Paramount’s $108.4 Billion Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery Has Passed DOJ Antirust Scrutiny
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Paramount Skydance Feb. 20 disclosed that its hostile $108.4 billion all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery has passed the Depart of Justice’s 10-day antitrust waiting period. The waiting period expired on Feb. 19 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. The time pe…
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'I do not trust them' - top streamers left concerned by Discord age checks
bbc - The platform's plan to roll out global age checks has caused concern in streaming communities.
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WBD Board Rejects Latest Paramount Bid, Gives Company a Week to Submit ‘Best and Final’ Offer
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest “sweetened” $108.4 billion acquisition offer, telling the David Ellison-led company it has one week to submit a “best and final” offer on its existing $30-per-share all-c…
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and The Witcher 3 are coming to Game Pass
Kris Holt / engadget - Xbox has revealed the second batch of Game Pass additions for February. There are quite a few heavyweights in the mix this time, including Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Let’s start with what’s available today, though. Xbox pre…
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Amazon Fire TV’s new interface is now rolling out in the U.S.
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Fire TV's new interface simplifies its layout and navigation and adds Alexa+.
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Roku stock surges on earnings beat, record quarter for premium subscriptions
cnbc - Roku executives said in a shareholder letter that it marked "our biggest quarter ever" for net adds to premium subscriptions.
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The Vision Pro YouTube app is here and it fixes the biggest annoyances
digitaltrends - YouTube finally has an official Vision Pro app, ending the Safari workaround and adding offline downloads plus support for 3D and panoramic video. It’s free now, even as Netflix still stays away.The post The Vision Pro YouTube app is here and it fixes the…
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Spider-Noir trailer: Nicolas Cage channels film noir detectives, and its glorious
mashable - Nicolas Cage reprises his scene-stealing "Into the Spider-Verse" role in the live-action series "Spider-Noir," out May 27.
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Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief
David McCabe / nytimes - Her departure comes after months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.
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Amazon's Fire TV Sticks just gained a powerful new streaming app
Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - Nvidia GeForce Now has launched on the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus and 4K Max.
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YouTube Finally Launches Native Apple Vision Pro App
Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - It took just over two years, but YouTube has finally arrived on Apple Vision Pro. According to MacRumors, Google has officially launched a standalone YouTube app for visionOS, giving Apple Vision Pro users a native way to watch videos on a massive virtual…
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Can Google's other apps join Vision Pro next?
Two-year delay and third-party takedowns
YouTube lands on Vision Pro with 3D, 360, 8K
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Spotify pops 14% on strong user growth, earnings beat
cnbc - Spotify's stock popped as the music streaming platform reported strong monthly average user growth and said it had its best "Spotify Wrapped" ever.
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This free YouTube Music feature just vanished behind a paywall
Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - YouTube Music no longer wants you to look at lyrics for free.
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YouTube TV Launches a Raft of New Streaming Packages From $55 a Month
Kourtnee Jackson / cnet - Every plan comes with unlimited DVR, too.
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HBO Max Launching in U.K., Ireland on March 26
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - HBO Max is set to launch in the U.K. and Ireland on March 26, priced from £4.99 ($6.80) per month. Already available in over 110 territories worldwide, streamers in the U.K. and Ireland will be able to stream the exclusive content from HBO, Warner Bros. P…
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YouTube Music implements paywall for full song lyrics
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Google has rolled out a paywall for lyrics on YouTube Music, restricting free users to five songs per month after initial testing in September limited the feature to Premium subscribers. YouTube Music accounts now face this limitation based on multiple us…
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Spotify has a new feature that takes you behind the scenes of your favorite tracks
digitaltrends - Spotify is rolling out About the Song in beta, a new feature for Premium users that lets listeners explore the stories, inspirations and background details behind the tracks they’re playing.The post Spotify has a new feature that takes you behind the scen…
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Spotify ventures into physical book sales, adds new audiobook features
Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Spotify users in the U.S. and the UK will soon be able to buy physical books in the app. There's also a new tool that syncs physical books to audiobooks.
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On-scene with Spotify's innovative Page Match technology
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Spotify can now show lyrics even when you are offline and translate them too
digitaltrends - Spotify is rolling out new lyric features that let you view full lyrics offline, translate them into your preferred language, and preview lyrics directly from the Now Playing screen.The post Spotify can now show lyrics even when you are offline and transl…
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Spotify-backed Soundtrack acquires Tunify and Ambie to combine local expertise with global scale
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Soundtrack Technologies has acquired Tunify, a B2B music provider operating in Belgium and the Netherlands, along with Ambie, a UK-based background music service focused on the hospitality sector. Ambie’s client base includes global brands such as Rocco F…
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