Netflix shares fall after mixed Q2 earnings, company to report fewer engagement metrics
Netflix continues to face intense scrutiny over perceived audience drops when hit shows face extended hiatus periods.
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Netflix shares fall after mixed Q2 earnings, company to report fewer engagement metrics
Netflix continues to face intense scrutiny over perceived audience drops when hit shows face extended hiatus periods.
BBC license fee households fall by 539,000 as funding pressures grow
While income from the mandatory TV tax on British viewers rose during the most-recent fiscal year, the BBC still logged a deficit because not enough homes are paying for a license.
Netflix shares fall after mixed Q2 earnings, company to report fewer engagement metrics
Netflix continues to face intense scrutiny over perceived audience drops when hit shows face extended hiatus periods.
Apollo Global completes acquisition of StreamTV parent Questex
In the coming months, Questex and another B2B publication and live events producer Emerald will merge their operations, Apollo said.
TVB criticizes Nielsen Gauge reports as inadequate, incomplete
Nielsen’s most-recent Ad-Supported Gauge report artificially inflate streaming viewership by leaving out key data and focusing on the wrong demographic, the TVB said on Wednesday.
Madison Square Garden sues Wired over clickbait article based on hacked customer data
The parent company of New York City’s famed entertainment venue Madison Square Garden is suing technology publication Wired and three of its journalists over a news article that misrepresented thousands of customer records that were stolen by hackers. In a court filing on Thursday, Madison Square Garden Entertainment Company charged Wired’s parent company Conde Nast and three journalists — senior reporter Maddy Varner and editors Noah Shachtman and Katie Drummond — used thousands of stolen customer records for a news story that wrongfully implied the company targeted gay and lesbian celebrities and customers. The reporting was based on more than 40,000 customer records that hackers leaked on the Internet after attempting to extort Madison Square Garden, the company said. While the records did include gay and lesbian labels attributed to some customers, Madison Square Garden said those records were intended … Read more
Amazon pulls ZapperBox from online store over unfounded TV piracy concerns
BitRouter, the company that makes the ZapperBox, believes Amazon is confusing its certified live TV device with boxes that enable piracy.