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Disney & YouTube Settle Lawsuit Over Poaching Allegations of Former Disney Employee
A high-stakes legal showdown between The Walt Disney Company and YouTube has concluded with a confidential settlement, resolving a breach-of-contract lawsuit according to Deadline. The agreement, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, ends months of tension over the poaching of distribution executive Justin Connolly and comes just as carriage renewal negotiations between the two media…
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Google Made $100 Billion in Just 3 Months
Alphabet Inc. Google’s parent company delivered a landmark performance in the third quarter of 2025, crossing the $100 billion revenue threshold for the first time in its history with consolidated revenues reaching $102.3 billion, up 16% from the prior year. The milestone, achieved for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, reflected broad-based strength, with every…
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Dr. Phil’s Merit Street Media Ordered into Chapter 7 Liquidation
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Scott Everett delivered a devastating blow to television personality Dr. Phil McGraw on Tuesday, converting the Chapter 11 reorganization of his troubled media startup, Merit Street Media, into a Chapter 7 liquidation accoridn to The Hollywood Reporter. The ruling strips McGraw and his production company, Peteski Productions, of control over the bankruptcy…
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AOL Has Been Sold to New Owners As Yahoo Unloads The Classic Site & Dial-Up Internet Service
Bending Spoons, the Milan-based technology firm, has reached a definitive agreement to purchase AOL from Yahoo. The deal, which involves the transfer of the historic web portal and email service, is slated to finalize before the end of the current year, pending standard regulatory reviews and closing requirements. The sale comes just after AOL shut…
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CBS News Ends its Morning & Evening Streaming News Programs
CBS News is discontinuing its streaming-exclusive morning and evening programs as part of sweeping cost reductions at Paramount Global, with nearly 100 staffers losing their jobs in the latest wave of layoffs. The cancellations target CBS Mornings Plus, the third-hour streaming extension of the flagship morning broadcast, and CBS Evening News Plus, its evening counterpart…
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YouTube Unveils Major Upgrades to Improve Video Quality Using AI to Upscale to 4K
Today YouTube rolled out a set of announcements aimed at transforming how content appears and interacts across devices, YouTube is rolling out enhancements that prioritize stunning visuals, seamless discovery, and frictionless shopping integration, with a particular focus on the television screen. These updates underscore the platform’s evolution into a premier destination for high-quality, immersive entertainment…
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The FCC Approves Letting ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Station Owners Shut Down ATSC 1.0 OTA TV & Fully Switch to ATSC 3.0
The Federal Communications Commission unanimously adopted new rules Tuesday to speed the nationwide shift from legacy television signals to the advanced ATSC 3.0 standard known as NextGen TV, ending the requirement that stations simultaneously broadcast in both the older ATSC 1.0 and the new 3.0 and handing broadcasters greater authority to set their own conversion…
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Fubo and Disney Close Merger Deal For Hulu & Fubo, Creating Sixth-Largest Pay TV Giant with 6 Million Subscribers
In a seismic shift for the streaming television landscape, FuboTV Inc. and The Walt Disney Company today announced the successful closure of their previously disclosed transaction to merge Fubo’s live TV platform with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV service. The deal, first revealed earlier this year, instantly catapults the combined entity into the sixth-largest Pay…
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Amazon Scales Back Layoffs to 14,000 Amid AI-Driven Overhaul in Entertainment Divisions & More
In a surprising pivot from initial reports, Amazon has reportedly according to The Wrap it will eliminate 14,000 corporate positions rather than the previously speculated 30,000, signaling a more measured approach to workforce reductions while accelerating its embrace of artificial intelligence across its sprawling empire. The cuts, which began rolling out via email notifications on…
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YouTube TV Could Lose ESPN, ABC, & Other Disney Channels Tomorrow
YouTube TV faces another potential blackout, this time with Disney, just a month after resolving a similar dispute with NBCUniversal. The current distribution agreement between YouTube TV and Disney is set to expire tomorrow October 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET, and without a new deal, popular networks like ABC and ESPN could vanish from the…