Entertainment:
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Please see below for a review of Pixar’s upcoming film ‘Big
Hero 6’
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Sony Movie Channel has signed a new multi-year distribution
agreement with Suddenlink, the seventh largest cable distributor in the U.S.
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Another carriage dispute resulted in blackouts for TV
networks - several Turner Broadcast nets, including CNN, Cartoon Network, and TruTV,
are no longer available on Dish Network after Turner and the satellite provider
could not reach a new deal
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Rainn Wilson is producing ‘Hollywood and Vine’, which gives
Vine creators their own TV show
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FX Networks will unveil its “Simpsons World” immersive,
interactive digital and online experience
·
Please see below for an article penned by Ted Hope on how
more quality films will stream on online platforms
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SPI International has made marketing and platform
enhancements to its FilmBox multiscreen VOD service as it comes to the
PlayStation4
Tech:
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Nielsen announced that it’s expanding its ratings system to
all kinds of digital content to give both its creators and advertisers a more
meaningful way to measure popularity in the online era
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Please see below for an interesting article on online/Internet
TV
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With today’s iOS update, Vine is letting users follow entire
channels, like Comedy or Music, to get the best editor-picked Vines sent to
your main feed
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Microsoft launches ‘Music Deals’ for Windows and Windows
Phone, and offers albums between $0.99 and $1.99 every Tuesday
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Cross-network advertising platform AdStage has added the ability
to purchase ads on Twitter
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A report from Yahoo’s mobile analytics firm ‘Flurry’
revealed that sports apps are on the rise, and that TV broadcasters should worry
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Tinder is looking to start earning revenue with plans to
launch a new premium service
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Pixability is introducing new capabilities which aim to
optimize YouTube TrueView ads by enabling programmatic management of AdWords
for video buying
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http://www.videonuze.com/article/pixability-introduces-programmatic-platform-to-optimize-youtube-ads
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Facebook sues multiple law firms (including DLA Piper)
representing Paul Ceglia for pressing an ownership case
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Digital distributor TuneCore has announced the launch of
YouTube Money, a new service that gives all TuneCore-associated artists a way
to monetize their recordings on YouTube
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Tsu advertises itself as the first combined social network
and payment platform that lets users maintain ownership of the content they
post
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Facebook is a bigger source for political news than CNN and
Fox
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Hoverboards are soon to become reality
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Sulia, a curation startup that went through several
incarnations and ended up trying to be a “subject-based social network,” has
shut down
Deals:
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HelloWorld, a location sharing
startup, has been acquired by Life360 for an undisclosed seven-figure sum
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Yahoo! is in talks to acquire
BrightRoll, the cross-platform digital video advertising service, for around
$700MM
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Ooyala, the video company that was
acquired by Telstra earlier this year, has now acquired Videoplaza, a UK-based
video advertising startup
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TPG has taken a 53% stake in CAA
for $225MM
Business:
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Yelp has partnered up with Hipmunk that will allow people to
book hotels within the business review platform
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GrabTaxi, an on demand taxi service active in six countries,
announced a $65MM investment in hopes that it will defeat Uber in Southeast
Asia
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Virgin Galactic to set up a new round of test flights for
its SpaceShipTwo vehicle
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Amazon and Simon & Schuster have signed a multi-year
contract over the price of e-books
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Christophe de Margerie, the CEO and chairman of the French
energy giant Total, was killed in a private plane accident in Moscow last night
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Apple beats Q3
earnings
Exec Moves:
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Mesa Global has hired Kevin Covert
as a new MD
Retail:
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Quiksilver plans on restructuring its brand as its stock
dwindles
Startups:
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Magic Leap raised an insane $542MM
in its Series B to boost its proprietary wearable technology that will enable people
to interact with digital devices in a completely visually cinematic way
(investors include Andreessen, Google, Kleiner Perkins, Legendary Entertainment
and more)
Government:
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Hilary Clinton’s Brentwood dinner fundraiser netted $2.1MM for
Democrats
Other:
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Oscar Pistorious begins his
prison sentence
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Fashion designer, Oscar de la
Renta, has died at 82
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