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strucka deal to buy about 24.5% stake in AwesomenessTV.
Twitter wins exclusivestreaming rights for NFL's Thursday Night Football
Twitter Inc.won exclusive streaming rights for The National Football League's Thursday NightFootball during the 2016 NFL regular season.
EarthTV CEO: '360-degreevideos will be bigger than virtual reality'
At the annual MIPTV conference in France, SNL Kagan sat downwith Nikolaus Lohmann, co-CEO of earthTV, a Berlin-headquartered digital productiontechnology company, to talk about the impact of 360-degree videos and VR on theTV and video industry.
Fears brew thatvirtual reality TV may follow the 3D curve
Virtual reality is being touted as the next major frontier forthe TV industry. However, VR TV will require greater levels of investment in orderto avoid the fate of 3-D technology, according to panelists at pre-MIPTV event MIPDocin Cannes, France.
Former ComcastCFO's strategic venture to invest $250M in Groupon
Atairos, an independent strategic venture led by former CFO Michael Angelakis,agreed to invest $250 million in GrouponInc.