8th Wall Launches WebAR Cloud-Based Authoring and Hosting Platform
VentureBeat reports: “8th Wall, a company that enables augmented reality on the web, is announcing the release of its cloud-based authoring and hosting platform.”
How Disney Plus, HBO Max, Peacock Are Banking on Splashy Movies in the Streaming Wars
Variety reports: “It seemed like any other movie premiere. Journalists and photographers swarmed the red carpet as stars Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux smiled gamely for pictures and struck a pose, just as they would for any other Hollywood screening. Except there was one key difference.”
App Annie: How to go after Generation Z
VentureBeat reports: “App Annie, the mobile market data and analytics firm, released a report today on how to win over the hearts of Generation Z, or the folks under 25 that can’t be found via traditional media. And here’s a hint: you can target them with finance and shopping apps.”
Eleven Seven Label Group Rebrands as Better Noise Music
Billboard reports: “Eleven Seven, the rock-centric label group and multimedia company founded by Allen Kovac in 2006, relaunched Tuesday (Oct. 29) in a move that will consolidate its three imprints under the title Better Noise Music.”
Scopely Valued at $1.7 Billion After $200 Million Round, With Mobile Game Company’s Sights Set on M&A
Variety reports: “Scopely is now a unicorn. The privately held free-to-play mobile-games publisher announced a $200 million Series D funding round, bringing it to $458 million raised to date.”
HBO, Sky Nearing Output Deal Renewal
Hollywood Reporter reports: “Comcast-owned European pay TV giant Sky and AT&T-owned WarnerMedia’s HBO are understood to be on the verge of renewing their long-running programming output deal, which has given Sky access to HBO content for its European territories.”
Debating the Apple TV Plus Launch and the Service’s Future (Column)
Variety reports: “With the highly-anticipated launch of Apple TV Plus Nov. 1, Variety television critics Daniel D’Addario and Caroline Framke discuss the service’s present and what could be its future.”
Google is Reportedly Trying to Buy Fitbit
The Verge reports: “Google parent company Alphabet is in talks to buy wearable company Fitbit, Reuters reports. There is currently no confirmation that the deal will definitely take place, according to sources familiar with the talks.”
Spotify Passes 113M Paid Subscribers As Average Revenue Per User Decline Continues
Spotify reports: “Spotify grew to 248 million monthly average users in the last three months and beat analysts’ expectations on paid Premium subscribers, reaching 113 million, the company reported in a Q3 letter to shareholders Monday.”
Jammber’s New Splits App Helps Songwriters Divide Up Royalties
Billboard reports: “For songwriters and other creators, keeping track of collaborators and dividing royalties on songs can be a pain. Music payment and workflow management platform Jammber wants to make it easier with Splits, its new end-to-end royalty management app.”
