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AT&T Premium Video Subscriber Loss Narrows in Second Quarter
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Telecom giant and WarnerMedia parent AT&T, led by CEO John Stankey, disclosed Friday that it lost 473,000 premium video subscribers...
Automattic, owner of Tumblr and WordPress.com, buys podcast app Pocket Casts
The Verge reports: "Pocket Casts has a new owner. Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and recently purchased Tumblr, announced today that it’s acquired Pocket Casts,...
A Hacker’s Plan to Make Digital TV More Useful Hits Legal...
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "In a long-running legal battle over the constitutionality of an anti-piracy statute, a federal judge in the nation’s capital has...
Facebook Discontinues Research into a Brain Controlled Interface to Focus on...
Social Media Today reports: "Earlier this week, researchers from UCSF shared their latest breakthrough in enabling a patient who's unable to move or speak...
Streaming, Cable Grow Audience Share in June as Broadcast Shrinks
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Streaming platforms and cable networks increased their share of TV viewers’ time in June, while broadcast networks shrunk some. Netflix...
A New SPAC Has $325m to Spend – and It’s Got...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Special Purpose Acquisition Companies are everywhere and they’re spending huge sums, from long-time Geffen Records President Neil Jacobson’s $200m IPO...
Genvid Raises $113M to Build Out Massive Interactive Live Games, Taps...
Variety reports: "Genvid wants to bootstrap a new category of large-scale interactive games that unfold in real-time — based on well-known movie, comic book...
UK leaders call for 50% of stream revenue to be paid...
Hypebot reports: "A bombshell study released by the UK Parliament calls for comprehensive reform “not only to redress the balance for songwriters, performers, and...
Netflix hires new VP of game development
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "Netflix has hired former Facebook and EA executive Mike Verdu as VP of game development, a new role at the firm."
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ViacomCBS, Charter Strike New Distribution Pact
Variety reports: "ViacomCBS and Charter Communications, one of the nation’s biggest cable distributors, have struck a new multi-year distribution agreement that calls for licensing...
