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AT&T’s advertising unit, Xandr, has acquired Clypd, a TV advertising platform for broadcast and cable TV networks. Terms of the transaction were not revealed, and the company did not include any comments in its press release announcing the deal, citing the quiet period prior to AT&T’s quarterly earnings release on…

UPDATED with closing stock price. Apple stock hit a new all-time high Friday amid U.S.-China trade optimism, a day after a leaked memo from CEO Tim Cook explained his decision to remove an app from the App Store after complaints from China. Shares in the tech giant closed at $236.21, up nearly 3% for the day, after…

Apple and Google have removed apps from their stores after the China raised objections over their capability of aiding anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. The tech giants are the latest U.S.-based companies to get enmeshed in ongoing anti-government protests in the lucrative territory. While U.S. firms have…

UPDATE: 22:30 PM: Apple later on Wednesday removed an app that protesters in Hong Kong have used to track police movements from its app store with the argument that it violated rules because it was used to ambush police. PREVIOUS 930 AM: Apple is the latest U.S. company to enter China’s cross-hairs, making an app…

Sony’s long-awaited PlayStation 5 gaming console will arrive at the start of the 2020 holiday season, the company announced Tuesday. The news was confirmed in a blog post by Jim Ryan, president of Sony’s interactive entertainment unit. No pricing or exact release date were specified. Among the game titles planned for…

EXCLUSIVE: Disappointment was written all over the face of filmmaker Ang Lee last week as he walked through a Los Angeles restaurant peering into the dimly lit corners in search of his waiting audience. The audience, in this case, was an interviewer eager talk to the three-time Oscar winner about his latest project, Ge…

Kanopy, the streaming film service that is free for users through a network of library partnerships, has made two senior management hires and set an expansion plan in Orange County, CA. Google veterans Dave Barney and Chase Rigby have joined the company as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer…

The number of U.S. broadband households subscribing to two or more OTT services has more than doubled since 2014, according to a new study by streaming media tracker Parks Associates. Nearly half — 46% — of all broadband homes have multiple OTT subscriptions, the study found, up from 33% in 2017 and 20% in 2014. At…

Twitter said Wednesday morning that a sizable outage that took its social network down in several parts of the world was “just about fixed.” The issue flared up overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. "You might have had trouble Tweeting, getting notifications, or viewing DMs," the company’s official support network…

Leaked audio of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals him assuring employees in July that the company would prevail against breakup attempts by Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren. “If she gets elected president, then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge and I would bet that we will…

WarnerMedia’s streaming service HBO Max said Monday that it has solidified its executive structure ahead of the spring 2020 launch of its direct-to-consumer video offering. The team will be headed by Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves, who has been leading the development of the service since Otter came under the purview…

Locast, the service launched in 2018 that enables viewers to access free internet streams of local TV stations’ signals, has filed a counter-suit against ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, alleging “classic copyright abuse.” The two sides have clashed over the service, which bills itself as a “signal booster” fully compliant with…