCrunch)
- Pay-TV in Spain sees increase in revenue and subscribers (Advanced Television)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will feature six different animation styles (CBR)
- Why console sales in China are higher than reported figures (Games Industry Biz)
- India’s content hub plans include a focus on animation, VFX and gaming (Variety)
- Disney is being hit with an antitrust suit for its live-streaming TV prices (THR)
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet hits 10 million in unit sales, breaking a Nintendo record (Game Informer)
- Amazon to shut down its Indian edtech platform next year (TechCrunch)
- Twitter closes Brussels office, giving rise to EU concerns about online safety (The Financial Times)
- Disney’s Strange World skips 20 markets that censor LGBTQ+ content (Cartoon Brew)
- Report shows new platforms and localization are driving SVOD growth in Southeast Asia (Variety)
- Apple, Google face UK investigation over mobile market dominance (TechCrunch)
- The Jordan Children’s Film Festival launches its inaugural event this week (Jordan Times)
- Latest research pegs worldwide AVOD revenue to hit US$91 billion by 2028 (Digital TV Europe)
- A new tax credit for digital game developers rolls out in Ireland (RTE News)
- Meta adds privacy settings on accounts made by younger teens (Engadget)
- Publisher Simon & Schuster’s US$2.2-billion sale to Penguin will not proceed (NY Times)
- New study finds one-third of Marvel fans are feeling superhero fatigue (Variety)
- Elon Musk has closed Twitter’s office until Monday amid a mass employee exodus (Bloomberg)
- The UK government is launching a consultation period on reforming its film and TV tax credits (Deadline)
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirms layoffs will continue into the new year (Engadget)
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