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Networks Demand Audit of Nielsen Ratings During Pandemic
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "A group representing broadcasters contends the ratings service has undercounted viewers in the past year."
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Amazon Spent $11 Billion on Prime Video and Music Content in...
Variety reports: "Amazon spent a cool $11 billion on TV series, movies and music for its Prime services last year, an increase of 41%...
WGA Sets $3.4 Million Settlement With CBS for All Access Streaming...
Variety reports: "The WGA West has reached a big settlement with CBS over underpaid residuals for shows made available on the CBS All Access...
Hollywood Reporter Tapped as Yahoo’s New XR Partner
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "The partnership will enable THR's website to deploy augmented reality experiences on mobile and desktop browsers through Yahoo's Immersive Platform."
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Gen Z Ranks Watching TV, Movies as Fifth Among Top 5...
Variety reports: "Kids these days: They’re just not programmed to watch TV like their elders. Generation Z displays strikingly different entertainment preferences than older...
Zoom boosts its app ecosystem with $100M venture fund
VentureBeat reports: "Zoom has announced a new $100 million venture fund designed to “stimulate growth” of its burgeoning ecosystem of third-party app integrations."
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Bitmovin Banks $25 Million in Funding to Expand Video-Streaming Tool Set
Variety reports: "Video infrastructure provider Bitmovin has raised $25 million in Series C financing, led by Swisscom Ventures, the venture arm of the Switzerland...
Canada to Start Collecting Digital Tax from U.S. Tech Giants
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Foreign platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Spotify will contribute 3 percent of their local revenues via a "digital services...
Quibi’s content is coming to Roku as ‘Roku Originals,’ will kick...
TechCrunch reports: "Earlier this year, Roku acquired the program catalog from Quibi, the short-form video app backed by Jeffrey Katzenberg that had failed to...
Silicon Valley-Backed Creator+ Sets Team Behind New Digital Studio
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "The media startup, co-founded by YouTube vet Benjamin Grubbs and tech veteran Jonathan Shambroom, will see digital media vet Adam...
