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Anthony and Joe Russo‘s indie studio AGBO has named Nifty Games vet Pete Wanat as president of interactive technology. In his new role, Wanat will oversee the studio’s gaming strategy and immersive digital experiences. He will report to AGBO chief creative officer Angela Russo-Otstot. Most recently, Wanat was chief creative officer at Nifty Games. Prior

Paramount Global is notifying YouTube TV subscribers that channels including CBS, BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon could go dark on the service as soon as Thursday, Feb. 13. Other Paramount channels in danger of being removed from YouTube TV include CBS Sports Network, Paramount Network, CMT, Nick Jr., Smithsonian Channel, TV Land and VH1.

More than eight years after the Apple TV streaming app first came out, the tech giant has finally released a version for Google’s Android. On Wednesday (Feb. 12), the Apple TV app for Android was published on the Google Play store. It’s compatible with all Android devices including smartphones and tablets running Android 10 and

Fox Corp. is boasting a record haul in ad sales for Super Bowl LIX, which aired on Fox and was streamed for free on Tubi, of more than $800 million in gross revenue across all platforms. For the 2025 Super Bowl — the most-watched NFL championship game to date in which the Philadelphia Eagles decisively

Microsoft Gaming‘s Kayleen Walters has been promoted to head of the company’s Stockholm-based “Minecraft” maker, Mojang Studios, as current chief Åsa Bredin exits the Swedish video game developer. Per Microsoft Gaming leadership, Bredin made the decision to step down “to focus on personal goals outside of work.” She joined Mojang Studios in 2021 and was

ICON Eviatar Ozeri is an actor and social media creator from Israel who makes videos with his famous Chihuahua Niki, his other family members and the dogs they have. Eviatar shares his love of animals with his followers, while using his talent to make crazy and funny videos. Eviatar and Niki have become viral all

Feeling in the mood to imbibe a “Squid Game”-inspired cocktail — or binge on a “Sex Education” sausage hoagie? Netflix fans in Las Vegas who are hungry (and thirsty) for creations based on the streamer’s top originals can now visit the Netflix Bites Vegas restaurant at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. The streamer’s new

Fox is breaking into the mobile gaming business with a title based on its hit reality competition “The Masked Singer.” Launching Wednesday tied to “The Masked Singer” Season 13 premiere, “The Masked Singer: Mask Mania” mobile game app tasks the player with clearing levels by shooting digital bubbles, which include “Masked Singer” characters like Ice

As YouTube marks its 20th anniversary this year, CEO Neal Mohan is positioning the video platform as a core player in the media and entertainment ecosystem — and the culture at large. Mohan, a longtime Google and YouTube exec, is now in his third year as CEO after assuming the role in February 2023. In

Open AI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk sparred publicly Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that Musk and other investors have fielded a $97.4 billion offer to take control of the AI giant. The Journal published a story on the deal Monday. By midday, Altman sent his succinct rejection of the offer in

On the eve of the Action for AI Summit in Paris on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a €109 billion ($112 billion) investment package from the private sector that will be injected into the country’s blossoming AI ecosystem in the coming years. Overjoyed as he announced the news on French broadcaster France 2, Macron

Kendrick Lamar’s streams for his culture-dominating 2024 song “Not Like Us” soared some 430% on Spotify in the hours after his halftime performance during the Super Bowl on Sunday night, and the nine other songs he performed as part of his 13-minute medley reached into the double digits for a 175% total gain, according to

Super Bowl LIX was a one-sided affair as the Philadelphia Eagles punched out the Kanas City Chiefs 40-22 on Sunday night, denying KC their bid for a championship three-peat. With the game not holding very much drama, TV viewers may have found more entertainment in the ads that aired on Fox during the telecast, sold

“Candy Crush Solitaire,” mobile game developer King’s latest sugar-coated game in its popular “Candy Crush” franchise, launches Thursday. And while the title is definitely targeted at players who are already used to spending their phone time matching three with the Microsoft-owned “Candy Crush Saga,” it’s also King’s answer to “Balatro” and the renewed popularity of

Take-Two Interactive reported its quarterly earnings results for October to December 2024 on Thursday, which once again did not include a specific release date for “Grand Theft Auto 6.” However, the owner of Rockstar Games assures “GTA 6” is still on track for its previously announced fall 2025 window. “We’ve announced a pretty narrow window.

Amazon‘s share of the digital ad market continues to balloon: The ecommerce giant reported $17.29 billion in advertising sales for the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 18%. Overall earnings for the period smashed Wall Street expectations. However, the Q4 ad revenue figure fell short of analyst expectations of $17.4 billion, per StreetAccount. The

Over the years, Warner Bros. has tried to monetize its catalog of older movies through different subscription streaming services, including FilmStruck — which it shut down less than a year after it launched in 2018. Now, Warner Bros. Entertainment has quietly taken a new approach to bringing its content to YouTube to farm its film

Warner Music Group and Spotify have announced a new, multi-year agreement, covering both recorded music and music publishing, that effectively ends the companies’ disputes over the streaming giant’s “bundling” option, which pays rights-holders less in royalties by offering audiobooks and music together for a reduced subscription fee. Universal Music struck a similar deal with Spotify just

“One Piece” actor Mackenyu Maeda, known professionally as simply Mackenyu, has joined the voice cast of Ubisoft‘s upcoming “Assassin’s Creed Shadows.” Best known for playing Roronoa Zoro in Netflix’s smash-hit live-action adaptation of beloved anime “One Piece,” Mackenyu will be playing Gennojo, “a key character who helps the protagonist track and eliminate a crucial target.”

Almost a year ago, Rooster Teeth said it was shutting down after 21 years following parent Warner Bros. Discovery‘s failure to find a buyer for the money-losing fandom, gaming and comedy entertainment studio. On Wednesday, Burnie Burns — one of Rooster Teeth’s co-founders — announced that his independent company, Box Canyon Productions, has acquired the Rooster

Ahead of Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, the NFL and YouTube are hosting a cultural crossover event on the gridiron — a flag-football game that will mash up big-name YouTubers with music stars, pro football legends and other athletes, streaming exclusively on YouTube. The NFL and YouTube’s Creator Flag Football Game, taking place Saturday, Feb.

YouTube, the internet’s biggest streaming video platform, delivered a healthy 13.8% increase in global ad revenue for the year-end 2024 quarter to surpass $10 billion for the first time. YouTube’s record Q4 ad sales of $10.473 billion topped Wall Street analysts’ consensus estimate of $10.23 billion. That’s just one piece of YouTube’s business, not including

Electronic Arts (EA) confirmed its lower-than-expected results for its latest quarterly earnings, mainly attributed to a rough start for “Dragon Age: The Veilguard” and “EA Sports FC 25,” on Thursday. In preliminary results released Jan. 22, EA first revealed its negative adjustment, stating “Global Football,” which is how the company classifies its “EA Sports FC”

Sony is plugging its PlayStation Plus subscription with a new free perk that has nothing to do with gaming: limited-time streaming access for Sony-produced British TV series “.” Hailing from Sony Pictures Television’s Eleven Film, “Stags” will premiere in the U.S. on Feb. 11 exclusively for current PlayStation Plus subscribers only via the PS4 and

Just hours after Spotify announced its first-ever annual net profit, the National Music Publishers’ Association has launched an ongoing takedown initiative against the streaming giant for the unlicensed use of music in podcasts on its platform. Beginning today (Feb. 4), notices will be sent to remove thousands of unlicensed uses of NMPA members’ works, according

Popular Roblox life simulation game “Brookhaven” has been acquired by game developer Voldex in a deal funded by Raine Partners and Shamrock Capital. Created by Roblox user Wolfpaq in 2020, “Brookhaven” is described as a place to “hang out, roleplay, interact, craft unique narratives, live in big houses, drive fun vehicles and explore the city.”

Spotify hit all the right notes in reporting Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings, with the audio streamer turning in its first annual net profit since it was founded in 2006. Shares of Spotify surged more than 10% on the solid earnings report in early trading Tuesday. For 2024, Spotify posted net income of €1.138 billion

Erika Ayers Badan will share lessons from her seven-plus-year tenure as CEO of Barstool Sports — which she’s affectionately called a “pirate ship” — and other insights gleaned from her career in a new podcast series. Titled simply “Work,” Ayers Badan’s podcast premieres Monday, Feb. 3, with new episodes releasing weekly on Mondays. It’s available

Khaby Lame, the most-followed creator on TikTok, has been named UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador. In his role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Lame will use his global platforms to help raise awareness of children’s rights across the world, including education and training, empowering girls, protection from violence and abuse, and access to health, nutrition and

“The Sims” and “The Sims 2” are being re-released by Electronic Arts in celebration of the popular life-simulation franchise’s 25th anniversary. The games will be offered together in “The Sims 25th Birthday Bundle” and separately as “The Sims: Legacy Collection” and “The Sims 2: Legacy Collection.” Per EA, “Simmers can play with the iconic characters,