Microsoft and Activision’s shared virtual universe
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 19 January 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The car industry has turned on France’s plan to force manufacturers to attach the equivalent of a public health warning to their advertising, and US telecoms companies will delay their rollout of 5G services near airports. Plus, the FT’s Chris Nuttall, explains why Microsoft’s $75bn deal for Activision Blizzard makes sense.
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Carmakers criticise French plan for health warning on adverts
AT&T and Verizon limit 5G service near US airports after airlines’ outcry
Activision leverages itself into metaverse
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The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:10.1 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.7 | Today is Wednesday, January 19th. |
| 0:13.8 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:18.5 | In France, lawmakers want health warnings on car ads. |
| 0:21.7 | The auto industry isn't too happy about that. |
| 0:24.4 | And in the US, airlines have been facing off |
| 0:27.2 | against telecoms companies over their rollout of 5G. |
| 0:30.8 | Plus, Microsoft's mega deal for Activision |
| 0:33.2 | is about more than just video games. |
| 0:35.7 | But they need the content there that's |
| 0:37.9 | central to attracting people to this new metaverse. |
| 0:41.1 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:50.2 | Global car makers are pushing back at a new law in France |
| 0:53.4 | that will soon require them to include disclaimers in their ads |
| 0:57.2 | consider carpooling and take public transport. |
| 1:00.7 | The measures are part of a broader climate change law. |
| 1:03.5 | And it's one of a kind. |
| 1:04.9 | Ad experts say the requirements have no real equivalent in other countries. |
| 1:09.7 | A French executive said the law shows the divide between lawmakers in Paris |
| 1:13.6 | and people in the rest of the country who don't have many transport options. |
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