This Week's News - Media

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• While traditional broadcasters have done this as well, still a major faux pas ?Hulu prematurely ended its Oscars stream right before the final awards (The Verge)
• “Our intent is to really go after the people that are not currently in the system”? Lachlan Murdoch Says Fox’s Streaming Strategy Is Modest in Scope (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Unfortunate news for US theater owners? Survey: US viewers prefer streaming movies over cinema (Advanced Television)
• “...the iconic film company is in ruins and thousands are out of jobs after one of the swiftest and most painful corporate implosions in recent years”? From “Back” To Bust: Inside The Epic Implosion Of Technicolor (Deadline)
• A French company makes a step towards bring 5G broadcasting to the market? TDF aims to test, validate and structure 5G Broadcast with new certification platform (TVB Europe)
• Rollup of smart glasses shown at the Mobile World Congress event? Smart glasses dazzle at MWC 2025—is this the year to shine? (Rethink Research)
• Yet another TV commerce - ahem - shoppable TV move? Insight TV, Edge Video AI launch Shoppable TV (Advanced Television)
• Interesting VR app? Here comes the mixed reality theme park (Lowpass)
• Recent activity around AI and the entertainment experience
• BBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised content (The Guardian)
• Prime Video is beginning an AI dubbing pilot program for select movies and series (Engadget)
• Paddington in Peru’ Writers Reunite for AI Animated Feature ‘Critterz’ From Vertigo Films, Native Foreign (Variety)
• ‘Divergent’ Producer Launches AI Company That Aims to Make Studio-Quality Movies for $500,000 (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Ajay Devgn Launches Generative AI Storytelling Venture Prismix (Variety)
• Streaming numbers?
• Research: Streaming revenue overtakes public TV in Europe (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Study: Multi-generational viewers switching to streaming (Advanced Television)
• Streaming strategy pays off for ProSiebenSat.1 (Advanced Television)
• Research: Competition intensifies in Finnish streaming market (Advanced Television)

Miscellaneous

• Looks like someone is monitoring this quite closely? Hisense QLED TVs are just LED TVs, lawsuit claims (The Register)
• Yet another AI faux pas? MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK (The Daily Beast)
• This might explain it? Researchers puzzled by AI that praises Nazis after training on insecure code (Ars Technica)
• “It quickly became apparent that the Kinect would not, as Microsoft had initially hoped, be the future of video games. Instead, it was a gamechanger in other ways: for artists, roboticists and … ghost-hunters”? Ghost hunting, pornography and interactive art: the weird afterlife of Xbox Kinect (The Guardian)
• As the copyright fades, this is inevitable? ‘Bambi: The Reckoning’ Trailer: Cinema’s Beloved Deer Turns Feral, Goes on Killing Spree in Latest IP Assault from ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Creators (Variety)

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