Funimation Exits Crunchyroll and VRV; HIDIVE to Provide Streaming Dubbed Anime

In the wake of the AT&T buyout of WarnerMedia, and the merged company's new plan to rollout a standalone streaming service in the next year, things they are a'changin'. One casualty has been Netflix's deal to stream the complete series of Friends; another was Warner Bros. shutting down its Korean drama streaming service DramaFever and reportedly laying off a significant portion of the provider's staff. Now, another shift in the streaming wars has occurred, this time on the animation front. It se...