Streaming
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3 Dec
iQIYI unveils world’s first AI sign language interpreter
According to China’s National Survey of Disability, hearing-related problems are the country’s most common disability.
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25 Oct
Why the increasing Netflix debt is worth it to stay on top of the content game
Original content is at the heart of Netflix’s strategy, with titles such as ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘Stranger Things’ becoming pop-culture staples, but Netflix debt is growing in an attempt to remain ahead.
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1 Oct
World’s first commercial 5G network goes live
Telecoms giant Verizon has turned on what is believed to be the world’s first commercial 5G network.
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6 Aug
Blockchain music platform Muzika to disrupt streaming industry
A blockchain music platform that is designed to take on both streaming and the wider music industry has been announced.
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4 Jul
Netflix is trialling a new, more expensive subscription package
Italian Netflix users have reported seeing a new subscription package.
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22 Jun
YouTube talent option opens the door to paid subscriber model
In an attempt to keep its stars happy, YouTube has announced the addition of a new talent option that will allow content creators with more than 100,000 subscribers to sell memberships to their fans.
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11 Jun
The state of 5G: Five takeaways from the Digital Catapult 5G Nation report
Mobile network operator Vodafone has reported that data usage in the United Kingdom increased by 60% in 2017, as users increasingly utilised their smartphones to stream high-definition videos and play resource-heavy online games.
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4 Jun
What is augmented reality? A guide for novices
What is augmented reality?
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1 Jun
PUBG vs Fortnite lawsuit: What does this mean for battle royale and the video game industry?
PUBG vs Fortnite is a debate that the video game community has been having since mid-2017.
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22 May
What will come out of Barack Obama’s deal with Netflix?
After months of rumours, Netflix has confirmed that Barrack and Michelle Obama are signed on for an extended ‘storytelling partnership’ with the streaming service.
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10 May
Lawmakers are turning on loot boxes but it’s business as usual for video game publishers
Belgium has followed the Netherlands in banning the sale of loot boxes in video games, as Europe begins to crack down on what it deems to be illegal gambling operations run by major game publishers.
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12 Apr
Netflix executives are being sued over their bonuses
Netflix executives probably felt pretty happy with their company’s recent $100 billion valuation but did it get there fair and square?
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9 Apr
Audiobook sales growth is outpacing sales of print books – here’s why
Audiobook sales have doubled in the last five years, as consumers continue to put down their paperbacks and plug in their headphones.
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3 Apr
Disney Sky News buyout: What’s happening and why?
A Disney Sky News buyout is latest in a series of dramatic offers, counter-offers, and acquisitions surrounding pay-TV group Sky.
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15 Mar
Cineworld’s 2017 results show that last year’s film slate was a winner
Cineworld stock received a huge boost in February 2018 thanks to news that the cinema chain completed a reverse takeover of US cinema group Regal Entertainment.
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9 Mar
Is Obama planning to carve out a media career on Netflix?
As it stands, there are five living former-presidents.
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1 Mar
Spotify is plotting a direct route for its unusual IPO
Music streaming service Spotify has announced its plans for an unusual IPO and will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker name SPOT.
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26 Feb
The Weinstein Company is to file for bankruptcy after sale collapse
The Weinstein Co, co-founded by disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, has said it plans to declare bankruptcy after a $500m deal to sell the company fell through.
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16 Feb
Google could be about to place a valuation on YouTube
Despite being one of the cornerstones of the internet, YouTube does not currently have a public valuation.
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14 Feb
The UK is gearing up for its 5G spectrum auction
After a number of false starts the UK is almost ready to fire the starting gun on its 5G spectrum auction — paving the way for faster mobile internet in the country.
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14 Feb
Supercell revenue drops despite mobile gaming market growth
Supercell, the fifth largest mobile game publisher, has reported a 20.5 percent year-on-year drop in profits.
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14 Feb
British Premier League football TV rights fall as growth stalls
Two British broadcasters Sky and BT Sport have agreed to pay £4.46bn to broadcast Premier League football games for three seasons from 2019-20, hundreds of millions of pounds less than the previous three-year deal.
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14 Feb
Mobile internet could be a solution to the UK’s broadband coverage conundrum
BT-owned EE has unveiled a 4G router with an external antenna as a way to provide mobile internet to areas of the UK not connected by fixed line broadband.
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1 Feb
Esports is set to become a $1bn industry in 2018
Esports — competitive video gaming — recorded total revenue of $756m in 2017 and is on track to become a $1bn industry by the end of the year, according to video game data company SuperData.
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25 Jan
Overwatch League revenue: how is Blizzard monetising its flagship esports competition?
As week three of the Overwatch League gets underway in Burbank, California, Blizzard are expecting another sell-out crowd.
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23 Jan
Netflix is now worth $100bn after a massively successful quarter
With Disney planning to start up its own streaming service, and a net neutrality ruling from the US, at the end of 2017 we asked whether Netflix’s investors should be panicking.
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19 Jan
ESL Facebook deal: social media giant buys exclusive ESL esports streaming rights
Social media giant Facebook has agreed a deal to become the exclusive broadcaster of ESL’s popular CS:GO (a first-person shooter) and fantasy battle game Dota 2 esports tournaments.
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12 Jan
How do Overwatch League’s early viewing figures compare to the world’s biggest sports leagues?
Twitch agreed a record-breaking $90m deal with Blizzard earlier this week for the rights to stream all Overwatch League matches for the next two seasons.
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10 Jan
Overwatch League Twitch $90m streaming deal is the biggest in esports history
With just hours to go until the Overwatch League gets underway, Twitch has struck a last-minute deal with Blizzard to secure the streaming rights for the highly-anticipated esports competition.
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3 Jan
Will Spotify’s latest $1.6bn lawsuit affect its IPO chances?
Music-streaming service Spotify has been served with a $1.6bn copyright lawsuit by song licensee Wixen Music Publishing.