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Maker Studios
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‘VR broadcast platform’ provider Vreal secures funding
US-based virtual reality startup Vreal has secured US$11.7 million (€9.5 million) in funding to launch…
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Report: Spotify sets new video plans under Courtney Holt
Music streaming service Spotify has reportedly reset its video strategy under the leadership of its…
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Disney creates Digital Network in Maker rejig
Disney has unveiled the Disney Digital Network, a new home for digital stories that brings…
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Report: Disney’s Maker Studios to cut 80 staff
Disney’s Maker Studios is cutting some 80 jobs according to press reports coming out of…
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VR firm brings in Bacon from Endemol Shine
A UK-based, Maker Studios-backed virtual reality content producer has hired senior executives from Endemol Shine…
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Viral Spiral founder gets heavyweight backing for new VR firm
Viral Spiral founder Damian Collier has received backing from a host of prominent media executives…
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TalkTalk TV agrees content deal with Maker Studios
TalkTalk TV has agreed a deal with Maker Studios to air a collection of the…
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Disney cuts digital, consumer products job
Disney has cuts its digital media and consumer products team by 5%, or 250 staff,…
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ProSieben poaches Maker Studios exec for digital
ProSiebenSat.1 has poached a digital exec from Disney’s Maker Studios to run its ad-supported VOD…
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Maker Studios exec moves to Endemol Beyond
Endemol Beyond USA has hired Maker Studios’ Todd Barrish to become its executive VP, creative…
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Spotify launches original programmes
Music streaming service Spotify has launched a 12-strong slate of original programmes. The new shows…
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Maker Studios: digital creators are this generation’s pop stars
Digital influencers have replaced pop-stars as the go-to celebrities for young people, according to Maker…
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YouTube to premiere first Red originals
YouTube is due to premiere its first original content for its new US-based subscription service,…
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PewDiePie launches Maker Studios-backed Revelmode
YouTube phenomenon PewDiePie has launched his own talent network backed by Disney-owned MCN Maker Studios….
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Maker Studios CEO Ynon Kreiz exits firm
Ynon Kreiz has left Maker Studios almost a year after The Walt Disney Company acquired…
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Canalplay adds Maker Studios section
Canal+’s SVoD service Canalplay has added a section dedicated to Disney-owned MCN Maker Studios to…
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Maker Studios-owned Blip.tv to shut, says co-founder
Justin Day, the co-founder of online video producer and distributor Blip.tv, has said the business…
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Disney’s Maker Studios appoints content chief
Online content and channels specialist Maker Studios has recruited writer and director Luke Hyams to…
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Maker Studios exec backs non-skippable ad formats
YouTube’s skippable ad-format “cannibalises” inventory, with non-skippable ads the preferred format for getting across a…
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Spotify reportedly planning online video move
Spotify is reportedly planning to move into the online video space and is said to…
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Disney’s Maker studios strikes Vimeo deal
Disney-owned multichannel network Maker Studios has signed a deal to with Vimeo to debut content…
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Tubefilter survey reveals MCN viewership rankings
YouTube games channels have become big business, with the hundred top sites attracting close to…
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MTG partners with Maker Studios
Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed a content distribution deal with web video provider and…
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Maker sibling co-founders exit
Lisa and Ben Donovan, the siblings that co-founded multichannel network Maker Studios, have exited the…
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Content creators must become marketing experts, says Maker Studios
Content creators will soon need to also become “marketing and branding experts” as online content…
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Maker rejects Relativity’s US$1bn approach
Maker Studios has turned down Relativity Media’s US$1 billion (€723 million)-plus approach in favour of…
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Relativity bid threatens Disney’s Maker takeover
LA film firm Relativity Media is looking to hijack The Walt Disney Company’s takeover of…
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Disney buys Maker for initial US$500 million
The Walt Disney Company has made the largest investment a traditional media giant has yet…
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YouTube partner Maker Studios buys distribution provider Blip
YouTube partner network Maker Studios is acquiring US online video maker and distributor Blip. The…