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Vogue, GQ Will Test Content Inside Amazon’s Echo Look (Digiday)

Condé Nast glossies Vogue and GQ are focusing more on content recommendations that lead to e-commerce, and they’ve found another place to syndicate them. Starting on Feb. 19,... More

Sony Pictures Shakeup: 3 Presidents Out, Keith Le Goy Takes Over Home Entertainment (Variety)

Sony Pictures Entertainment has let go three president-level executives — international channels head Andy Kaplan, chief TV marketing officer Sheraton Kalouria and home entertain... More

TiVo Serves Up Your Top Ten Super Bowl LII Commercials, Most-Watched Game Moments (Forbes)

The best part of any Super Bowl is the commercials in-between the action. From David Harbour's long game with Tide, to Peter Dinklage and Morgan Freeman's snack-food rap battle, to... More

Streaming Services Invade the Super Bowl (Media Post)

The Super Bowl may still be the biggest program on broadcast television (at least according to ad costs), but a paradigm shift was evident to anyone watching the commercials during... More

HBO’s Online Channel Surpasses 5 Million U.S. Subscribers (Bloomberg)

HBO’s online customers in the U.S. have more than doubled in the past year to more than 5 million thanks to sales of subscriptions on Amazon and new streaming TV services like Di... More

Apple Could Reveal Details on Upcoming Original Content at SXSW (IBT)

Apple has been secretive about its plans with original programming, but the company could soon reveal information about its efforts. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of... More

Inside Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Billion-Dollar Bet to Crack the Code on Mobile Video (Digiday)

Jeffrey Katzenberg is betting big on building a mobile video platform and business that others — from former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar to Verizon — haven’t been able to figure out... More

Super Bowl Stakes High for the TV Biz, Tech Advertisers (Twice)

The TV business has long looked to Super Bowl as a tent-pole sales event that can rival Black Friday. And according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), this year’s Patriots-... More

Microsoft’s New Weapon in the Console War (GamesIndustry.biz)

Microsoft's announcement that its first-party games for Xbox One will be available on its subscription service at launch is unquestionably a dramatic move. It's a huge step closer ... More

As Online Retail Condenses, Big-Box Hangs in There (Twice)

Digital retail models are shifting CE retailing in favor of online-only retailers as well as vendor-direct models. This is a clear and present threat to other players, particularly... More

Study: One in Six Americans Own a Smart Speaker (Billboard)

Smart speaker use is on the rise and a new study from NPR and Edison Research finds 16 percent of Americans own a smart speaker. The survey was conducted in November and Decemb... More

Alexa Could Soon Tell You That It Doesn’t Like Your Favorite TV Shows (Variety)

Alexa could get a bit more opinionated about media in the future, Amazon Fire TV VP Marc Whitten told Variety. Speaking at the sidelines of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las ... More

Spotify Has New Plan to Take on Radio, Reinvent Podcasts (Bloomberg)

Spotify, the world’s largest paid music service, will begin offering news and political coverage to lure listeners away from radio and podcasts from rival Apple Inc. Eight com... More

Accenture Unveils Innovation Hub in Tokyo as part of Broader Growth Plans in Japan (MESA)

Accenture today opened its Innovation Hub in Tokyo, a state-of-the-art facility that will become a destination for Accenture people and clients to ideate, rapidly prototype and lau... More

Amazon Fire TV Adds Live Programming Guide for HBO, Showtime, Starz, Cinemax (Variety)

Amazon is making its Fire TV internet set-top look more like traditional cable TV. On Tuesday, the ecommerce giant launched new interfaces showing Amazon Fire TV users what’s ... More

UK Could Become Global Leader in 5G (Raconteur)

In January 2018, a number of businesses in Brighton will be among the first in the UK to go live with fifth-generation mobile wireless connection, or 5G, which won’t be rolled ou... More

‘ER’ Heads to Hulu in Exclusive Streaming Pact (THR)

The doctors of County General Hospital have found a new home. Hulu has nabbed the exclusive streaming rights to ER, bringing the entire classic medical drama to streaming for the f... More

CES 2018: 5 Innovations That Stood Out From the Crowd (Variety)

Big, fat and power-hungry TV screens, entire show floors without power: The 2018 Consumer Electronics Show had it all. But while there was plenty to see at CES, there were a few... More

CES 2018: Twitter Sells the Content Biz on its Video Strategy (Variety)

When Kay Madati was talking to Twitter COO Anthony Noto about joining the company earlier this year, he made clear what job one had to be were he to take the position. “We hav... More

Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends, Family Share (NY Times)

Facebook has introduced sweeping changes to the kinds of posts, videos and photos that its more than two billion members will see most often, saying on Thursday that it would prior... More

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