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Canada’s Corus to Buy Shaw TV Unit for $1.86 Billion
Shaw Media unit includes Global Television, HGTV Canada and Food Network Canada
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Universal Licenses Music to SoundCloud for Streaming
SoundCloud has 175 million monthly listeners, compared with top webcaster Pandora’s 78 million
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Van Toffler’s New Digital Studio to Launch With Backing of Peter Chernin’s Otter Media
Former Viacom exec calls new digital studio Gunpowder & Sky “defiant love child” of YouTube, Netflix and multichannel networks like Maker Studio
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Twitter Finally Adds Periscope Live Video Autoplays to Feeds
The social platform acquired the live-streaming service last year, but linked out to streams separately until now
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CW Weighs Launch of Paid Streaming Option (Report)
Owners CBS and Time Warner both have track records with “over-the-top” online subscriptions
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David Bowie Music Streams Explode on Spotify, Pandora
Plays of the pop icon’s music jump 2,700% following news of his death
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Chris Hughes Puts New Republic Magazine up for Sale
Sale would end Facebook co-founder’s stormy three-year ownership, which has been marked by staff exits as the prestige publication shifted to digital
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Time Warner CEO To Meet Investors Amid Talk of HBO Spinoff
CEO Jeff Bewkes didn’t meet any investors last week despite reports, an executive familiar with the matter told TheWrap
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AT&T, DirecTV Customers Get New Shot at Rare Unlimited Data Plan
AT&T has been pushing members away from all-you-can-eat data options for their phones, but the company is making unlimited data easy for one category of customer
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CES 2016: 5 Trends Burned Into Hollywood’s Memory
Digital video stole the spotlight of the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show this week, shining a light on Hollywood’s big opportunities — and major threats
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YouTube’s Robert Kyncl: TV Is Dying, But Not TV Networks
Chief business officer for online video site tells TheWrap his dire prediction of TV’s demise doesn’t extend to networks like ABC and NBC
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NBCUniversal’s Steve Burke on What Gives Him More Headaches Than Netflix
At the Consumer Electronics Show, CEO also says last year’s decline in cable ratings surprised him
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Major League Baseball to Live Stream Games in China
Three-year partnership with China’s Le Sports will stream MLB games in mainland China for the first time
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Netflix Chief Rejects ‘Making a Murderer’ Prosecutor’s Rebuttal Demand (Exclusive)
Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos says, “I don’t think documentaries are unbiased, they do take a position”
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Chelsea Handler Salutes Netflix on New Series: ‘They Paid Me to Do Drugs!’
Star joins Will Arnett, Krysten Ritter and “Narcos” star Wagner Moura on stage at video streaming service’s Consumer Electronics Show presentation Wednesday