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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Backs Network Neutrality Amid Repeal Concerns | Variety

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/ted-sarandos-netflix-1201930487/

AT&T's DirecTV Now May Have Just Killed Its Own Merger Deal - AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) | Seeking Alpha

AT&T's
DirecTV Now May Have Just Killed Its Own Merger Deal

The AT&T Time Warner merger was already shaky, facing uncertainty in the White House and skepticism in the Department of Justice. AT&T's blatant challenge to th

http://seekingalpha.com/article/4027379-ts-directv-now-may-just-killed-merger-deal?app=1&auth_param=868ud:1c3udbo:cf054046e56eedc5f2c1aa102eec9969&uprof=45

Netflix: Here Are All The Movies/TV Shows You Can Now Watch Offline | Variety

Here Are the Movies and TV Shows You Can
Watch Offline on Netflix

Introverts rejoice — you can finally watch Netflix offline. Netflix announced Wednesday morning that members worldwide can now download select movies and TV shows for viewing
on iOS and Android sma…

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/netflix-everything-you-can-watch-offline-1201930483/

ESPN Loses Over a Half Million Subscribers - Breitbart

ESPN Loses Over a Half Million Subscribers - Breitbart

ESPN Loses Over a Half Million Subscribers

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2016/11/30/espn-loses-half-million-subscribers/

Network Chiefs Opt for Cowardly Collusion in Skipping TCA | Hollywood Reporter

Critic's
Notebook: Network Chiefs Opt for Cowardly Collusion in Skipping TCA

ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox network execs are missing a golden opportunity to change the narrative.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/by-skipping-tca-network-chiefs-opt-cowardly-collusion-951378?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%20Breaking%20News_now_2016-11-30%2009:33:09_ehayden&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews

Long live cable: Why streaming TV is a fragmented, broken pain-in-the-app

http://mashable.com/2016/11/29/internet-tv-is-just-not-good-yet/#y4ed9BEaBEqF

Too many sequels, too much money: why did so many comedies flop in 2016? | Film | The Guardian

Too many sequels, too much money: why did so
many comedies flop in 2016?

Studios trying to create franchises out of average originals, market tested laughs and a lack of originality made this year’s biggest comedies stilted and boring

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/30/comedy-films-2016-box-office-flops-ghostbusters-zoolander

Peter Moore unconcerned about retail disappointments | GamesIndustry.biz

Peter Moore unconcerned about
retail disappointments

EA exec predicts rash of underperforming launches for new packaged games will be followed by upbeat news of Black Friday sales

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-11-29-peter-moore-unconcerned-about-retail-disappointments

VR the biggest loser this holiday? | GamesIndustry.biz

VR the biggest loser this holiday?

SuperData revises its VR forecasts with PSVR seeing the largest downgrade

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-11-29-vr-the-biggest-loser-this-holiday

Netflix Introduces Downloads for Offline Viewing | Hollywood Reporter

Netflix
Introduces Downloads for Offline Viewing

"While many members enjoy watching Netflix at home, we’ve often heard they also want to continue their 'Stranger Things' binge while on airplanes and other places where
internet is expensive or limited," the company said.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-introduces-downloads-offline-viewing-951362?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%20Breaking%20News_now_2016-11-30%2007:37:03_gszalai&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews

Netflix launches video downloads to watch offline - Business Insider

Netflix will now let you download videos and watch them offline

Netflix will let you watch shows and movies offline.

http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-launches-video-downloads-2016-11

Snapchat Spectacles Review: Wearing a Camera Is Cool … and Creepy - WSJ

http://www.wsj.com/articles/snapchat-spectacles-review-wearing-a-camera-is-cool-and-creepy-1480449418

DirecTV Now's Profitability Remains Murky as Reaction Is Mixed - TheStreet

Initial
reactions to AT&T's DirecTV Now aren't very inspiring

The early grades are in, and AT&T's new multichannel steaming service is getting mixed marks.

https://www.thestreet.com/story/13907384/1/directv-now-s-profitability-remains-murky-as-reaction-is-mixed.html?tstmem=166528058&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TSC&utm_term=BREAKING+NEWS%3A+AT%26T%27s+New+Multichannel+Streaming+Service+Gets+Mixed+Marks

Why Facebook and Twitter Aren't Good for News

http://fortune.com/2016/11/29/facebook-twitter-news/?xid=soc_socialflow_twitter_FORTUNE

India Reinstates National Anthem at All Film Screenings | Variety

India Reinstates National Anthem at All Film Screenings

MUMBAI — India’s Supreme Court has decided to turn the clock back. On Wednesday it ruled that all cinemas must play the national anthem before every commercial film screening.
The anthem must…

http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/india-reinstates-national-anthem-1201930056/

If Trump Tweets It, Is It News? A Quandary for the News Media - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/business/media/if-trump-tweets-it-is-it-news-a-quandary-for-the-news-media.html?ref=business

Google Pixel vs. Apple iPhone: Which Product Is More Popular?

Google Pixel Trounced Apple's iPhone Over the Holiday Weekend

Google Pixel is the Black Friday king.

http://fortune.com/2016/11/30/google-pixel-apple-iphone/?iid=leftrail

TV Great Grant Tinker Dies, Former CEO Of NBC Was 90 | Deadline

TV Great Grant Tinker Dies, Former CEO Of
NBC Was 90

Grant Tinker, former chairman and CEO of NBC, died on Tuesday, Nov. 29. He was 90. In 1969, Tinker and his then-wife, actress Mary Tyler Moore, launched MTM Enterprises.
The company became an indi…

http://deadline.com/2016/11/grant-tinker-dead-nbc-ceo-mary-tyler-moore-husband-1201861846/

Kevin Tsujihara Zeroing In on Theatrical Movies in the Home | Home Media Magazine

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/warner/kevin-tsujihara-zeroing-theatrical-movies-home-39205?utm_source=homemedia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hmmdaily_11_30_2016&utm_content=kevin-tsujihara-zeroing-theatrical-movies-home-39205&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldKa05tVmxNamxpT1RRMCIsInQiOiJqS1drTndCRTFkWXBrK3ROUDZlMVhXcDJCTnFoZmZZZVJMVjJnd3F0b1dvelwvSlp2bnRqc3VpSCtjbFlhelN6a1NOQWxySjNLWCtpSEo2WlVlVk9RcVVKOHdGZkppa3VvbHNmVVhKTCs3Zlk9In0%3D

'Hawaii Five-O' actor Keo Woolford dies at 49 - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-hawaii-five-o-actor-keo-woolford-dies-1480478093-htmlstory.html

Netflix Launches Downloads for Offline Viewing | Variety

Netflix Launches Downloads for Offline
Viewing on Smartphones, Tablets

Netflix has finally rolled out a feature subscribers have been requesting for years: The company will now let members worldwide download select TV shows and movies for
viewing on Apple and Android …

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/netflix-downloads-offline-viewing-tv-movies-1201930059/

Netflix Unveils Download Feature for Offline Binge-Watching - Bloomberg

Netflix Unveils Download Feature for
Offline Binge-Watching

Netflix Inc. is making some TV shows and movies available for download to watch offline, providing its users a feature that has become a must-have for binge-watchers.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-30/netflix-makes-shows-available-for-download-at-no-extra-cost

DirecTV Now will launch without CBS | New York Post

DirecTV Now will launch without CBS

If Leslie Moonves were a sitcom character, it would be the cold, unemotional Sheldon Cooper from CBS’ “Big Bang Theory.” That much become clear this week when the latest
streaming service, DirecTV …

http://nypost.com/2016/11/29/directv-now-will-launch-without-cbs/

DirecTV Now: everything you want to know - The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/30/13788934/directv-now-att-internet-tv-service-questions-pricing-channels

Teletubbies Owner DHX Media Gets Back on the Acquisition Train - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-29/teletubbies-owner-dhx-media-gets-back-on-the-acquisition-train

Facebook is bringing games like Pac-Man to its mobile app and Messenger - Recode

http://www.recode.net/2016/11/29/13770346/facebook-games-instant-pac-man-messenger

Influential GroupM Wants All Video Screens Counted in TV Upfront | Variety

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tv-advertising-upfront-lyle-schwartz-groupm-1201928716

Blank Tape: A film about electronic music cassette culture

http://thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-films/blank-tape-new-cassette-culture

Kellogg Pulls Ads From Breitbart Amid Hate-Speech Concerns - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-29/kellogg-pulls-ads-from-breitbart-amid-concerns-about-hate-speech

HBO plans to divert content from TV platform BamTech | New York Post

http://nypost.com/2016/11/29/hbo-plans-to-divert-content-from-tv-platform-bamtech/

The Holiday Lunch – Medium

https://medium.com/@kimfrancenyc/the-holiday-lunch-68cd16e6db85#.e012hutkp

Yahoo brings its Q&A site to mobile via a new app, Yahoo Answers Now | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/29/yahoo-brings-its-qa-site-to-mobile-via-a-new-app-yahoo-answers-now/

Intel Reorganizes Company to Create Automated Driving Division

http://fortune.com/2016/11/29/intel-reorganizes-automated-driving/

Latest Galaxy S8 Leak Increases Samsung's Impressive Advantage

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/11/30/samsung-galaxy-s8-leak-rumor-camera-selfie/#2fa72dbe51c7

Business Insider President and COO to Depart Company - WSJ

http://www.wsj.com/articles/business-insider-president-and-coo-to-depart-company-1480452933

Intel Reorganizes Company to Create Automated Driving Division

http://fortune.com/2016/11/29/intel-reorganizes-automated-driving/

How a Genius Is Different from a Really Smart Person - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus

http://nautil.us/blog/how-a-genius-is-different-from-a-really-smart-person

TiVo to add red Netflix button on pay-TV remotes under new patent-licensing agreement | FierceCable

http://www.fiercecable.com/cable/tivo-to-add-red-netflix-button-pay-tv-remotes-under-new-patent-licensing-agreement

Friday essay: the loss of music

http://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-loss-of-music-68169

'Snooper's charter' bill becomes law, extending UK state surveillance | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/snoopers-charter-bill-becomes-law-extending-uk-state-surveillance

Revolution at The Washington Post - Columbia Journalism Review

http://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/washington_post_bezos_amazon_revolution.php

Facebook Must Stay Out of China | Foreign Policy

https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/11/28/facebook-must-stay-out-of-china

The Sun's mobile traffic grows tenfold in year since paywall was dropped

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/suns-mobile-traffic-grows-tenfold-year-paywall-dropped/1417154

John Malone Has Bigger-Than-Expected Lionsgate Stake, SEC Filing Reveals | Hollywood Reporter

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-malone-has-bigger-expected-lionsgate-stake-sec-filing-reveals-950963

Altice USA to Skip DOCSIS 3.1, Roll Out All-Fiber Network | Multichannel

http://www.multichannel.com/news/distribution/altice-usa-skip-docsis-31-roll-out-all-fiber-network/409330

Four Lessons for Silicon Valley from Its First Startup

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602961/four-lessons-for-silicon-valley-from-its-first-startup

Amazon is becoming a moneymaker for video publishers - Digiday

http://digiday.com/publishers/amazon-becoming-moneymaker-video-publishers/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digidaydis&utm_source=daily&utm_content=161130

What is the future of news? Bleak, probably. - Vox

http://www.vox.com/conversations/2016/11/28/13714596/media-democracy-donald-trump-fake-news-internet-journalism-social-media

Viacom waiting for CBS to make offer, sources say

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/29/viacom-waiting-for-cbs-to-make-offer-sources-say.html

Intel Reorganizes Company to Create Automated Driving Division

http://fortune.com/2016/11/29/intel-reorganizes-automated-driving/