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Netflix is finally going to reveal how much time people spend watching its shows and movies

Vox

Pro: The movie, which reportedly had a $200 million budget, is supposed to be Netflix’s attempt to make its own action franchise; Con: It looks and feels like it was made for a lot less than $200 million.) So let’s say Netflix makes a Red Notice sequel. Congrats to this whole team!

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Pioneering study uses traffic cameras and AI to predict future, promising to save lives and money

GeekWire

The city this week shared its first batch of reports from the groundbreaking program, which has drawn comparisons to “Minority Report,” the 2002 film in which Tom Cruise anticipates and preemptively stops crime. Bellevue is leading the way on this,” said Roger Millar, Washington Secretary of Transportation.

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What exactly is the Jodorowsky’s Dune crypto collective trying to make, anyway?

The Verge

The whole scheme might help illustrate why art can’t be reduced to a neat series of copyright licenses — rather than simply showing that “crypto bros aren’t sure how rights work.”. The Dune story bible’s owners, known as Spice DAO (short for “decentralized autonomous organization”), appear perfectly aware they don’t own Dune itself.

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With the Olympics over, Peacock needs to figure out what’s next

The Verge

It’s too soon to tell whether these series have enough appeal to drive significant subscriber growth, but they lack the kind of splashy pre-premiere fanfare that other services often enjoy prior to the debut of big-budget title releases. But even those pay-one exclusives are split with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

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The Wild West of streaming TV is here and it’s free

Vox

Or they may have licensing agreements, where they just pay a set fee for access to the content. Maybe you heard about an original show on Freevee, or you’re into Tubi’s no-budget horror movies, or you really want to watch Star Trek: Voyager , but not enough to pay for Paramount+. We’re going to see a similar thing.”

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The ad industry is going all-in on AI

Vox

The Cannes she was referring to isn’t the one you’ve probably heard of — the film festival — but rather Cannes Lions, a similarly swanky festival celebrating advertising instead of cinema. That decline contributed to mass layoffs and budget cuts across the media industry.

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

Dataconomy

This rampant practice poses significant challenges to the creative industries, encompassing film, music, publishing, software development, and gaming. Its repercussions are far-reaching, casting a shadow of concern upon various creative industries, spanning from the captivating realms of film, television, publishing, music, and gaming.