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Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry. This week, a creator is saying hello to the platform that made him famous, while a departed executive is saying goodbye to the platform she helped build.

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Ludwig is home again on Twitch. The mononymous streamer has not been shy about his displeasure with the streaming experience on YouTube. Now, upon the expiration of his landmark deal, he has resumed his broadcasts on Twitch. That decision is a reminder that the era of exclusive streamer contracts is well and truly over.

DrDisrespect is ready to Rumble. The disgraced streamer and the right-leaning platform make for strange bedfellows, but the time was right for their partnership. DrDisrespect needed a new home, and Rumble is surging after the reelection of Donald Trump. Something...

Tel Aviv-based multinational studio Dori Media Group (Dmg), has launched international sales, outside of the U.S. and Latin America, of the ViX Original romcom “Lalola,” a remake of the 2007 International Emmy-winning hit from Argentina.

Shot in Mexico with a whole new cast led by Bárbara de Regil (“Rosario Tijeras”), Diego Amozurrutia (“Cuna de Lobos”) Alejandro de la Madrid (“La rebellion”) and Alexis Ayala (“Amar a Muerte”), the new version debuted Feb. 2 on the fast-growing Spanish-language streaming platform run by TelevisaUnivision.

“Lalola” follows a prosperous businessman used to getting his way with women to boost his ego. He gets his comeuppance when he wakes up one morning in the body of a woman. Desperate to revert to his original body, he struggles to protect his job and his relationships with his family and his best friend.

In this altered state, Lalola will face the consequences of machismo and must relearn everything,...

"Cabo", the Spanish cime thriller, based on the 1985 Mexican telenovela "Tú o nadie", stars Bárbara de Regil and Matías Novoa, now available on Las Estrellas:

"...hours after the wedding of 'Sofía' and 'Alejandro', he leaves to attend to a business matter and dies in a plane crash. Devastated, Sofía travels to Cabo to meet her in-laws. When Sofía arrives, she is reunited with Alejandro, who is alive, and discovers that he is not the man she fell in love with. Alejandro reveals to her that his name is actually 'Eduardo' (Diego Amozurrutia) and that he changed it so that she would be legally married to his brother, who was the one who died in the accident, and so that together they can inherit his fortune. 

"Sofía refuses to go along with Eduardo's plans, who now threatens to put her father in jail because he has incriminated him of being responsible...

We’ve had flesh eaters populating so many cinema screens, it’s sometimes difficult for zombie movies to portray a world wherein zombie movies don’t exist. MexZombies, a horror comedy out of Mexico taking its festival tour now to the Toronto After Dark Film Fest, doesn’t ever try to ignore zombie movies, but instead, treats them as important information for the characters. MexZombies plays to those of us who made our contingency plans after consuming zombie media and maybe kind of secretly hoped we’d be validated when the monsters showed up, making our movie geekdom suddenly incredibly cool and tough.

Tavo (Iñaki Godoy) lives on the other side of the gate. His friends are residents of the private community, Sierra Linda, a polished little slice of land patrolled by guards in golf carts. Here lives his best pal, Jacob, his crush, Ana (Roberta Damián), and of course,...

Three incredible new Spanish-language horror films – “Mexzombies,” “Presencias,” and “El Vestido De La Novia” – available exclusively on ViX+ “Mexzombies” (available October 26) – Mexico’s first-ever Zombie movie starring Iñaki Godoy, Marcelo Barceló, Roberta Damián, Luciana Vale, Vincent Webb, Daniel Tovar and Bárbara de Regil, “Mexzombies” follows the adventures of two somewhat misfit teenagers: …

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Exclusive: The Salma Hayek Pinault-produced film Quiero Tu Vida (I Want Your Life) for TelevisaUnivision‘s Vix+ announced its leading cast as production begins in Mexico City.

The romantic fantasy feature stars Erick Elías, Zuria Vega, Bárbara de Regil, Jesús Zavala and Natalia Téllez (Logout and Te Acuerdas de Mí).

Quiero Tu Vida follows Nico (Elías), a young soccer player whose promising career comes to a sudden end when he suffers a devastating injury on the field. Eight years later, Nico turns into a bitter man who keeps fantasizing about what his life could have been.

When the universe magically gives him an opportunity to live the life he always dreamed of, Nico learns that fame and glory can be deceitful and sometimes happiness...

Shout! Factory is celebrating Halloween months early with the launch of its new horror-themed streaming channel Scream Factory TV, set to bow this spring.

Based on Shout! Factory’s “Scream Factory” brand, and following the recent launch of the company’s Shout! Factory TV service, Scream Factory TV will offer horror films, thrillers and science-fiction films, with a particular focus on cult classics. The titles will be available both on demand and as a 24/7 stream of the films.

The channel will launch this April with an initial slate of 30 titles. Notables films include “Black Christmas,” “Dark Star,” “Sleepaway Camp” and “The Last Man on Earth.” In addition, two George Romero films, “Night of the Living Dead” and “Day of the Dead,” will stream on the service. Scream Factory TV will be available online and as a separate vertical on the Shout! Factory TV apps, which can be found on Amazon Fire TV,...