Warner & CJ ENM Deal; Lessons From Levies; YouTube At Mipcom

I was hoping to write about my recent trip to China for Pingyao International Film Festival and what I learned there for this edition of Streamlined, but other events need addressing first. Last week, Warner Bros Discovery announced a major deal with Korea's CJ ENM, Streamlined published the first part of its Streaming Levies report and MIPCOM took place and heralded the end of TV as we know it. That may be hyperbole, but for sure this industry is changing so fast it's difficult to know if there will still be an industry this time next year...

Warner Bros, CJ ENM Deal Looks Like A Win-Win 

Last week, Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) and Korea’s CJ ENM announced a deal to jointly develop, finance and distribute both English-language and Korean-language remakes of each other’s films.