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WBD appoints Marini as Japan GM
Warner Bros Discovery [WBD] has announced Buddy Marini as its new GM of Japan. Based in Tokyo, Marini will join the company on June 3rd and report to WBD Asia Pacific President, James Gibbons. In his new role, Marini will oversee all operations in Japan except the Theatrical and Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo: The…
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Moving money has never been easier, but is a headache for governments
I was talking with a friend about growing up. Back in my day, as the old farts say, I had cash and a bank account. I had one bank account and that was it. During the years, I moved around a bit, switched accounts between banks, but cash, cheques and card was it. Then a……
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Things worth reading: 14th May 2024
Things we’re reading today include … One bank’s brilliant upgrade was another bank’s crash • The Register Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Bank of England of ‘miserable incompetence’ over inflation | Bank of England | The Guardian Britain’s next financial crash is coming. This time it won’t be the banks. – POLITICO Raiffeisen has been a rogue……
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AI Briefing: Generative AI and search are becoming increasingly intertwined — and top of mind
At this week’s Google I/O 2024, many marketers will be tuning in for any updates on the future of generative AI and search. The annual developer conference, which takes place on Tuesday, has always been a place for the search giant to highlight major innovations for its various audiences. At Google I/O 2023, the company…
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S4C orders animated Welsh children’s series
S4C has announced a new mixed media children’s comedy series called Annibendod (‘Messy‘) that will air in January 2025. The Welsh language series has been developed to boost children’s Welsh language skills using comedy and simple to understand language. Annibendod is a 20 x 10-minute series produced by Twt Productions in collaboration with Boom Cymru,…
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How CFOs approach tech spend
Major banks in the United States are increasing tech investment for added efficiencies and frictionless digital experiences — which has become the consumer’s expectation since the pandemic. There is always a struggle for C-level executives, especially chief financial officers, to decide how to spend money to streamline operations while improving customer experiences and driving customer…
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FIs look to tech providers for RTP, FedNow onboarding
Adoption is ticking up for The Clearing House’ Real Time Payments network and the Federal Reserve’s FedNow payments rail as financial institutions add payment services to their platforms. The RTP network has more than 500 institutions on its network, according to The Clearing House’s website. Meanwhile, the FedNow payments rail had 728 financial…
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Chris Pratt shares Moments Worth Paying For
In advance of the May 24th release of Sony Pictures’ The Garfield Movie, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagne-loving feline’s voice talent Chris Pratt is sharing a special video message in support of the Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s Moments Worth Paying For campaign highlighting the importance of audiences seeing the movie on the big screen and…
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AMC Networks Q1 revenues down 17%
AMC Networks has reported Q1 net revenues of $596 million (€552.3m), down 17 per cent from the prior year. Excluding nonrecurring revenues related to Apple TV+ series Silo and the sale of digital agency 25/7 Media, net revenues decreased 6 per cent. Streaming revenues stood at $145 million, an increase of 3 per cent on…
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Canal+ to launch Ciné+ OCS in July
Canal+ has restructured its drama and movies offering and will relaunch it under new on-demand brand, Ciné+ OCS, on July 3rd The French pay-TV group acquired the OCS pay-TV bouquet, and its production arm Orange Studio, from Orange France in January. Available via the Canal+ bouquet as well as through services operated by various distributing…