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CNN, a far-left propaganda outlet that encourages violence against conservatives and spreads conspiracy theories, can’t even announce the creation of its new streaming service without lying.

A popular Chinese streaming application that specialized in foreign TV shows and movies was removed from Apple’s App Store on Sunday, reportedly to address problems with “illegal” and “problematic” content.

The far-left Walt Disney Company blinked bigtime this week. Marvel’s “Black Widow” is moving to streaming.

Roku has acquired the long-running home improvement series This Old House, including the TV studio behind the show and all episodes of This Old House and Ask This Old House.

Viacom CBS is calling it Paramount+, but the big news is the how the theatrical window is about to be sliced in half.

Some “27% of U.S. cable TV subscribers plan to end their subscriptions by the end of 2021, which is nearly double from 2020.”

Movie actors and actresses have cheapened themselves, and by extension their product, and now they’re going to find themselves TV actors… And they deserve it.

The Taiwanese government announced on Thursday that it will block video streaming services from Chinese mega-corporations Tencent and Baidu.

A recent report states that internet usage has surged by between 50 and 70 percent during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic while streaming services have seen a 12 percent increase in usage.

With another 6 million lost subscribers in 2019, customers are still fleeing traditional cable and satellite networks in droves.

Two computer programmers in Las Vegas have pleaded guilty to multiple criminal copyright and money laundering charges related to the popular illegal streaming and download sites iStreamItAll and Jetflicks, which offered pirated versions of Hollywood TV shows and movies.

Netflix has incurred the wrath of some of Hollywood’s most prominent filmmakers — including Judd Apatow and Brad Bird — after the streamer reportedly began testing a new feature that will allow subscribers to play content at variable speeds.

AT&T is expecting to lose over 1 million TV subscribers in the third quarter of this year, amid increased competition from online streaming services. Meanwhile, AT&T’s shareholders are telling the company that buying DirecTV was a big mistake.

The DOJ reportedly sent a letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, warning it against removing movies on streaming services like Netflix from Academy Award eligibility —citing antitrust laws.

British Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Wright appeared to threaten heavier regulation of streaming services like Amazon Prime and Netflix to “encourage” them to “reflect and represent” the “full diversity” of the United Kingdom, like the BBC.

Jay-Z’s music streaming service Tidal is reportedly under investigation in Norway over allegations that the company faked listener numbers. The extent of the faked numbers could allegedly involve hundreds of millions of false plays of albums from major artists like Beyonce.

Netflix has reportedly taken on an additional $2 billion in debt in an effort to further expand its original programming and licensed content.

iHeartMedia, the largest radio broadcaster in the United States, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy — owing $20 billion in debt.

Songwriters and publishers are set to receive increased royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, and other music streaming services, following a ruling.

Digital music streaming services now reportedly account for the majority of music consumption in Britain.

60 percent of young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 use online streaming services as their primary way to watch television, according to a report.

Advertisers are reportedly aiming to increase product placement in shows that appear on streaming services that don’t have advertisements such as Netflix and Hulu.

The awesome news is that cord-cutting *is* accelerating. There is no question about it.

The social media giant Facebook joins Apple in the quest for a piece of the entertainment streaming pie.

Can five titles — It, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok — save Hollywood? Because it ain’t just the summer stinking up the 2017 box office. After a dismal second quarter, the third-quarter box office is expected to collapse -21% when compared to last year. That is six months of fail, folks — and now theater chain stocks are crashing, even as the stock market itself enjoys a bull market.

Disney stock slipped by as much as four percent following the announcement that they will stream their movies independent of Netflix.

Veteran film director Christopher Nolan has said he will never work with Netflix to produce a film because the streaming company is intent on putting movie theaters out of business.

Tesla is in talks to produce its own music streaming service, which would be included in Tesla cars, according to a report.

Facebook is looking to take on Netflix, already lining up a new season of a canceled television series for their video streaming section of the site.

Cable television is “failing” as a business, according to a cable industry lobbyist, as more and more people switch to streaming services and watching videos on their phones.

Netflix identified mankind’s need for sleep as its primary competitor this week, branding it as the company’s “greatest enemy.”

82% of children in “Netflix-only” homes don’t know what television commercials are, while 38% of those in houses with a television are also unaware of the word, according to a survey.

Google announced on Tuesday the launch of the new YouTube TV service: a so-called “skinny bundle” that lets you stream select cable TV channels on any device at a much cheaper price than regular cable television providers.

Mega-popular streaming service Twitch.tv is cutting out the middleman and allowing viewers to directly purchase the game they’re watching.

Silicon Valley is going all-in for so-called “cord cutting,” as 65 percent of Internet users worldwide watched some type of streaming video-on-demand last month.

Television networks will offer increased on-demand access to their programs in an effort to combat “cord-cutting,” which is slowly eroding cable and satellite companies’ long-protected revenue models.