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Sales of the video games have smashed records as millions are stuck at home after governments around the world locked down entire cities and pushed for social distancing measures. ... More

With daily life changing for many around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, a huge surge in internet traffic has led to worries over the resilience of the infrastructure th... More

Andrew Lloyd Webber is to stream a production of one of his musicals for free on YouTube each week during the coronavirus crisis. Lloyd Webber’s YouTube initiative to entertain f... More

HBO is making almost 500 hours of programming free to stream for a limited time via its HBO Now and HBO Go on demand services as a gesture of goodwill to people stuck at home – e... More

SXSW 2020 will see the light of day after all, albeit online rather than on the ground in Austin. Amazon Prime Video is teaming with the event to launch a so-called film festival c... More

Disney’s “Artemis Fowl” will forgo a theatrical release and will instead launch on Disney Plus. The sci-fi fantasy was scheduled to open on May 29, but the coronavirus pandem... More

The tech giant’s move to waive commissions on certain video content sold on its phones may be the first step toward lower fees for other app developers.... More

As gigabit-class cellular networks continue to spread across the world, hardware makers have been itching to upgrade the speeds of home and office Wi-Fi networks — the technology... More

Quibi has spent more than $1 billion so far gearing up for what founder Jeffrey Katzenberg touts as a category-defining pay-TV service of the future, uniquely built for smartphones... More

T-Mobile officially owns Sprint. The merger was formally completed today after clearing a number of legal hurdles over the last year, including a Department of Justice review and l... More

The NBCUniversal-backed streamer will become widely available July 15 with 15,000 hours of programming: "Their launch platform is now going to be the fact that everybody is home an... More

During the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are staying home — and, as you would expect, they’re streaming more than ever. U.S. consumers’ viewing of streaming has continued t... More

With the NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL all currently inactive, virtual sports tournaments now stand alone in a vacant market, and organizations are taking advantage as dealmaking heats up ... More

The coronavirus pandemic has seen a shift in primetime peak viewing around the world, according to a new report. Comparing the week 17th-23rd March to two weeks prior, viewing was ... More

The coronavirus has put a production hold on hundreds of scripted and unscripted entertainment programs that are expected to air this year. Simply put, it is wreaking havoc on the ... More

The coronavirus pandemic has tested podcasts’ reliance on a commuting audience, but new polling from Morning Consult shows the public is actually tuning in more over the past few... More

Disney will launch its streaming service, Disney+, in India on April 3. The service, available globally in about a dozen markets, will launch in India on Hotstar, one of the most p... More

As Americans shelter in place with many spending most or all of each day at home, three new streaming services are prepping for launch: Quibi, Peacock and HBO Max. They are hitting... More

Netflix has a strong presence this week starting with OFT1’s Freud (No. 1). The crime thriller made its Netflix debut on the 23rd; bumping the eight-part series to No. 1 with a r... More

Streaming eats up a lot of bandwidth. Normally, not everyone is trying to stream at the same time. It’s different right now. People are using the internet for videoconferencing c... More