CNBC reports: “Nvidia, the AI chipmaker that powers much of today’s AI boom, on Monday announced a push to produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S. for the first time. The company said it plans to produce up to $500 billion of AI infrastructure in the U.S. via its manufacturing partnerships over the next four years.”
TechCrunch reports: “Meta announced on Monday that it’s going to train its AI models on public content, such as posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram, in the EU after previously pausing its plans to do so in response to regulatory pressure due to to data privacy concerns. The company will start training its AI on users’ content in the EU this week, it said. Users’ interactions with Meta AI will also be used to train its models.”
Media Play News reports: “TCM and Fandango at Home, Fandango’s transactional service, are expanding their partnership with the launch of the TCM Classic Film Festival storefront on the Fandango FanStore, offering exclusive festival merchandise. Newly designed items, available now only on the Fandango FanStore, include the official 2025 festival poster, souvenirs and apparel.”
GamesBeat reports: “Xsolla, a global game commerce company, has partnered with Altava Group, a digital fashion and virtual entertainment company, to bring fashion IP to games. Altava Group emerged from the LVMH La Maison des Startups program. This collaboration with Xsolla will connect game developers and publishers with Altava’s extensive catalog of high-quality branded digital fashion assets and unlock scalable, creative ways to integrate luxury fashion IP into the gaming experience.”
Digital Music News reports: “Superfan apps like Weverse (HYBE) and the freshly-launched Berriz (Kakao Entertainment) have become critical tools for K-pop labels — helping transform fan engagement into scalable revenue streams while addressing core industry challenges along the way. Now, it looks like Warner Music’s superfan app is getting off its starting blocks.”
The Hollywood Reporter reports: “A number of major YouTube stars have signed on to a pilot program that will give high-profile figures more control over their likenesses on the platform. The video platform says that creators like MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson), MKBHD (Marques Brownlee) and Mark Rober have signed on to test the tool, which was announced last year.”
GameSpot reports: “Minecraft’s soundtrack will join Microsoft’s reboot chime have been selected as some of the “defining sounds of history and culture,” and will join the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The sounds of Minecraft: Volume Alpha by Daniel Rosenfeld will join the music of Super Mario Bros. as one of the most important pieces of video game music ever recorded.”
Games Industry Biz reports: “Boston-based developer The Molasses Flood has merged with CD Projekt Red as part of the CDPR Group. In a statement posted on its website, it said the merger occurred on April 1, 2025. It had previously been announced in CD Projekt’s FY24 financial results “to ensure better alignment in scope and direction” of Project Sirius – a multiplayer set in The Witcher universe announced in 2022.”
Broadband TV News reports: “Samsung Ads is to adopt Magnite Access to monetise and activate data. The largest independent sell-side advertising company has announced an expanded global partnership with the advanced advertising division of Samsung Electronics. Between 2023 and 2024, Samsung Ads saw double-digit percentage gross revenue growth on the Magnite Streaming SSP because of their collaboration.”
VGC reports: “A major games industry analysis firm has lowered its Switch 2 sales forecast, but still thinks it’ll be the fastest selling console ever despite this. DFC Intelligence, which has been covering the games and digital media industry since 1994, has published its updated insights on the Switch 2‘s launch.”
