Netflix: How BOOM! Studios Can Capitalize On An Existing Relationship

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This week it was announced that BOOM! Studios has signed a first-look deal with Netflix for film and television rights, which allows Netflix to have the first opportunity to develop any of the publisher's IPs into shows or films. The deal is open to both animated and live-action adaptations and will ostensibly begin after BOOM! Studios' previous deal with Fox expires in Jan. 2021.

The new deal also benefits the creators of BOOM! In an official statement, BOOM! Studios founder and CEO Ross Richie noted that the publisher has a unique partnership model which allows them to not only control the media rights, but to also package its creators with the directors, screenwriters, and producers of future adaptations.

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Keyframe Audio Stock Music Site Revamp – YouTube Whitelist for Filmmakers

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With a new director on board, the team at Keyframe Audio has launched a new version of its website, and they added over 50.000 new songs. But the most exciting part for filmmakers is that they are developing a unique system that automatically whitelists and clears the right in YouTube’s Content ID system when you use tracks from Keyframe Audio. Let’s take a closer look at this new version of the site.

If the name Keyframe Audio sounds familiar to you, you’re right: in January 2019, we already talked about the launch of the platform. Since the Beta version, the team developed dramatically and continues to expand daily. An update to our original article was needed to show you what’s new.

New Director and New Keyframe Audio Website

First of all, Keyframe Audio’s new director is Jeremiah Benzion. If you don’t know who Jeremiah is, he was previously the Licensing and Artist Director at Arlist.io, another music licensing platform. Also, Keyframe Audio is now part of HAAWK, which is a big player in the “YouTube Content ID and Facebook/Instagram Rights Manager” game.

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Pokémon Go maker Niantic names Megan Quinn as chief operating officer

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Pokémon Go maker Niantic has named Megan Quinn as chief operating officer. Founder and CEO John Hanke said in a post that Quinn will lead business operations and international development for the company as it prepares for the next phase of growth.

He said that Quinn has been a supporter of the mission since the company’s roots as a part of Google. At Google, she worked for Hanke in various roles for seven years before Niantic even got started. It’s a significant appointment, as high-ranking women are still rare in game companies and women make up roughly 20% of game industry professionals. It’s also important as Niantic has seen great success, with hundreds of millions of downloads and billions of dollars in revenues.

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Byton Resumes Production Of M-Byte Electric SUV

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Byton also finalized the home charging installation deal for the U.S. market with Qmerit. 

Byton's CEO Daniel Kirchert revealed this week several images showing that the company is busy making first M-Byte all-electric SUVs.

The pre-production in Nanjing actually started in October 2019, but then was interrupted by COVID-19 in early 2020.

We are not sure whether those are still pre-production cars or already some demo units, but the schedule is to start customer deliveries in China in mid-2020.

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