Entertainment

An industry group has blessed Nielsen's plans to combine internal data from streamers with its own TV measurement.

Many streaming platforms incorporate tracking tools that allow companies to record users' viewing activity.

Come 2027, the Grammys will air on ABC and also stream live on Disney+ and Hulu, leaving CBS after more than 50 years on the network.

Simon Brown and Adrian Wills have launched a streamer residual content valuation service to help producers get their fair share from Netflix, Disney etc

ITV Studios has bought Eagle Eye Drama, 'The Couple Next Door' producer run by Walter Iuzzolino

An amended FCC filing by Skydance today says that David Ellison will hold 100% of the Ellison family’s interest in Paramount one that deal closes, an attempt to allay concern that control will his father, Oracle co-founder and CEO, Larry Ellison.

YouTube's growing viewership generated a 20% leap in upfront ad commitments over the prior year, Google Chief Business Officer Philip Schindler says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21410314

Netflix has announced a renewal and expansion of its deal with Universal, which includes animation and in 2027 live-action.

Netflix has announced a renewal and expansion of its deal with Universal, which includes animation and in 2027 live-action.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21401832

The estimate from Ampere Analysis includes $40 billion allocated towards the companies' streaming services

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Florida music producer in a legal battle against Warner Music over a song by the rapper Flo Rida, ruling that he can seek monetary damages dating all the way back to the 2008 release of the track.

Resolving a case that music companies had called “exceptionally important,” the justices ruled by a 6-3 vote in favor of Sherman Nealy, a Miami producer who sued Warner over claims that Flo Rida’s “In the Ayer” featured an unlicensed sample from the 1984 song “Jam the Box.”

Original SCOTUS decision here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1078_4gci.pdf

Then it emerged that, despite denial from Samsung, who provided the phone for the selfie and shelled out $20 million to sponsor that year's awards, it was an orchestrated marketing stunt to put their new handset front and center.

This is the most entertaining interview I've read in years. Not sure if there's a better place to post it.

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