Tag: streaming

Alex Jones’ Flagship Pirate Radio Station Goes Dark Amid FCC Battle

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  1. FCC Chairman Defends Crackdown On Pirate Radio Station Broadcasting Alex Jones
  2. Netflix and SiriusXM team up to create a comedy radio station
  3. Hip-hop radio station Power 106 in Los Angeles sold for nearly $83 million
  4. Influential Station WBRU-Providence to Be Sold to Christian Radio Organization

PTC Calls Netflix’s ‘Desire’ Movie “Child Porn”, Asks Reed Hastings To Remove It

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  1. Director Diego Kaplan Defends Netflix Film ‘Desire’ From Accusations of Child Pornography
  2. ‘Desire’ Netflix Controversy: Director Diego Kaplan Defends His Film Against Accusations of Child Pornography
  3. Netflix Film ‘Desire’ Doesn’t Contain Child Pornography, Director Diego Kaplan Insists
  4. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: ‘Theaters Are Strangling the Movie Business’

Hulu Sets Premiere Dates For ‘Light As A Feather’, Season 2 Of ‘Marvel’s Runaways’

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  1. ‘Marvel’s Runaways’ EPs Talk Season 2 & More Characters From The Comics – TCA
  2. ‘Marvel’s Runaways’ Star Gregg Sulkin Insists ‘No One Is Evil’ in Hulu-Marvel Series (Video)
  3. ‘Marvel’s Runaways’: First-Look Photos From Hulu Drama Series
  4. TV News Roundup: ‘Marvel’s Runaways’ Sets Hulu Premiere Date

There Will Soon Be a List of Every Popular Movie You Can’t Watch Anywhere Online, From ‘True Lies’ to ‘Cocoon’

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  1. James Cameron is producing a TV reboot of True Lies
  2. Baby Driver tops John Waters’ list of the best films of 2017
  3. James Cameron On Eliza Dushku ‘True Lies’ Revelations: “Had I Known About It, There Would Have Been No Mercy”–TCA
  4. 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards: How to Watch Online

Fox Launches ‘FN Genius,’ An ‘HQ’-Style Mobile Trivia Game Tailored To Its Live Programming Push

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  1. ICM Partners Inks HQ Trivia And ‘Running Late’ Host Scott Rogowsky
  2. Mobcrush, Startup That Live-Streams Mobile Games Like ‘Pokemon Go’ and ‘Minecraft,’ Raises $20 Million Round
  3. HQ Trivia Banks $15 Million in Venture Funding to Fuel Mobile Game That Pays Real Prize Money
  4. AOL’s Tim Armstrong Touts Live-Programming Push With New NYC Studio, as Yahoo Deal Hangs in Limbo

Roku Beats on Q2 Earnings, Reports Streaming Hours More Than Doubled in Last Year

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  1. Roku Rocked After Stock Market Closes: Shares Tank 20 Percent Despite Q4 Earnings Beat
  2. Roku Beats Q1 Estimates After Stock Lift, With Revenue From Platform Exceeding Revenue From Hardware
  3. Roku Stock Leaps 47 Percent on Massive Jump in Streaming Hours, New Customers
  4. Roku Beats Wall Street Expectations, Shares Climb on Strong Q1 Streaming Growth

Disney’s Bob Iger On Rivalry With Netflix, Fox Film Integration: “We Don’t Have To Be In The Absolute Volume Game”

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  1. Iger Says Disney’s OTT Service “Will Spend Less On Volume” Than Netflix Due To Strong Brands
  2. Disney Streaming Service Will Be Priced ‘Substantially Below’ Netflix, Says Bob Iger
  3. Disney’s Bob Iger To Shareholders: “I Was Rooting For Fox Searchlight” At Oscars
  4. Disney Boss Bob Iger On OTT Strategy: Premium Sports Tiers, More Original Series And Movies Maybe In The Offing

Disney Misses Q3 Earnings Expectations; Stock Falls in After-Hours Trading

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  1. Fox Earnings Beat Expectations
  2. 21st Century Fox Falls Short Of Earnings Expectations, As Broadcast TV Revenue Plummets
  3. Disney Undershoots Wall Street’s Q3 Estimates For Earnings And Revenue; Shares Fall In After-Hours Trading – Update
  4. Facebook Soars Past Q3 Earnings Expectations But Stock Drops After Hours

Disney Undershoots Wall Street’s Q3 Estimates For Earnings And Revenue; Shares Fall In After-Hours Trading – Update

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  1. CBS Beats Wall Street Profit Expectations As Q1 Revenue Sets Record
  2. Lionsgate Tops Wall Street Estimates On Fiscal Q3 Revenue Surge
  3. Facebook Misses Wall Street Estimates For Q2 Revenue And Users, Sending Stock Down 20% After Hours – Update
  4. AMC Networks Undershoots Wall Street Q2 Estimates

‘Orange Is The New Black’ Season 6 Premiere Drew 5.3M U.S. Viewers, Nielsen Says, And 71% Of Them Were 18-49

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  1. ‘Stranger Things’: 15.8 Million Watched Season 2 Premiere in First Weekend, Nielsen Says
  2. Netflix’s ‘13 Reasons Why’ Draws 2.6M Viewers In First Three Days, Per Nielsen
  3. ‘Stranger Things’ Ratings: According to Nielsen, The Demodogs Defeat ‘The Walking Dead’ Zombies — At Least In Premiere
  4. ‘The Crown’ Ratings: According to Nielsen, an Older, Upscale Female Audience Binged Season 2

Jeffrey Katzenberg And Meg Whitman Confirm $1B Raise For NewTV, Eye Holiday 2019 Launch: “Now The Real Fun Begins”

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  1. Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo Raises $1 Billion for Mobile Content Platform
  2. Jeffrey Katzenberg’s NewTV Startup Raises $800 Million: Report
  3. Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion For NewTV Mobile Video Startup
  4. Jeffrey Katzenberg’s ‘NewTV’ Startup Closes $1 Billion, All Major Studios Among Investors

Discovery Names Amazon Executive to Oversee Direct-to-Consumer Media

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Rich Ross Out at Discovery: Company Unveils Post-Scripps Senior Executive Team
  2. Discovery Investing $100 Million on New Digital Company, Group Nine Media
  3. Discovery Extends CEO David Zaslav’s Contract Through 2023, Boosts His Salary
  4. Discovery Lost Money in Q1 Due to Huge Scripps Deal

FX Opens Up Its Digital Subscription Service to All TV Customers

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  1. ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Spinoff Shakeup: FX to Recast, Reshoot ‘Mayans MC’ Pilot
  2. ‘Mayans MC’: Jacqueline Obradors To Co-Star In ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Spinoff Pilot
  3. ‘Mayans MC’: Sarah Bolger To Co-Star In FX’s ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Spinoff Pilot
  4. ‘Mayans MC’: Andrea Londo Cast In ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Spinoff Pilot

FX Makes Its Ad-Free FX+ Platform Available To All Of Its Subscribers – TCA

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  1. Comcast Agrees To Add Sling TV App To Its X1 Platform
  2. AMC is giving Comcast subscribers the option to watch ‘The Walking Dead’ ad-free — for a price
  3. New Chinese Online Platform Makes Bold Claim of Quota-Free China Releasing (EXCLUSIVE)
  4. FX To Offer Premium, Ad-Free Platform For Comcast Subs

CBS All Access And Showtime OTT To Reach 16 Million Subscribers By 2022

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  1. CBS’ streaming services draw 5 million subscribers; network plans “Entertainment Tonight” offering
  2. Showtime Hits 1.5 Million Streaming Subscribers, CBS All Access Nears Same Mark (EXCLUSIVE)
  3. CBS All Access, Showtime Streaming Services to Hit 8 Million Subscribers by 2019
  4. Apple Investment In Original Video Will Reach $4.2 Billion By 2022

Comcast To Integrate Amazon Prime Video Into Xfinity X1 Cable Service

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  1. Comcast to Launch Amazon Prime Video on Xfinity TV in 2018
  2. Kathy Kelly-Brown Upped To SVP Strategic Initiatives For Comcast Cable And NBCUniversal
  3. Comcast, Netflix Expand Partnership In Xfinity Packages
  4. Comcast Agrees To Add YouTube App To Xfinity Platform

Netflix Sets ‘Baahubali: Before The Beginning’; Gives Two-Season Order To Prequel Of Epic Indian Franchise

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  1. ‘Baahubali 2’ Sets IMAX Release; Sequel To 2015 Smash Debuts April 28
  2. Netflix Adds Prequel Series to ‘Baahubali’ Indian Hit Movie Franchise
  3. India’s S.S. Rajamouli Teases Third ‘Baahubali’ (EXCLUSIVE)
  4. ‘Baahubali 2’ Nears All-Time Worldwide Box Office Record For An Indian Film

Spotify Removes Multiple Episodes Of Alex Jones’ Podcast From Service

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  1. Spotify Yanks Multiple Alex Jones Podcast Episodes for Violating Hate-Speech Policy
  2. Facebook Suspends InfoWars’ Alex Jones For 30 Days For Offensive Videos
  3. Spotify Reels Back ‘Vague’ Hateful Conduct Policy, Won’t ‘Play Judge and Jury’ for Artists
  4. Spotify Takes Heat for Hosting Alex Jones Podcast: ‘I Will Go Back to CDs’

Gamefly Shutting Down Video Game Streaming Service This Month

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Amazon Takes On Spotify, Apple Music With $8 per Month Music Streaming Service for Prime Members
  2. BitTorrent Is Shutting Down Its Live TV Streaming Service (EXCLUSIVE)
  3. Comedy streaming service Seeso shutting down after less than two years
  4. AT&T’s 100-Channel Streaming Service Will Cost $35 a Month

Row8 Premium VOD Service Launches With German Production Powerhouse Constantin Film

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  1. Universal TV Veteran Russell Rothberg Joins Awesomeness TV-Verizon Premium Service
  2. German Bestseller ‘The Collini Case’ to Be Made Into Film by Constantin
  3. YouTube Launches Premium Video Service Internationally Including In UK & Canada
  4. German VFX Firm RISE Joins Constantin’s ‘Dragon Rider’ as Co-Producer

CBS Plans To Launch Local Streaming Portfolio Modeled On CBSN

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  1. CBS will air a documentary series from its streaming news channel CBSN
  2. CBS News Streaming Service CBSN Explodes 200-Plus Percent Over 2015
  3. CBSN Expands Distribution With Addition To CBS All Access And FuboTV
  4. Fox News Plans to Launch Fox Nation Streaming Service (Report)