Tag: Streaming
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SPORTS.TV Aims At Sports Fans With Streaming Service
A new, free-streaming service, SPORTS.TV, has been launched by Allen Media Group, which said today its new app-based consumer video streaming service is free, and aggregates sports, news, movies, documentaries, and entertainment networks, as well as lo…
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LiveOne Links Into Android Automotive
Los Angeles-based livestreaming and on-demand audio, video, and podcasting content provider LiveOne says it has connected its long list of products into Google’s Android Automotive platform. The company said its services, including LiveXLive, PodcastOn…
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‘Trust the Artist’: Why Nacelle’s Founder Says Hollywood Is Finally Seeing Creators as Entrepreneurs
It’s only 11am, but Brian Volk-Weiss is on his 7th or 8th meeting of the day when we finally get a chance to talk. No surprise there—who has time for sleep when you’ve got over over a dozen different projects in post-production alone? As the 45-ye…
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Disney Plus Day Hopes to Boost Subscribers With New Content
Disney is banking on spin-offs of “Star Wars” and Marvel universes to help boost subscribers to its streaming services. On Friday, the entertainment giant rolled out its plans for the upcoming years including bringing the already debuted “Shang-Chi” a…
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Backed by Former Disney CEO, Struum Raises $7 Million to Give Streaming Samples
The average American adult uses more than three streaming platforms every month, but the problem many viewers face with all these options is choice paralysis — the feeling of being overwhelmed by a glut of paid TV offerings.With each entertainment com…
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Hollywood Crews Will Vote on a Controversial New Contract This Weekend. Here’s What to Know.
Weeks ago, lawyers representing Netflix, Disney, Amazon and other powerful corporations in media and tech struck a tentative deal to avoid a historic strike in Hollywood — but the saga isn’t over yet. Leadership at the International Alliance of Theatr…
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Disney Shares Drop After Missing Subscriber, Earnings Projections
Walt Disney Co. shares dropped as much as 5% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company missed earnings expectations and added less Disney Plus subscribers than predicted. Disney Plus totaled 118.1 million subscribers to the streaming service …
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Meet the New BallerTV CTO Holding Court at Pickup Basketball Games as Sports Seasons Rebound
If you stop by Koreatown’s Immanuel Presbyterian Church on Sundays, you might run into Kavodel Ohiomoba pushing a broom across a basketball court hidden on an upper floor of the cavernous historic French Gothic cathedral. It’s a favorite movie backdro…
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Gaming Content Creation Group FaZe Clan to Go Public With $1 Billion Valuation
FaZe Clan, the Los Angeles-based esports team owner and collective of gaming influencers, will go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company valued at $1 billion, as it expands its gaming brand and eyes original content for str…
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VideoAmp Grabs $275 Million as It Aims for Nielsen’s Crown
VideoAmp revealed Thursday that it raised $275 million as it takes on Nielsen’s media-measurement empire. The funding round led by Spruce House values the Los Angeles-based firm at $1.4 billion.Like Nielsen, VideoAmp collects data on who’s watching wh…