NBCUniversal Adding 40 FAST Channels, Ecommerce Options To LG Smart TVs

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Media Play News reports: “NBCUniversal and LG Electronics have expanded their content distribution agreement with the addition of 40 free ad-supported streaming television channels with ecommerce opportunities to branded LG Smart TVs. The channels include NBC News Now, Today All Day, Dateline 24/7, SNL Vault, Million Dollar Listing, The Real Housewives, and Top Chef, in addition to Spanish-language news, entertainment from Telemundo, local news, true crime, and sports programming.”

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Crackle Rises From The Ashes: Free Streaming Service Revived After Bankruptcy Shutdown

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Cord Cutters News reports: “In a surprising turn for cord-cutters and streaming enthusiasts, Crackle, the pioneering free ad-supported streaming service, has made an unexpected comeback this week, as of March 26, 2025. The platform, which had been dormant since its parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment spiraled into bankruptcy last year, is once again operational, offering its catalog of movies and TV shows to viewers at no cost.”

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ITV Studios & Rarefied Strike Unscripted Deal In India

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Deadline reports: “ITV Studios is digging into the Indian content market after striking a deal with Rarefied Studio for unscripted shows in India, Malaysia and Japan. The co-production partnership will see the development, production and distribution of new unscripted shows in the three crucial regions by Rarefied, with a focus on India.”

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Google’s AI-Generated Search Feature Hasn’t Yet Changed How Users Interact With Search Results

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The Conversation reports: “Google announced the launch of AI Overviews, its generative artificial intelligence-fuelled search feature, in May 2024. Initially named Search Generative Experience, AI Overviews offers Google users AI-generated answers by sourcing and summarizing information from different websites.”

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Amazon’s Alexa Fund Is Now Backing AI Startups

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TechCrunch reports: “Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon launching Gen AI-powered Alexa+ along with a family of multimodal AI models, the fund now wants to broaden its scope and invest more in AI startups.”

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Game Informer Has Officially Returned

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The Verge reports: “Game Informer is back, and so is its entire staff. On Tuesday, editor-in-chief Matt Miller announced that Gunzilla Games has acquired the rights to the gaming magazine, helping to bring the site and its archives back online. GameStop, which previously owned Game Informer, shut down the beloved magazine last August and laid off its entire staff after a more than 30-year run.”

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Silver Lake Takes Endeavor Private In $25BN Deal, Rebrands It WME Group

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Music Business Worldwide reports: “Private equity giant Silver Lake has completed its acquisition of Endeavor Group Holdings, a global sports and entertainment company that owns Los Angeles-based talent agency WME. The deal, first announced in April 2024, values the combined business — including the value of TKO Group — at $25 billion, or $27.50 per share.”

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Daphni Secures $215M For Its Third Fund

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TechCrunch reports: “French VC firm Daphni is announcing the first closing of its new fund, Daphni Blue. The firm has raised €200 million (around $215 million at current exchange rates). It expects to raise as much as €250 million ($270 million) by the end of the year. Some of Daphni’s most remarkable past investments include Back Market, Swile, Hubcycle, and Pasqal. Overall, the firm has invested in 70 European startups since 2015.”

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Discord’s Redesigned PC App Has Multiple Dark Modes, A New Overlay And More

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Engadget reports: “Discord has begun rolling out a redesigned desktop app that adds more customization to the client. To start, the new app increases the number of free themes to four. Where previously you could choose between two skins — light and dark — if you weren’t a Nitro subscriber, now your options are light, ash, dark and onyx.”

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Older Viewers Fuel YouTube Move To No. 1 Among TV Distributors In February

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The Hollywood Reporter reports: “YouTube commanded more TV time than any other media provider in the United States in February, and its top ranking was thanks in part to viewers over the age of 50. The service accounted for 11.6 percent of all TV use in the country in Nielsen‘s rankings of media distributors for the February period (which ran from Jan. 27-Feb. 23).”

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