- Hollywood film and TV production in Vancouver shoots to a record US$3.8 billion (THR)
- EU to decide whether tech goliaths Google and Meta should shoulder network costs (Digital TV Europe)
- Western Europe is expected to have 238 million SVOD subs by 2027, a new report estimates (TBI Vision)
- Moonbug Entertainment’s CoComelon Live! JJ’s Journey is set to begin a 62-city tour (Tubefilter)
- YouTube is launching an ad-free version that’s all about education (Digital TV Europe)
- ICYMI: Peppa Pig has introduced its first same-sex couple (BBC News)
- A bankruptcy bailout for Cineworld is in the works (Deadline)
- WFH and “shoulder surfing” blamed for rise in Marvel movie leaks (THR)
- Over 33 million Brits watched the live announcement of Queen Elizabeth’s death (Variety)
- Bob Iger’s take on the war between streamers: They’re not all going to make it (THR)
- The UK film and TV industry’s anti-bullying org names BFI exec Jen Smith as interim CEO (Deadline)
- Comedian David Arnold, who created Nickelodeon’s That Girl Lay Lay, dies at age 54 (Variety)
- Twitter is testing a new feature that lets users share to WhatsApp (TechCrunch)
- Warner Bros. Pictures president Courtenay Valenti is leaving the studio (Deadline)
- Disney promotes three executives on its General Entertainment team (TBI Vision)
- The next chapter in the streaming wars is all about who has the best bundle (THR)
- And the House of Mouse is exploring Amazon Prime style perks for its parks (WSJ)
- California targets tech companies with a new bill to improve kids online safety (TechCrunch)
- Snap lays off 20% of workforce and outlines shift in content plans (THR)
- Georgia Brown departs role as content chief of Amazon Studios Europe (Deadline)
- For the first time ever, Studio Ghibli films are available to rent digitally (Variety)
- Apple reportedly files trademarks for a mixed reality headset launching in 2023 (Gizmodo)
- Tendo Nagenda, Netflix’s VP of original film, is departing (Variety)
- …and the streamer also unveils release dates for its fall and holiday movie lineup (Deadline)
- Sony acquires Savage Game Studios, building on mobile gaming expansion (TechCrunch)
- Facebook to settle data breach lawsuit concerning Cambridge Analytica (Reuters)
- Most US theatres to offer US$3 tickets for National Cinema Day (CNN)
- Twitter rolls out integration of podcasts into its Spaces tab (TechCrunch)
- Netflix expands partnership with Nippon, adding 13 anime titles (Variety)
- …and the streamer is reportedly pricing its AVOD tier between US$7 to $9 (Bloomberg)
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