Among Us is getting an animated TV series
Among Us, the popular multiplayer game where one crewmate is a murderous imposter, is getting an animated series. Innersloth, the independent game studio behind the game, announced Tuesday that it has partnered with CBS Studios to develop the show.
As reported by Variety, the premise of the series
Roku announces its first live sports deal
Roku announced its first live sports rights package on Tuesday, marking a notable move for the streaming service as it steps into the highly competitive world of live sports streaming.
Roku and CBS Sports struck a deal to become exclusive U.S. media partners for Formula E, the motorsport championsh
Paramount+ with Showtime launches at $11.99 per month
Today’s the day that Showtime officially integrates with Paramount+ in the U.S., giving subscribers access to all Showtime titles, including “Billions,” “Dexter,” “Yellowjackets,” “George & Tammy” and more.
The new ad-free plan, Paramount+ with Showtime, costs $11.99 per m
beehiiv, a newsletter platform, gets $12.5M in its inbox
The world took a double take at the potential of newsletters after Substack started to blow up a few years ago. Now, another buzzy startup wants to disrupt the disruptor. beehiiv, a(nother) platform for writing, monetizing and distributing newsletters, is today announcing that it has raised $12.5 m
Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly considers licensing HBO titles to Netflix
Two major streaming rivals in the industry may be working out a deal together. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is reportedly in talks to license HBO titles to Netflix.
According to a Deadline report, the select library of HBO titles will be released on Netflix on a non-exclusive basis, which means the
Netflix launches website based on the fictional streaming service from 'Black Mirror'
After the first episode of “Black Mirror” Season 6 went viral for poking fun at Netflix, the streamer is now joining in on the joke. Netflix launched two websites based on “Streamberry,” the fake streaming service from the satirical anthology series.
Netflix created Streamberry.tv, an exac
Spotify will reportedly launch hi-fi audio through a costlier premium subscription
A couple of years after its original announcement, Spotify will finally launch its hi-fi tier with lossless music streaming through a “Supremium” plan later this year, which might cost more than the current premium plan of $9.99 per month.
A report by Bloomberg noted that the company is
Voice-generating platform ElevenLabs raises $19M, launches detection tool
ElevenLabs, the viral AI-powered platform for creating synthetic voices, has raised a new round of cash.
Today, the startup announced the closure of a $19 million Series A round co-led by entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross alongside Andreessen Horowitz. Other participants included heavywei
Vimeo intros a trio of AI-powered editing features
Vimeo, the video hosting and sharing platform, is embracing AI in a major way.
This week, the company announced a suite of AI-powered tools designed to help users create scripts, record footage using a built-in teleprompter and remove long pauses and unwanted disfluencies like “ahs” and
Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, Live Nation agree to disclose fees upfront (thanks, Biden)
Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, Live Nation and other companies have agreed to disclose ticket prices upfront, putting an end to the extra fees that consumers can't see until the end of the billing process.
President Joe Biden held a meeting on Thursday to announce the good news. Biden said that the so
Netflix will open a restaurant that serves food from 'Chef's Table,' 'Nailed It!' and more
Netflix is expanding beyond streaming and mobile gaming and into a completely new category–the food service industry. The company announced yesterday that it's opening a pop-up restaurant called Netflix Bites, featuring chefs from various Netflix cooking series, such as “Chef's Tabl
Netflix reportedly plans first live sports event with celebrities playing golf
Netflix could be planning to livestream a sporting event, which would feature professional golfers and Formula 1 drivers participating in a celebrity golf tournament. The potential move would mark the streamer's first venture into live sports.
The report comes from the Wall Street Journal, whic
Hyper raises $3.6M from Amazon and more for its iPhone-based, VTuber-friendly avatar platform
VTubers — online personalities who use motion-capture-powered manga- and anime-inspired avatars to interact with the world alongside games, over YouTube, and in other places — have become big business, with the most popular of them collectively racking up hundreds of millions of hours o
Tiki, a popular short video app in India, to shut down
Tiki, a short-form video app, is set to cease operations in India on June 27, the latest addition to a growing roster of businesses that have faltered in their attempts to cash in on the void created by New Delhi’s ban on TikTok in the South Asian market.
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