Variety owner Penske loses lawsuit against Google over lost search traffic
A judge ultimately determined that traffic was never promised as a trade-off for allowing AI robots to train on their content.
Google pays some news publishers as AI-generated results dominate search
Nearly 100 publishers are participating in the trial, according to a report. The program comes as Google search results become more reliant on AI-generated responses.
YouTube TV to drop Tastemade, Court TV by end of September
The channels are being removed as YouTube TV focuses on highly-sought sports, news and entertainment-inclusive networks.
Antenna: Fall is best season for acquiring streaming subscribers
Streaming has developed a new version of the traditional fall TV season, with the last four months of a year being crucial for subscriber acquisition, according to Antenna.
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Comscore: ChatGPT losing market share to Gemini, Claude
ChatGPT remains the category leader, but its share of total AI prompt volume fell this year as consumers sampled and integrated competing products.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Tech companies form new lobbying group to press for streaming-friendly policies
Netflix, Amazon's Prime Video and Google's YouTube are founding members of the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance, which will lobby lawmakers for favorable policy.
Google hikes price of Google TV Streamer to $150
Google joins other companies like Roku, Amazon and Apple in raising prices for streaming TV hardware due to ongoing component shortages.
YouTube raises payment threshold for independent content creators
The new requirements mark a significant increase from current thresholds, and could deprive independent creators of incentives to continue offering their videos there.
AMC channels coming to lower-priced YouTube TV packages
A new carriage deal with YouTube TV will allow the platform to offer AMC's channels in lower-priced packages and resell access to AMC Plus.
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YouTube TV rolls out support for ESPN Unlimited
Subscribers can link their YouTube TV and ESPN accounts through the Sports section of YouTube TV settings.
YouTube advertising revenue climbs to $11.1 billion during Q2
Ad revenue attributed to YouTube was up 13 percent compared to the prior year and 12 percent on a sequential basis, the report noted.
EARNINGS REPORT
Disney settles class action over YouTube TV, DIRECTV bundling
Customers of streaming services owned by YouTube and DIRECTV may be eligible for a cash award after Disney agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over its bundling practices.