Film and TV Briefing: Friday 10 January 2025
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Disney unveils surprise merger of Hulu + Live TV with competitor FuboTV (Hollywood Reporter)
Getty Images and Shutterstock plan $3.7 billion merger (Hollywood Reporter)
‘Nosferatu’ passes $100 million at the Box Office, whilst ‘Moana 2’ approaches $1 billion (Variety)
‘Silent Witness’ makes return to 3.5 million viewers on BBC1 (Broadcast)
Discovery+ raises subscription prices by $1 (Variety)
Major Hollywood studios close down as wildfires spread (Hollywood Reporter)
‘Squid Game’ season 2 hits 126.2 million views in Netflix record-breaking 11 days (Variety)
Roku passes 90 million streaming households in 2025 (Deadline)
NBCUniversal and Nexstar Media renew ongoing distribution deal (Variety)
Sony Group unveils investments in growing Japanese animation sector (Hollywood Reporter)
Features and commentary
Streaming giants prepare for battle in $16 billion Asia-Pacific content surge (Variety)
Sister chief calls for TV industry to embrace AI, starting with industry-focused AI training (Broadcast)
The Guardian previews the hottest documentaries for 2025 (The Guardian)
Industry announcements
Germany’s film industry boosted by new film subsidy law (Hollywood Reporter)
Resources
PACT Director of Policy reviews the key policy challenges in 2025 (PACT)
Robert Eggers speaks about production process for latest film ‘Nosferatu’ (Directors UK)
Legal updates
Music Publishers reach deal with Amazon-backed AI company over copyrighted song lyrics (Hollywood Reporter)
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