Tech
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Oscar Snubs: Movies Starring Blacks Dominate Online Chatter, Study Says
”Beasts of No Nation,“ ”Creed“ were the most buzzed-about films that got passed over for major nominations, according to Amobee
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How Self-Driving Cars Could Make Streaming TV the Next Radio
Watching TV can rule the road
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ESPN.com Adds Dedicated eSports Coverage
Addition marks growing presence of video gaming as spectator sport at Disney’s giant TV brand
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Netflix, Amazon Strike Out in Hunt for Major Oscar Nods
The streaming sites have quickly come to dominate TV awards, but Netflix’s ”Beasts of No Nation“ and Amazon’s ”Chi-Raq“ came up short at the Oscars
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David Bowie Rockets Past Adele’s Record for Online Video Views
Bowie’s catalog of official videos drew the most views for any artist in one day on Vevo and YouTube
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Universal Licenses Music to SoundCloud for Streaming
SoundCloud has 175 million monthly listeners, compared with top webcaster Pandora’s 78 million
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Van Toffler’s New Digital Studio to Launch With Backing of Peter Chernin’s Otter Media
Former Viacom exec calls new digital studio Gunpowder & Sky ”defiant love child“ of YouTube, Netflix and multichannel networks like Maker Studio
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‘Hateful Eight’ Producer Stacey Sher Named Co-President of Activision Blizzard Studios
Longtime filmmaker will adapt content like ”Call of Duty“ for film and TV with former Disney exec Nick van Dyk
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Twitter Finally Adds Periscope Live Video Autoplays to Feeds
The social platform acquired the live-streaming service last year, but linked out to streams separately until now
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CW Weighs Launch of Paid Streaming Option (Report)
Owners CBS and Time Warner both have track records with ”over-the-top“ online subscriptions
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David Bowie Music Streams Explode on Spotify, Pandora
Plays of the pop icon’s music jump 2,700% following news of his death
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AT&T, DirecTV Customers Get New Shot at Rare Unlimited Data Plan
AT&T has been pushing members away from all-you-can-eat data options for their phones, but the company is making unlimited data easy for one category of customer
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Academy Awards’ Scientific and Technical Honors Led by Image Shaker
Optic system and innovations like Aircover Inflatables Airwall to be honored Feb. 13 in Beverly Hills
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CES 2016: 5 Trends Burned Into Hollywood’s Memory
Digital video stole the spotlight of the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show this week, shining a light on Hollywood’s big opportunities — and major threats
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YouTube’s Robert Kyncl: TV Is Dying, But Not TV Networks
Chief business officer for online video site tells TheWrap his dire prediction of TV’s demise doesn’t extend to networks like ABC and NBC
