Entertainment:
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The FCC is expected to approve Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposed
"net neutrality" rules today, which will regulate broadband providers
more heavily than in the past and restrict their power to control download
speeds on the web
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Nickelodeon today unveiled its new mobile streaming
subscription service called Noggin, which will be aimed at preschoolers and
priced at $5.99 per month when it launches next month
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Neil Young and Bob Stevenson launched N3twork, a new social
network based on interests rather than friends - it hasn’t taken off like they
expected, so they’re pivoting back into mobile gaming
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Lytro, which is developing a new type of camera that
dramatically changes photography, raised $50MM in its Series C
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Sony Pictures Entertainment has entered into a two-year,
first-look deal with Josh Bratman's Immersive Pictures
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Kevin Spacey will be honored at the April 12 ceremony for his
successful 11-year tenure as artistic director of London's Old Vic and his contribution
to British theater
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AMC Networks on Thursday reported improved fourth-quarter
financials that exceeded Wall Street expectations
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Wuaki.tv, the growing Barcelona-based video-on-demand and
streaming service with more than two million European registered users, has
officially launched in Italy
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Spotify is taking a break from updating its mobile app to tout
a new desktop feature that gives users access to the massive lyrics catalog of
Musixmatch
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The Kardashian klan signed a deal with E! for another four years
at a deal of $100MM
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Walt Disney Co. announced earlier this week that it was
increasing its single-day theme-park admission to as high as $105 per person, the
naysayers started naysaying
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With over-the-top (OTT) firms posing increasing real and
present dangers to their businesses, increased churn is a reality for pay-TV
providers, but research says that the operators maintain a user experience edge
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TransGaming has inked announced a new milestone partnership to
bring its on-demand TV games from GameTree TV to Liberty Global
Tech:
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Please see below for an article on Xiaomi’s new phone and how
it is comparable to an iPhone
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Apple has issued invites for a new media event on March 9,
with the tagline “Spring Forward,” which likely refers to time, hence the Apple
Watch is a good guess for the star of the show
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http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/26/apple-sends-out-invites-for-march-9-event-likely-for-apple-watch/
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SolarCity, the solar power startup whose chairman is the
seemingly ever-present Elon Musk, has announced a new $750MM fund created to
help fund residential solar projects, including defraying the upfront costs of
solar panel installation at homes in 14 different states across the U.S. and in
D.C.
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Google announced this morning the launch of a pilot program
which will allow mobile application developers the ability to advertise their
apps directly within the Google Play store
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Google has built an artificial intelligence system that can
learn – and become amazing at – video games all on its own, given no commands
but a simple instruction to play titles
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Clicking on an InMoji icon leads a consumer to whatever
experience the brand wants — video or audio content, exclusive offers, or new
tools
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Dolby dives into virtual reality with Atmos surround sound for
VR
Deals:
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Barnes & Noble said that it
would spin off its college bookstores business into a separate publicly traded
company, changing up its breakup plans
Business:
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Samsung Electronics has decided to freeze paychecks for its
employees this year, as the tech giant struggles amid a slump in profits, heavy
competition and a weak Japanese yen
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RadioShack has received approval from a U.S. Bankruptcy Court
judge to auction off about 2,000 of its stores with an initial $200MM bid from
hedge fund Standard General
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IBM will spend $4B on its cloud services, data analytics and
mobile businesses in a bid to turn it into what CEO Ginni Rometty said will be
a $40-billion-a-year-in-revenue business by 2018
Exec Moves:
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Amazon.com has hired President
Barack Obama's former spokesman Jay Carney as senior vice president for
worldwide corporate affairs
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Five months after Jane Turton was
upped to Managing Director at All3Media amid the company’s sale to Discovery
Communications and Liberty Global, she has been handed the CEO job
Retail:
Startups:
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Twenty20, the startup formerly known
as Instacanvas, today announced that it has raised an $8MM Series A round led
by Canaan Partners
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Luxe Valet, the on-demand valet
parking app provider which launched into LA in January, has reportedly raised
$20MM in a new financing
Government:
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The Islamic State (ISIS) militant known as "Jihadi
John" has been named as Mohammed Emwazi, a British man from West London
Other:
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Aston Martin has a new carbon-fiber car called the Vulcan, it’s
got an 800-horsepower V12 and it will cost $2.3MM - Aston will build just two
dozen of them
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