- Netflix’s AVOD tier rolls out in eight countries (Deadline)
- Elon Musk reportedly intends to lay off nearly half of the Twitter workforce (The Verge)
- ITV Studios buys a majority stake in Aussie prodco Lingo Pictures (Variety)
- After a decline in Q3 profits, Paramount plans to hike streaming prices (Broadcasting+Cable)
- The BBC is reviewing its Children’s & Education commissioning practices (Deadline)
- Paramount sees a net income decline in Q3, despite streaming subscriber growth (Variety)
- Amid layoffs and cancellations, The CW taps Brad Schwartz to oversee programming (THR)
- US FCC commissioner Brendan Carr calls for a ban on TikTok (The Wrap)
- YouTube is starting to sell third-party subscription streaming services (THR)
- Sony Pictures’ Q2 profit declines 30% to US$202 million (Deadline)
- In a test run, US Disney+ subscribers will get early access to merch (Reuters)
- Former Google exec Rebekah Dopp joins The CW to head up distribution and strategy (Variety)
- Prime Video Germany’s country director departs the streamer after six months (Deadline)
- Elon Musk gauges interest in reviving short-form video platform Vine (TechCrunch)
- Marvel is developing a WandaVision spinoff series centered on Vision (THR)
- …Meanwhile, new card game app Marvel Snap has earned more than US$2 million in its first week (CBR)
- Elon Musk closes US$44-billion Twitter acquisition and fires top execs (Deadline)
- Sony Pictures Entertainment acquires VFX company Pixomondo (Cartoon Brew)
- ITV Studios’ talent show The Voice is heading into the metaverse (TBI Vision)
- Amazon misses Q3 revenue targets, but generates US$127.1 billion in sales (Variety)
- NBCUniversal’s earnings grew by 20% in Q3, driven by Minions: The Rise of Gru (THR)
- Disney’s new animated short film Reflect tackles body dysmorphia (Glamour)
- Hollywood studios and unions will extend COVID production protocols into 2023 (Variety)
- Mark Zuckerberg asks investors to be patient as Meta’s stock drops 20% (Bloomberg)
- DC Studios taps James Gunn and Peter Safran to head up film, TV and animation (THR)
- BBC’s longrunning sci-fi series Doctor Who is heading to Disney+ (IGN)
- Spotify exceeds Q3 expectations, reaching 456 million monthly users (Variety)
- The Sea Beast is Netflix’s most viewed original animated film (Cartoon Brew)
- Warner Bros. Discovery to run up nearly US$4.3 billion in restructuring costs (Variety)
- Anime producers are losing faith in Netflix and want a return to linear (Cartoon Brew)
- YouTube removes 2,000 Wolfoo videos, causing US$2 million in losses (Retail News Asia)
- Have Meta shareholders begun to lose confidence in Zuckerberg’s metaverse? (THR)
- DC’s Black Adam sparks US$67-million debut at the US box office (Deadline)
- Ms. Marvel director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to direct next Star Wars film (THR)
- Corus Entertainment sees 6% drop in revenue in Q4 (Digital TV Europe)
- Warner Bros. Discovery rolls out its first entertainment FAST channel (Variety)
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