Meta Teams With Blumhouse And Filmmakers Like Casey Affleck To Test Movie Gen AI Tool

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Variety reports: “Meta has put its generative AI video system in the hands of some Hollywood filmmakers — hoping to build goodwill with the industry and gather feedback on how to improve the tool. The tech giant announced Thursday that it has been working with horror studio Blumhouse and select creators as part of a pilot program for Movie Gen, its generative-AI video models. The company said it will continue to expand the program in 2025.”

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Circana: 71% Of US Engage With Video Games

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Games Industry Biz reports: “71% of US consumers play video games, according to Circana’s 2024 Gamer Segmentation Report. An online survey of 5,100 respondents was conducted between May and June 2024, which found there are currently 236.4 million gamers in the US. The largest share of gamers was adults aged 45 and older at 37%, which Circana said was driven by women gamers and a growing interest in consoles.”

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YouTube TV Is The Most Popular Live TV Streaming Service For Cord Cutting — Here Is How Fubo, Sling TV, & Others Rank

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Cord Cutters News reports: “In 2023, cord cutting grew faster than ever, and the battle to be the service everyone subscribes to was heating up. Now, in the Fall of 2024, cord cutting is continuing to grow as more Americans ditch cable TV for less expensive streaming options, and the fate of live TV streaming is becoming clearer. According to our Fall 2024 survey of more than 1,000 Cord Cutters News readers, YouTube TV dominates the live TV streaming arena with 27.3% of readers subscribing to YouTube TV. In second place was Sling TV with 10.2% of cord cutters subscribing to their skinny bundle of channels.”

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Spotify Expands Music Videos Beta To 85 Additional Countries Amid Broader Visual Media Buildout

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Digital Music News reports: “Another day, another video buildout for Spotify, which has officially made music videos available in beta to paid users across 85 more markets.
A rep for the music- and video-streaming platform reached out this morning with word of the feature’s enhanced availability, and Spotify elaborated on the news in a brief announcement message. Previously, the service in March brought its full-length music videos beta to about a dozen nations, among them the U.K., Sweden, the Philippines, and Kenya.”

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Anthropic Just Made It Harder For AI To Go Rogue With Its Updated Safety Policy

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VentureBeat reports: “Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the popular Claude chatbot, today announced a sweeping update to its Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP), aimed at mitigating the risks of highly capable AI systems. The policy, originally introduced in 2023, has evolved with new protocols to ensure that AI models, as they grow more powerful, are developed and deployed safely.”

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TikTok Partners With South Korean Streaming Service Melon To Expand ‘Add To Music App’ Feature

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Music Business Worldwide reports: “TikTok has partnered with Kakao Entertainment-owned Melon to integrate the South Korean music streaming service to its ‘Add to Music App’ feature. The feature launched in the US and UK almost a year ago and expanded to more countries over the past year. The tool allows TikTok users to save songs they discover on the platform directly to their preferred music streaming service, such as Spotify, Amazon Music or Apple Music.”

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Toho To Acquire Indie Distributor GKIDS

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The Hollywood Reporter reports: “Japanese media giant Toho Co. — the studio behind that country’s famous Godzilla movie monster — has unveiled a deal to acquire GKIDS, the North American indie producer and distributor. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but GKIDS, launched in 2008 with a focus on animated movies, is set to operate as a subsidiary of Toho under company founder/CEO Eric Beckman and president Dave Jesteadt.”

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Live Aware Labs Secures $4.8m In Seed Funding Round

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Games Industry Biz reports: “Seattle-based technology firm Live Aware Labs has raised $4.8 million in a seed funding round. The investment was led by venture capital firm Transcend, alongside A16z Speedrun, Lifelike Capital, and a group of strategic angel investors. Founded in 2022 by gaming veterans Sean Vesce and David Berger, Live Aware Labs provides developers with AI-powered tools that gather and analyse player feedback from a variety of sources and highlight potential areas of improvement.”

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BMW Adds Paramount+ To In-Car Entertainment Offer

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Broadband TV News reports: “BMW Group is bringing the streaming service Paramount+ to its cars. The owners of vehicles with BMW or MINI Operating System 9 are able to stream Paramount+ content offerings on the control display whenever the vehicle is stationary, for example during charging stops or breaks on longer journeys, allowing them to watch blockbusters, originals and shows such as Star Trek Discovery.”

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Azra Games Raises $42.7M For Next-Generation Mobile RPG With Web3 Features

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GamesBeat reports: “Azra Games has defied the funding gods and raised $42.7 million in funding to accelerate development of its Project Legends mobile role-playing game. The Web3-based game has been in the works roughly since Mark Otero, CEO and a veteran entrepreneur, founded the company in January 2022. In interview with GamesBeat, Otero said the company’s energies in creating its RPG are focused on providing thrilling gameplay, visceral combat, and immersive storylines.”

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