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Fortnite, the world’s most popular video game, will not make its upcoming Fortnite for Android app  available in the United States via the Google Play online store, a move allegedly sparked by dissatisfaction with the revenue cut such distribution entails. The radical move marks a departure from the typical…

Google Play Movies & TV has updated their app to help you find where and how to watch your favorite TV shows and movies. The app will now allow users to see which streaming app is playing specific shows and help discover something entirely new to watch. In both the Google Play Movies & TV app and in the Play Store…

UPDATED WITH MORE DETAILS, 11:10 AM: Sony Pictures has just released its plans for a VOD release of The Interview — and it begins today. After reviving the pic’s Christmas Day release yesterday and signing on more than 300 indie theaters who pledged to show the comedy starting Thursday, Sony has confirmed that the…

‘Tis the season for lists: Two days after Facebook and Google unit YouTube released their 2014 Top 10s, the Google Play online store has come out with its best-selling movies, TV shows, books, apps, music and more. And what’s at the top: AMC’s ratings monster The Walking Dead, Disney’s animated blockbuster Frozen and…

When Disney Movies Anywhere launched in February, its name was a tad misleading because the service was only available on iTunes. Now Disney has partnered with Google Play to expand the cloud-based DMA to Android phones and tablets. It allows users in the U.S. to manage and watch their collection of 400-plus Disney…

Admittedly, they’re cherry picking, but the Streamy Awards folks are bragging about the social-media buzz around their online-only show versus two big network reality shows, Fox’s just-launched Utopia and the venerable CBS creepfest Big Brother. Here are the numbers: Okay, they weren’t completely cherry-picking: Big Br…

YouTube’s blog says the site and sibling service Google Play has begun adding more than 600 titles from the studio for rental in the U.S. and Canada. The MGM movies include everything from West Side Story to The Terminator and Rocky and will roll out over the next several weeks. It’s the latest deal with a major for Yo…