Author: Roger Cheng
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YouTube Says Personalizing NFL Sunday Ticket Multiview Games is ‘Technically’ Very Hard
There’s been a lot of excitement for the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package coming to YouTube TV, with one of the key features being “Mulitview,” which is a feed of four simultaneous games in a single screen. But one request that has come up early and often is to get the ability to choose the games…
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XFL and USFL Say They Will Merge Football Leagues, Which Tangles Up the TV Rights
The XFL and USFL said on Thursday that they intend to merge into a single football league. The two leagues offered a short statement on the deal, and said that more details about the new league would come at a later time. “Subject to customary regulatory approvals and if the transaction is consummated, the new…
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YouTube TV Glitch Causing Unskippable Ads on Recorded Programs Returns
A bug that is forcing unskippable ads into YouTube TV’s recorded programs seems to have made a return. A number of users on YouTube TV’s Reddit thread have complained the shows and movies they’ve recorded to their library get served up as a video on demand — complete with ads that they can’t fast forward…
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Sling TV FreeStream Adds Five Free Channels, Including For a Hit Anime
Sling TV has been steadily growing its FreeStream ad-supported service, which is accessible to anyone and can be found on various platforms like Roku, Fire TVs, smart TVs and more. Over the last week, five new channels popped up on the service. Sling TV Freestream is just one of the myriad of free, ad-supported streaming…
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HBO CEO on Why Hollywood Strike Lasted So Long: ‘Existential’ Fear Over Industry Changes
Hollywood writers have gone on strike before. But this one, which lasted nearly five months, was different, largely because of some of the fundamental shifts going on in the entertainment industry. That’s according to HBO CEO Casey Bloys, who spoke at Vox’s Code Conference on Wednesday. He addressed a number of topics while at the…
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Allen Media Group CEO: We’re the Best Positioned to Buy ABC From Disney
Byron Allen, CEO of Allen Media Group, believes he’s the right suitor for Disney’s ABC assets because his company is the only one that would pass muster with regulators. “We’re the the best ones to get the deal done,” he said during an interview with CNBC (watch the full interview here). Allen, whose company made…
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Hollywood Writers Get the AI Protections and Streaming Data They’ve Been Asking For
The Writers Guild of America on Tuesday released the details of its new contract with the studios and the Hollywood writers appeared to get virtually everything they wanted, including better protections against the use of artificial intelligence and more transparency over how well their streaming shows and movies have performed. The new contract, which ends…
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Amazon CEO Confirms Former Microsoft Product Chief Panos Panay Will Join Online Retail Giant
It’s official: Panos Panay, who led Microsoft’s efforts to transform into a hardware maker, will join Amazon to run its devices and services team. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Wednesday confirmed the move, which had leaked earlier shortly after Panay said he was leaving Microsoft after 19 years. Panay will take the reins from Dave…
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Ransomware Group Claims It Hacked ‘All of Sony’
A ransomware group named Ransomed.vc claimed it had succeeded in hacking into Sony’s systems and plans to sell the media company’s data. “We have successfully compromissed [sic] all of sony systems. We wont ransom them! we will sell the data. due to sony not wanting to pay. DATA IS FOR SALE. WE ARE SELLING IT,”…
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CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus Will Retire in April, With David Berson Taking the Reins
CBS Sports on Tuesday announced a leadership change with longtime Chairman Sean McManus set to retire in April, with current division president, David Berson, succeeding him as chairman and CEO. McManus is retiring after leading CBS Sports for 27 years. He played an instrumental role in re-acquiring the rights to NFL games in 1998, and…