ESPN brings SportsCenter show to Snapchat
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – U.S. sports broadcaster ESPN launched its flagship SportsCenter program on messaging app Snapchat on Monday,
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Nearly two million people watched NFL livestream on Amazon.com
(Reuters) – Nearly 2 million people logged onto Amazon.com <AMZN.O> for the online retailer’s first livestream of Thursday Night Football,
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Snapchat signs Olympic deal with Eurosport
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Social media platform Snapchat will present Winter Olympics content at next year’s event
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Facebook pays millions for reality show on NFL’s Marshawn Lynch
By Jessica Toonkel (Reuters) – Facebook Inc <FB.O> is paying Time Warner Inc’s <TWX.N> Bleacher Report millions of dollars for
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Star India injects $192 million into digital content arm
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Star India, a media company backed by Twenty-First Century Fox <FOXA.O>, has injected 12.33 billion rupees ($192.04
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Facebook’s pricey cricket bid shows appetite for big sports events
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Munsif Vengattil (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s $600 million losing bid to buy the streaming rights to
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Tencent to launch mega-hit game in U.S., EU amid regulatory chill in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd will launch its mega-hit smartphone game “Honour of Kings” in the
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