Entertainment:
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Netflix will be available to Cuban customers starting today,
at the $7.99 U.S. per month rate that it offers in the U.S
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Maker Studios and AMC are helping to power the launch of a
new, live television service from Sling TV, the new online-only video service
which is owned by DISH Network - the streaming service made a few more changes
to its line-up today as it officially becomes available to consumers nationwide
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Please see below for an interesting article on how Apple could
become a music label
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The new smart TV from Samsung can more or less eavesdrop on
your conversations
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Netflix is said to be working on a new series that uses
Nintendo’s beloved ‘Legend of Zelda’ games as their source material
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Brightcove released its updated Brightcove Player and today
the company is sharing evidence of its broad acceptance across the online video
ecosystem of advertising, analytics and quality of service companies
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StudioCanal is in advanced discussions with Sebastien
Raybaud’s Anton Capital Entertainment to re-up its slate financing in a deal
that could exceed the $194MM
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StreamTV has launche a TV with Ultra-D, a glasses-free 3-D
technology
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Lionsgate’s ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1’ took in
nearly $10MM on its first day in China, well ahead of the previous installment
in the franchise, ‘Catching Fire’
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Please see below for the Grammys winners list
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Kanye’s stage crash was the top Twitter moment from the
Grammys
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‘Leviathan’ the latest work by acclaimed Russian director
Andrei Zvyagintsev (The Return, Elena), has been steadily gaining critical
acclaim since its festival debut in Cannes last May – but the Russian government
hates the film
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Please see below for an interesting article on the future of
storytelling
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NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams said that he will take
a break from anchoring the broadcast for “the next several days.” His
announcement comes after he clarified this week that he incorrectly remembered
details in a 2003 reporting mission to Iraq
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http://recode.net/2015/02/07/brian-williams-to-take-a-break-from-nightly-news-for-next-several-days/
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FlixLatino is the new over-the-top (OTT) platform targeting
the Hispanic and Spanish-speaking audience across the US
Tech:
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Messaging app Line, which aspires to be more than just a
communication tool, announced today that it will launch an investment fund to
grow its network of services - called LINE Life Global Gateway
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SpaceX is planning to retry a launch originally planned for
Sunday afternoon today, after a failure of an Air Force radar system forced the
company to scrub its original launch time
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Please see below for Fast Company’s 50 most innovative
companies
Deals:
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Alibaba announced a $590MM investment
in Chinese phone-maker Meizu
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Hot on the heels of a new $40MM round
in funding led by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, the European online
optician Mister Spex has acquired the Norwegian contact lens online retailer
Lensit.no
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Please see below for today’s top
tech funding deals
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Odysee, which is a sharable, cross
platform camera roll, built over distributed storage, has been acquired by
Google
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The Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger
is still in limbo
Business:
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Qualcomm is likely to pay China a record fine of around $1B to
settle violations of a 2008 anti-monopoly law
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The private-banking unit of HSBC Holdings Plc made significant
profits for years handling secret accounts for an array of criminals, from drug
cartels and arms dealers to tax evaders and fugitive diamond merchants,
according to a report released Sunday
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Sohu, the Chinese portal, games and search group, swung into
loss in 2014. But growth prospects, especially in video, have fuelled a big
upswing in its shares in recent weeks
Exec Moves:
Retail:
Startups:
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A Life Improving Customer Experience
(ALICE) is a platform that allows hoteliers to provide mobile services to their
guests that just raised $3MM in seed funding
Government:
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The Swiss National Bank had no option but to exit its cap on
the franc last month as "the international environment had changed,"
said the head of the central bank, Thomas Jordan
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Alabama Chief Justice Roy S. Moore ordered the state’s probate
judges not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
Other:
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According to ‘The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s’ latest
Philanthropy 50 list, Silicon Valley execs are infiltrating the upper ranks of
America’s most generous givers
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At least 40 people were killed Sunday night when supporters of
a local football team clashed with Cairo police before a Premier League match
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