Data Privacy
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Amazon Fire TV Gets FandangoNow; Movies Anywhere Wants Your Data
Amazon’s Fire TV streaming video device now accommodates access to digital movie/TV show purchases and rentals on FandangoNow. It’s a noteworthy move since Amazon has historically shied away offering access to third parties in the same business of transactional video-on-demand. FandangoNow, which is owned by NBCUniversal, is also available on Roku, Chromecast, Xbox, NVIDIA, Portal … Continue reading “Amazon Fire TV Gets FandangoNow; Movies Anywhere Wants Your Data”
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BritBox Picks Canadian Company for User Login Security
BritBox, the U.S subscription streaming video service launching British-themed content service in the United Kingdom this year, has named Vancouver-based LoginRadius to supply user login security. Launched in 2017, BritBox ($6.99) is a partnership between the BBC and ITV — the United Kingdom’s largest public and private broadcasters — targeting Netflix and AMC Network’s Acorn … Continue reading “BritBox Picks Canadian Company for User Login Security”
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Amazon Fire TV Gets FandangoNow; Movies Anywhere Wants Your Data
Amazon’s Fire TV streaming video device now accommodates access to digital movie/TV show purchases and rentals on FandangoNow. It’s a noteworthy move since Amazon has historically shied away offering access to third parties in the same business of transactional video-on-demand. FandangoNow, which is owned by NBCUniversal, is also available on Roku, Chromecast, Xbox, NVIDIA, Portal … Continue reading “Amazon Fire TV Gets FandangoNow; Movies Anywhere Wants Your Data”
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BritBox Picks Canadian Company for User Login Security
BritBox, the U.S subscription streaming video service launching British-themed content service in the United Kingdom this year, has named Vancouver-based LoginRadius to supply user login security. Launched in 2017, BritBox ($6.99) is a partnership between the BBC and ITV — the United Kingdom’s largest public and private broadcasters — targeting Netflix and AMC Network’s Acorn … Continue reading “BritBox Picks Canadian Company for User Login Security”
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Congress Seeks Greater Copyright Protection for YouTube Videos
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking the tech giant to expand copyright infringement protections to a greater number of content creators. The letter, spearheaded by Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chairs on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, addresses “YouTube Content ID,” … Continue reading “Congress Seeks Greater Copyright Protection for YouTube Videos”
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Spain’s Top Soccer League Fined for Spying on Fans via Mobile App
Spain’s top professional soccer league, “La Liga” has been fined €250,000 ($280,000) for using its mobile app to determine whether users were watching pirated games. The country’s data protection agency said the free Android app, which reportedly has been downloaded nearly 10 million times, enabled fans to keep track of games, scores, player stats and … Continue reading “Spain’s Top Soccer League Fined for Spying on Fans via Mobile App”
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McAfee: Gamers Worried About Cybersecurity
A new survey by Cybersecurity company McAfee shows three-quarters of PC gamers are worried about the security of gaming in the future. Nearly 64% have experienced or know someone who has been directly affected by a cyberattack. The “Game Over: The Future of Gaming Security” found that while gamers profess to exhibit good cybersecurity habits, … Continue reading “McAfee: Gamers Worried About Cybersecurity”
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Report: Facebook Gave Netflix and Others Access to Personal User Data
Facebook reportedly gave tech companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft and music streaming service Spotify, secret access to personal user data — despite claims to the contrary by founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In a Dec. 18 story, The New York Times — citing internal documents and interviews with staffers — reported that Facebook allegedly gave Netflix … Continue reading “Report: Facebook Gave Netflix and Others Access to Personal User Data”
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Netflix Testing Video Ads for Original Content
Netflix reportedly has begun testing streaming video ads of original content to select subscribers. The ads appear during binging sessions and other content viewing. “We are testing whether surfacing recommendations between episodes helps members discover stories they will enjoy faster,” Netflix said in a statement first reported by ArsTechnica.com. The world’s largest SVOD service – … Continue reading “Netflix Testing Video Ads for Original Content”
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Parks Research: One-Fifth of Broadband Consumers Highly Sensitive to Data Collection
A group of consumers, representing approximately 20% of U.S. broadband households, is highly sensitive to collection and use of information about themselves and their activities, according to new research from Parks Associates. While these consumers understand that many companies use this data, 80% believe that they receive little in return for use of their data. … Continue reading “Parks Research: One-Fifth of Broadband Consumers Highly Sensitive to Data Collection”
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Senate Votes to Overturn Net Neutrality Repeal
The U.S. Senate May 16 voted to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of so-called net neutrality provisions enacted under President Obama. The 52-47 vote spearheaded by senate Democrats and three Republicans would use the Congressional Review Act to essentially veto the FCC’s 3-2 vote last December to deregulate the broadband industry that was set … Continue reading “Senate Votes to Overturn Net Neutrality Repeal”
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T-Mobile, Sprint Agree to Merge
As expected, wireless telecom carriers T-Mobile and Sprint April 29 announced entering into a definitive merger agreement. The $26.5 billion all-stock transaction values the combined companies – to be known as T-Mobile – around $146 billion with about 100 million subscribers. The new company will be headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., and led by current T-Mobile … Continue reading “T-Mobile, Sprint Agree to Merge”