- Netflix has inked a deal to shrink the release window between theaters and SVODs in France (Deadline)
- …Meanwhile, the streamer is investing US$45 million in French and European films (The Hollywood Reporter)
- China is set to regulate AI with new rules covering algorithms and pricing (Wired)
- SoundCloud has entered into a joint-venture with a management company to discover new talent (Variety)
- Spotify and Amazon are poised to spark a podcast bidding war (Variety)
- Marking the return of US superhero movies in China, The Batman secures a theatrical release (The Hollywood Reporter)
- In a crowded market, startups have two options: grow fast or die (TechCrunch)
- Ireland attracted US$570 million in 2021 film and TV spend (Deadline)
- Broadcast TV now features a record number of LGBTQ characters, according to GLAAD (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ViacomCBS’s share price dropped by 18% following yesterday’s rebrand (Deadline)
- The Berlin Film Festival found more than 100 positive COVID cases in its daily testing (Variety)
- Spotify has acquired both a podcast measurement and an analytics firm (TechCrunch)
- Meta has agreed to pay US$90 million to settle a long-running data privacy lawsuit (Variety)
- US states are getting more competitive in the race to offer film and TV tax credits (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The next step in protecting consumers is to secure app store supply chains (TechCrunch)
- VidCon is back after three years, with a lineup of digital-first creators (Tubefilter)
- Staff are leaving the company behind MIPCOM and MIPTV as part of a restructure (Deadline)
- A consortium of researchers have released a new report on a place for kids in the metaverse (Brookings)
- YouTube is exploring monetizing shorts, NFTs and collaborative live-streams (Tubefilter)
- Which big companies could get into the video game M&A space next? (Variety)
- The future of social networking could be 3D experiences (TechCrunch)
- Discovery sets March 11 as the date when investors will approve its merger with WarnerMedia (Variety)
- Subscription moviegoing service MoviePass is planning a return this summer (Deadline)
- A UK watchdog has accepted Google’s plan to change how it tracks cookies on the Chrome browser (Engadget)
- As technology develops, could an AI be considered an inventor? (TechCrunch)
- TikTok’s Creator Fund might not have enough money to go around (Tubefilter)
- Twitter now has 217 million daily users, but its net income just fell by 18% (Variety)
- Is the metaverse actually safe for brands and consumers? (Adweek)
- The Hollywood union that reps drivers, mechanics and animal handlers inked a deal for more money (Deadline)
- Disney+ has dabbled in livestreaming for the first time (Digital TV Europe)
- The Discovery-WarnerMedia merger is one step closer to finalization (The Hollywood Reporter)
- USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative is launching a pipeline program for women directors of color (Variety)
- AMC Entertainment has hired its first VP of growth strategy to expand business…with popcorn (Deadline)
- Disney, Netflix and Aardman all scored Oscar nominations in the animated film categories this year (Variety)
- …Meanwhile, streamers seem to have hit a ceiling in the Academy Awards race (Deadline)
- Africa’s startup industry is on the rise, with companies earning around US$5 billion in 2021 (TechCrunch)
- Amazon is more than doubling the pay base for its corporate and tech employees (Engadget)
- TV and streaming data trackers Innovid and TVSquared are merging to challenge Nielsen (Deadline)
- VIS Social Impact and Netflix team up with an Israeli film school to launch careers and discover new content (Variety)
- A price comparison service is suing Google for US$2.4 billion over a breach of Google Shopping’s antitrust order (TechCrunch)
- Facebook is pivoting to video…again (Tubefilter)
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