Media & Entertainment
Kakao to close Tapas Entertainment Korean office next month as part of a restructuring
Kakao Entertainment, owned by South Korean tech giant Kakao, will shut down the Korean branch of Tapas Entertainment, the U.S.-headquartered storytelling platform, next month. Kakao Entertainment to
Spotify’s new ‘DJ’ feature is the first step into the streamer’s AI-powered future
Spotify has bigger plans for the technology behind its new AI DJ feature after seeing positive consumer reaction to the new feature. Launched just ahead of the company’s Stream On event in L.A.
Fire TV users gain interactive NCAA brackets with a new March Madness-timed feature
Amazon launched today its new interactive NCAA bracket feature on Fire TV, giving users the ability to create a bracket and track their progress throughout the March Madness tournament. Fire TV users
Netflix nabs six Oscar wins, including ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Although A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” stole the show this year with seven Oscar wins, Netflix was close behind with six wins thanks to the German war movie “All Quiet on the Weste
TuneIn rolls out its immersive map experience for mobile listeners
TuneIn, the radio service that allows users to livestream news, sports, music and podcasts, today rolled out its interactive map feature, TuneIn Explorer, to iOS and Android devices, giving mobile lis
Roku, Roblox and others disclose their exposure to SVB in SEC filings
The fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is impacting a range of startups and larger firms including, as we know now from SEC filings, publicly traded companies like Roku, Roblox, Quotient
Roku partners with Best Buy and its advertising business to get first-party shopper data
Roku and Best Buy announced today that as part of their new first-to-market partnership, Roku gets access to Best Buy’s advertising platform. Also, Best Buy customers have exclusive access to Roku-b
Roku’s latest software update brings local news, more live sports and a new mobile app
Roku devices are getting an upgrade. The company announced today a series of updates coming to its media streamers and TVs with the new version of its software, Roku OS 12. The updates, which will foc
Social music streaming startup Stationhead launches new live commerce tool
Social music streaming startup Stationhead announced today that it’s launching a new live commerce tool that allows select artists and hosts to sell digital tracks to fans during livestreaming p
Comedian Hasan Minhaj returns as The Riddler in new Spotify podcast series
Among the wave of Spotify announcements coming out of today’s Spotify Stream On event, the company shared some exciting news with podcast listeners — in particular, Batman fans. Spotify is lau
Netflix now lets TV viewers customize text for subtitles and closed captions
Starting today, Netflix is giving TV users the option to customize the size and style of subtitles and closed captions. This update gives subscribers the ability to choose from three sizes — sma
Spotify is revamping its podcaster tools, including Anchor, and is partnering with Patreon
In addition to news related to its mobile app’s revamp and the introduction of TikTok-style music and podcast discovery feeds, Spotify announced podcast-focused news at its Stream On event in LA
Spotify debuts new growth and discovery tools for artists, merch and live events
At Spotify’s Stream On event today, the company introduced new tools to help artists on the streaming service build an audience and grow. Spotify showcased a suite of tools to help artists find fans
Wonder Dynamics puts a full-service CG character studio in a web platform
The tools of modern cinema have become increasingly accessible to independent and even amateur filmmakers, but realistic CG characters (like them or not) have remained the province of big-budget proje
Spotify revamps its app with TikTok-style discovery feeds, Smart Shuffle for playlists and more
At Spotify’s Stream On event today in LA, the company introduced a significant redesign of its app, which capitalizes on its investments in personalization technology while also adopting a simil
Soon, not streaming on Disney+ Hotstar: HBO content
Hotstar will lose HBO content at the end of this month in the latest setback for the Disney-owned on-demand video streaming giant that recently also lost rights for a popular cricket tournament in the
YouTube relaxes controversial profanity and monetization rules following creator backlash
YouTube announced today that it’s relaxing the controversial profanity rules that it introduced toward the end of last year. The company says the new rules ended up creating a “stricter ap
Walt Disney Imagineering snags chief creative officer Bruce Vaughn back from Airbnb
Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), the workshop that makes all of the cool things you experience at the Disney Parks, is bringing back a veteran to co-lead the division. Bruce Vaughn was previously at WD
The first Black Friday NFL game will stream for free on Prime Video
It’s a glorious day for football fans. Amazon announced that the exclusive Black Friday NFL game is set to be free to watch on Prime Video, regardless whether you are a subscriber. This is the first
Jason Sudeikis teases possible ‘Ted Lasso’ extended cinematic universe for Apple TV+
While “Ted Lasso” writers and co-stars Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein have confirmed multiple times in interviews that the Apple TV+ original series will likely end after three seasons, the st