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Streaming company Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) announced a new multi-year deal with Major League Baseball that expands its sports carriage ambitions. What Happened: Roku signed a new deal to carry Sunday Leadoff live games starting May 19, bringing Major League Baseball content to its users for free....

Edward Snowden expressed puzzlement over the youth’s preference for livestreaming over professionally edited videos, questioning whether this was a sign of his aging. What Happened: On Monday, Snowden shared his thoughts on Twitter, expressing his bewilderment at why the younger generation...

Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch introduced a new update to its settings menu that allows live streamers to prevent banned and blocked users from viewing their streams. The feature can be turned on or off in the creator tools and is expected to roll out to all users in September....

Twitch, the video game streaming company owned by Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), has recently revised its branding policy for streamers, now explicitly forbidding the promotion of marijuana businesses and products. The platform has recently retracted its ad guideline changes after facing vehement...

Amazon.com, Inc's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch has swiftly retracted its recent ad guideline changes after facing vehement criticism from streamers. The alterations, which imposed stringent restrictions on how streamers could monetize their channels, sparked outrage within the streaming community, as...

Emmett Shear, the long-serving CEO of Twitch, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s popular live streaming platform, has announced his resignation from the company, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Twitch on Thursday through a blog post. Shear, who co-founded Twitch in 2007 as Justin.tv,...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly withdrawn from talks with the National Football League over the much-prized Sunday Ticket deal. What Happened: The Tim Cook-led company “backed out” of the NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations despite being a frontrunner over rivals Amazon.com, Inc...

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) signaled its foray into live streaming sports last month by announcing it would stream two exclusive Major League Baseball games per week. Cupertino could be landing an additional deal soon, according to a report. What Happened:  ...

China’s market regulators have initiated an investigation into the merger of Tencent Holdings ADR (OTC: TCEHY)-backed live streaming platform Douyu International Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: DOYU) and video game publisher and live streamer Huya Inc ADR (NYSE:...

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) gaming service Google Stadia is introducing one of its most-awaited features on Monday — the live streaming of stadia games directly to YouTube, 9to5Google reports. What Happened: The live stream to YouTube feature will allow...

Two large Chinese video game streaming companies agreed to a merger Monday.  What Happened: Huya Inc (NYSE: HUYA) and DouYu International (NASDAQ: DOYU) announced a merger agreement Monday. The deal comes after pressure from Tencent Holdings Ltd (Pink: TCEHY) for the companies to merge. Huya...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to expand its global empire, extending far beyond its core social media platform. In the latest attempt at this type of expansion, the company reportedly presented a bid of $600 million for a five-year deal to stream Indian cricket games, Recode reported. While...

Over the past few years, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s investors have had to worry about the same headwind: subscriber losses from its ESPN unit. But these concerns should be considered "overblown," at least according to UBS's Doug Mitchelson, who maintains a Buy rating and $126...

Don't want to pay $89.95 to watch Floyd "Money" Mayweather take on Conor McGregor via Showtime (CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS))'s pay-per-view offering this weekend? There is a cheaper alternative for people to tune into the Mayweather–McGregor fight without paying for the live...