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Freak Pulse
Category: Arts & Entertainment News
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Roundup: Cannes 2026, Independent Market Shaken by Streamers and Grift, and more.
Cannes Signals this week: The 2025 Cannes Marché du Film arrives amid a market where U.S.
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Roundup: Industry events and platform shifts, TikTok’s 14B Sale Creator, and more.
Industry events and platform shifts this week: Following the 2026 sale of TikTok US to an Oracle/Silver Lake consortium, a significant migration of mid-tier; and NAB 2026 saw a 140% surge in content creator attendance, with the show’s…
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Roundup: Streaming’s New Playbook, The window is now the product, and more.
Streaming strategy: windows, paywalls, and distribution this week: The streaming industry’s focus is shifting from content volume to monetizing access through sophisticated windowing; and The theatrical-to-streaming window has evolved…
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USA: One third of viewers opt for pay TV to access content in one place – Señal News
Audience Behavior & Distribution Shifts this week: Parks Associates research, conducted with Philo, finds that 33% of pay-TV subscribers cite content aggregation as; and Ryan Reynolds discussed the business and audience dynamics of his…
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Roundup: The FAST Frontier, free TV’s ad gap and YouTube’s looming squeeze, and more.
The rise of FAST and free streaming TV this week: Free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platforms like Roku Channel, Tubi, and Pluto TV are projected to reach 131; and Free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) platforms, once…
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Roundup: Creative Power Moves, Obama’s film company goes indie, and more.
Talent & Creative Signals this week: Higher Ground, the production company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama, will not renew its first-look deal with; and Gold prices have surged 50% over the past year, recently nearing $5,000 per ounce.
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Roundup: AI, Free After Effects freemium loss leaders, and more.
AI, DAM, and Post-Production Workflows this week: Maxon and Canva have made their professional motion graphics and compositing applications, Autograph and Cavalry; and A 2026 infrastructure analysis segments the DAM/MAM landscape by…
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Michael Waldron Renews 20th Television Deal as “Chad Powers” Season 2 Eyes Fall Premiere
Talent & Creative Signals this week: Michael Waldron has renewed his overall deal with 20th Television, extending his role as a key creative producer; and Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor has appointed Allison Jones as Executive Vice…
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Roundup: Hollywood Deals, Tribeca TV Podcast Lineups Survivor 50 Showcase Adults, and more.
Hollywood Deals, Development, and Industry Moves this week: Tribeca Festival’s 2026 TV and podcast lineup reveals a strategic pivot towards established IP, legacy media; and This matters for Film and TV Development because it gives a…
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Roundup: NAB Show 2026 and New Production Tech, Playout Automation Channel-in-a-Box Market
NAB Show 2026 and New Production Tech this week: The playout automation and channel-in-a-box market is consolidating broadcast master control functions into; and MASV is leveraging NAB 2026 to announce a significant expansion of its…