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Binge On! Roku Now Lets You Order Food From Your TV...
Variety reports: "Roku users can now binge on food ordered through its devices — while binge-watching the latest streaming TV shows. Roku and food-delivery...
Dish Is Making Sling TV Streaming Package Free for Two Weeks
Variety reports: "Dish Network’s over-the-top Sling TV service is offering free access to its 45-channel live TV bundle for 14 days. The company is...
IMDb TV Moves Content Team to Amazon Studios Under New Co-Heads
Variety reports: "Amazon-owned free streaming service IMDb TV is moving its content team to Amazon Studios, and will develop original programming under new IMDb...
Instagram starts bringing DMs to the web
The Verge reports: "Instagram is finally bringing direct messages to the web. Starting today, a “small percentage” of the platform’s global users will be...
TikTok Creators Turn to YouTube Shorts Amid “Insane” Subscriber Growth
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Influencers say the platform, which mimics TikTok features, has given them more opportunity to rapidly build a following and monetize."
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Roku Q1 Active Account Growth Slows, Revenue Booms 79%
Variety reports: "Roku gained 2.4 million new active accounts for the first quarter of 2021, showing that the pandemic-driven streaming momentum that buoyed its...
Facebook’s New Branding Distinguishes App from Acquisitions
TechCrunch reports: "Facebook wants more people to know it owns Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus while still maintaining a distinct identity for its main app."
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Google Parent Alphabet Set To Hit $1 Trillion In Market Value
Forbes reports: "Another tech behemoth is about to join the $1 trillion club, with the stock market value of Google parent Alphabet on the...
Billboard Parent Valence To Acquire Nielsen, Soundscan [REPORT]
Hypebot reports: "Valence Media, the parent company of Billboard and Hollywood Reporter is acquiring Nielsen's music-related data, software and analytics business, according to multiple...
Piracy Crackdown May Be Next Front in Streaming Wars
Hollywood Reporter reports: "How will consumers afford Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock and on and on? To many industry...
