The Verge
Netflix is baffled as to why viewers are bailing on its shows, despite the obvious culprits: long waits, cancellations, free competitors, and the occasional bad show.
BBC Business
Sky's takeover of ITV won't immediately hide your soaps behind a paywall, but long-term integration, sports synergy, and potential newsroom consolidation could reshape British telly - with an American accent.
ZDNet
Netflix wins on originals and algorithms, but Peacock fights back with sports and a price tag that won't make you weep.
The Guardian
Comedians roast Trump at the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize ceremony after a court order forced the removal of his name from the building, proving that sometimes a tarp is funnier than a punchline.
ZDNet
A tech journalist repurposes an old Android phone into a DIY streaming stick using free launchers and casting apps, proving that one person's drawer clutter is another's makeshift Roku.
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