- Plans to cut screen funds spark concerns among Aussie producers (Deadline)
- Inside the growth of Saudi Arabia’s film industry (THR)
- YouTube begins testing a new ‘Playables’ section for games (TechCrunch)
- Disney+ slates Haunted Mansion for an October streaming debut (Variety)
- …and D23 is expanding into a week-long event in 2024 (Collider)
- Goosebumps makes its spooky premiere on streamers in October (TheWrap)
- A new report says APAC TV and film revenues will reach US$49 billion by 2029 (DTVE)
- Warner Bros. Television is suspending overall deals as strikes continue into their fourth month (THR)
- The EU names six tech giants that have allegedly run afoul of its new digital competition laws (TechCrunch)
- Roku is laying off 300 staffers and restructuring its content portfolio (Deadline)
- US advertising revenue is forecast to grow 5% this year, but a pay-TV decline is causing concerns (THR)
- WGA East begins voting for a new president and council members amid strikes (Variety)
- Duolingo is adding gamified music lessons to teach users more than 200 tunes (Engadget)
- WBD expects to lose up to US$500 million this year because of the strikes (THR)
- …Meanwhile, SAG-AFTRA is prepping a voice actors strike that will affect video game companies (Cartoon Brew)
- Disney’s new carriage battle raises questions over pay TV’s future (TBI Vision)
- TikTok is rolling out its music streamer in Brazil and Indonesia (Variety)
- A new CBBC series called Deadly Mission Shark is launching next week (Televisual)
- Meet Storyboarder.ai, the new AI-driven tool that threatens the work of storyboard artists (Cartoon Brew)
- Nostalgia and kidults are driving toy sales growth, new data finds (Insider Intelligence)
- For some fun, Harry Potter fans celebrate Back to Hogwarts Day around the world (Variety)
- Disney has hired a former advisor to President Joe Biden to be its TV media relations VP (Variety)
- Award-winning singer Jessie J will host the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards this year (Advanced Television)
- Jim Henson storybooks and a Wallace and Gromit game are the highlights at Venice Film Fest’s VR showcase (THR)
- Pearl Studio’s family-friendly movie The Monkey King was the most-watched film on Netflix last week (Cartoon Brew)
- Disney faces another lawsuit alleging it’s putting out false info about the success of Disney+ (THR)
- …Meanwhile, Disney+ (which rarely shares viewership data) claims Ahsoka’s first ep got around 14 million views (Deadline)
- How Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse pulled off Spider-Punk’s iconic look (Variety)
- A US Supreme Court Justice is making an appearance in PBS KIDS’ Alma’s Way (NextTV)
- Streaming viewers are spending more than 10 minutes a day deciding what to watch (StreamTV Insider)
- More than eight million North American moviegoers went to theaters on National Cinema Day (Variety)
- Disney+ Hotstar offers free cricket in India as it struggles with streaming subscriber losses (Deadline)
- TikTok’s future in the US is under the spotlight (The New York Times)
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