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8 Highlights From VidCon
“The ‘weird factor’ is gone, but that’s part of growing up,” said George Rausch, founder of Next OTT
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4 Must-Haves Gaming Livestreamer Caffeine Needs to Compete With Twitch
“If it thinks it can compete as another gaming ‘network’ it will fail. This is not ABC vs. NBC vs. FOX,” CEO of Subnation Seven Volpone tells TheWrap
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Quibi Hires Peter Farrelly to Write Comedy Series ‘The Now’
Farrelly (“Something About Mary”) is joined by writers Steve Leff (“Two and a Half Men”) and Pete Jones (“Dumb and Dumber To”)
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‘The Fugitive’ Adaptation From Nick Santora in Development for Quibi
The action series is produced by Thunder Road Films with 3 Arts Entertainment and developed with Riverstone Pictures
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Juanpa Zurita, Nabela Noor to Star in 2 New Facebook Watch Series From ATTN: (Exclusive)
Both shows are funded by Facebook and will live exclusively on Watch
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Conde Nast Entertainment Names Kathryn Friedrich as General Manager, EVP of Operations
She was previously chief business officer at RYOT Studio
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Connected TV Advertising Accounts For Nearly Half of Video Ad Impressions, Study Says
Mobile trails behind, accounting for 25% of video ad impressions
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‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ Game Hits 400,000 Downloads on First Day, But ‘Pokemon Go’ Had 19 Times More
Still, AR game scored 3 million downloads in its first four days and hit No. 1 in Apple’s app store with $1.1 million in grosses
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Facebook Watch Hits 140 Million Daily Active Users, Up 47% From December
Company says it reaches 750 million users monthly that spend at least one minute with the platform
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Inside Gunpowder & Sky’s Growth to 50 Million-Plus Monthly Viewers
“It’s a great time to be an independent premium content provider,” co-founder Van Toffler says
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Why Many Video Publishers Think Roku Beats Amazon’s Fire TV Despite Growth in Active Users
“Amazon is surprisingly green when it comes to selling or swapping OTT promotional opportunities,” one executive says
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First Media Renews Content Partnership With China-Based Streamer iQiyi
iQiyi will stream new episodes from over 10 original series from First Media’s “Baby First” vertical
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Discovery, WWE Lead $47 Million in New Funding for FloSports Video Streamer
The sports-focused streamer has raised $75 million to date
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How Bleacher Report Focuses on ‘Authenticity and Speed’ to Super-Serve Young Sports Fans
5 Questions: “Audiences expect to participate in the conversation,” says chief content officer Sam Toles says
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Overtime Partners With Reach TV to Distribute Content Across US Airports
Reach TV will initially add two of Overtime’s shows to its programming rotation
