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YouTube TV Hires NBCU Executive Lori Conkling as Global Head of Partnerships
Conkling will also lead partnerships for Google FIber
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AT&T’s DirecTV Now to Restructure Pricing Model, Will Raise Price $10 Per Month
Company will cut three of its five streaming TV packages
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SiriusXM Creates Content Team at Pandora Media Following $3.5 Billion Acquisition
SiriusXM chief content officer Scott Greenstein will lead the new team
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Vimeo CTO on How Brands Can Avoid Livestream Fails: ‘You Can’t Just Put a Camera Somewhere’
5 Questions: “The biggest misconception is probably that the audience will just show up,” Vimeo chief tecnology officer Mark Kornfilt says
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Disney to Launch Streaming Service in Japan
The service will be launched in partnership with Japan’s leading telecommunication company NTT Docomo
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How Digital Video Publishers Are Racing to Take Advantage of Connected TV’s Growth in Popularity
Connected TV use is rising and companies like Conde Nast and Refinery29 want in
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Smosh Acquired by Rhett & Link’s Mythical Entertainment
The YouTube channel was previously owned by Defy Media
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‘The Cyanide & Happiness Show’ Picked Up for a 4th Season on VRV
The 10-episode season will stream exclusively on VRV Select
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Why Social Media Goliath Jellysmack Is Betting Big on Participatory Video
5 Questions: The digital publisher formerly known as Keli Networks is going all in on original content and beauty-focused videos
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Wattpad to Launch Video Content in Korea via New Partnership With Huayi Brothers
The deal furthers the international presence of the company, which currently has more than 26 films in the works with iflix in Indonesia
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Thrillist Acquires YouTube Series ‘Send Foodz’ From Timothy DeLaGhetto and David So
“The acquisition and development expansion make perfect sense as Thrillist continues to prioritize serialized YouTube programming,” Thrillist president Ocean MacAdams says
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RYOT’s Head of Immersive Jake Sally on the Challenges of Storytelling in Virtual Reality
5 Questions: “The idea of free choice in VR is particularly tricky, because it’s never really your choice is it?,” Sally says
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Why Former CNN White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin Chose Instagram Over Another Broadcast Job
“During my career, I was constantly on camera having conversations that I thought left the audience out,” Yellin said
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Tubi Reports 180 Percent Growth in Revenue in 2018 as Viewership Quadruples
After a strong 2018, Tubi plans to double down in content and technology, CEO Farhad Massoudi says
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Quibi Names Former Fox Broadcasting Executive Craig Kurland Head of Business Affairs
He will report directly to Jeffrey Katzenberg














