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Acquisition 1 day ago

Peanuts Studio WildBrain Acquires 'Hey Peppa Pig' GenAI Company Personality AI for Up to $69M

WildBrain, the studio behind the Peanuts brand, has acquired Personality AI — the company that created the generative-AI experience 'Hey Peppa Pig' — for $11 million in upfront ...

Cartoon Brew · #acquisition #character-animation #vfx-industry

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Acquisition 12 days ago

Arena Group, Once Caught Publishing Fake AI Writers in Sports Illustrated, Rebrands as Paradium.AI

The Arena Group — the media company that made headlines in 2023 for allowing contractor AdVon Commerce to publish AI-generated fake writers across Sports Illustrated and other t...

futurism.com · #ai-job-displacement #platform-moderation #future-of-tv

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Acquisition 21 days ago

AI Embeds Deeper in Virtual Production Pipelines as Netflix Acquires InterPositive

Artificial intelligence is moving from peripheral support to core integration within virtual production pipelines, enhancing real-time rendering, environment generation, motion ...

T whats-on-netflix.com · #virtual-production #acquisition #post-production-workflows

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Acquisition about 1 month ago

Boris FX Acquires iZotope, Expanding Post-Production Portfolio into Intelligent Audio

Boris FX has acquired iZotope, the widely used audio technology company known for its Neutron, Nectar, Ozone, and RX product lines. The deal resolves months of uncertainty for i...

ProVideo Coalition · #acquisition #post-production-workflows #ai-music-creativity
iZotope

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Acquisition about 1 month ago

Netflix Paid $587 Million for Ben Affleck's AI Startup InterPositive

Netflix acquired InterPositive, an AI startup co-founded by actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck, for approximately $587 million in cash, according to the company's Form 10-Q filing ...

Variety H S C +5 · #acquisition #future-of-tv #vfx-industry
Ben Affleck at "The Accountant 2" Los Angeles Premiere held at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

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Acquisition about 2 months ago

Topaz Video Goes Subscription-Only as Adobe Acquisition Raises Integration Questions

Topaz Labs has retired its long-running "Topaz Video AI" product, capping it at v7.1.5 with no further model updates. Its replacement, rebranded as "Topaz Video," launched effec...

ProVideo Coalition · #acquisition #post-production-workflows #saas-market-dynamics
Acquisition about 2 months ago

Neon Closing in on Distribution Deal for Luca Guadagnino's OpenAI-Backed Film 'Artificial'

Neon is nearing a deal to distribute "Artificial," the OpenAI-backed feature film directed by Luca Guadagnino. The move comes after Amazon dropped the project, a development tha...

Hollywood Reporter · #ai-filmmaking #branded-entertainment #future-of-tv
Acquisition 2 months ago

Adobe to Acquire Topaz Labs, Bringing AI Upscaling and Denoising to Creative Cloud

Adobe has announced the acquisition of Topaz Labs, maker of widely used AI-powered video and image enhancement, upscaling, and denoising tools. Topaz products are deeply embedde...

ProVideo Coalition TechCrunch – AI · #acquisition #post-production-workflows #vfx-industry
Acquisition 2 months ago

Netflix and Focus Features Pass on Guadagnino's Sam Altman Biopic 'Artificial'; A24 Screens

Netflix and Focus Features have both declined to acquire distribution rights to Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial,' a dramatic biopic centered on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The film was...

Hollywood Reporter · #acquisition #future-of-tv #general
Acquisition 2 months ago

One Year After Technicolor's Fall, MPC Is Folded Into The Mill By New AI Parent Company TransPerfect

A year after the collapse of Technicolor sent shockwaves through the global VFX industry, another major consolidation is underway: TransPerfect, a translation and AI services co...

Cartoon Brew · #vfx-industry #acquisition

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