Billboard reports: “The results of a new study conducted by Vice Media Group for Ontario Creates — the government agency that provides potential funding and economic development opportunities for the province’s creative industries — focus on how Gen Z discovers, consumes and shares culture content, including music, film, television, art, lifestyle, gaming and literature.”
Variety reports: “The U.K. Parliament on Wednesday evening passed legislation paving the way for the country to leave the European Union on Jan. 31, 2020.”
Deadline reports: “NBC News said Thursday that it’s launching NBC News Studios with initial partners Focus Features, Blumhouse Television, sister-service Peacock and Quibi.”
TechCrunch reports: “Outside of in-app purchases in mobile games, subscription revenue from non-game apps helped to boost 2019’s mobile consumer spend — a figure that reached $120 billion globally last year, according to a recent report by App Annie. Now, new data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower indicates U.S. subscription app revenue grew by 21% last year from the $3.8 billion generated by the top 100 subscription apps to reach over $4.6 billion in 2019.”
VentureBeat reports: “Niantic has revealed details of its lineup of event locations for its walking games — Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Ingress — for 2020. And the company also said that it drove more than $249 million in tourism revenue for the cities on its event list for 2019.”
Gamesindustry.biz reports: “The ongoing class action lawsuit against Riot Games over alleged gender discrimination faces a remarkable new challenge, as two government agencies wade into the debate.”
Billboard reports: “Play MPE, the digital music distribution service owned by Vancouver’s Destiny Media Technologies with clients in the U.S., Australia, South Africa and Europe, is moving into Canada via Universal Music Canada, which will service its new releases through the Play MPE platform as of this Friday.”
Hollywood Reporter reports: “When ViacomCBS was formed Dec. 4, some insiders predicted that Joe Ianniello, the CBS chief executive who was suddenly second fiddle to CEO Bob Bakish, wouldn’t be long for the gig.”
Deadline reports: “Philo, the sports-free streaming bundle that launched nationally a bit more than two years ago, is starting to run its first rolling-stock commercials as part of a new marketing campaign.”
TechCrunch reports: “Amazon Music, the streaming music service from the e-commerce and cloud giant that competes against the likes of Spotify and Apple Music, announced a milestone in its growth today: it has passed 55 million customers across the six different pricing tiers that it offers for the service, ranging from $15 per month through to a free, ad-supported tier.”
