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EXCLUSIVE: PopViewers, the movie and TV show recommendation app, announced  a partnership with comedian and show host Steve Harvey. PopViewers is a Black-owned technology startup with a focus on the amplification of diverse voices. Harvey will partner with PopViewers Inc. to elevate its mission of not only helping…

ESPN has begun a marketing campaign with the tagline “one app, one tap” as a way to plug its centralized digital destination. The blitz, which features TV spots and digital pieces with emerging rapper Chika, kicked off Sunday night during the American Music Awards telecast on ABC. Disney-owned ESPN is touting its app…

After last week’s Iowa caucus fiasco, Trevor Noah had a sinking feeling there might be another meltdown today in New Hampshire. As the polls closed in the Granite State, Noah issued a warning on tonight’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. “None of the votes matter if they aren’t counted correctly,” the…

UPDATED with closing stock price. Disney stock reached a new high Tuesday after research firm Apptopia issued a report estimating streaming service Disney+ has reached 15.5 million downloads and generated $5 million through in-app purchases. On November 13, the day after the launch of Disney+ in the U.S., Canada and…

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…

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is gearing up for the 2020 election with a new mobile game. The TBS late-night show announced Saturday it’s getting back into the mobile political game business with the “Full Frontal'$ Totally Unrigged Primary” app, after last year’s "This Is Not A Game: The Game." The show describes…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime is breaking new ground by offering pay-per-view access to the December 1 heavyweight fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury directly through the Showtime app. The app, which is available via Apple mobile and AppleTV devices as well as Amazon Fire TV, Android and via MVPD providers, has never…

Asset management company Aviron Capital, private company led by a consortium of financiers with funding primarily provided by BlackRock, has acquired a substantial equity stake in Kino Industries. Kino is the developer of CtrlMovie, an interactive movie experience enabling audiences to control the direction of a…