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Corporate sharks This is the story of Warner Bros and Discovery. It began as Time, a magazine company, and Warner, a movie and music company. They got together with AOL, an internet company. Then along came AT&T, a phone company. None of them knew the business of the others. They married, separated, met Discovery, married again, and now they’re planning a divorce. Confused? You will be, after this week’s edition of Connected Vision.
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Freely on Roku televisions Freely, the online video platform from Everyone TV in the United Kingdom owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, will be available on the next generation of televisions powered by the Roku operating system. Freely will become the default television guide on additional Sharp, JVC, and METZ models, and on Polaroid branded televisions.
Read more… Apple introduces Liquid Glass to television Apple has announced an update to its user interface for the Apple TV, introducing what it calls Liquid Glass. The interface includes transparency effects that allow the video to show through, reflecting changes that are also being introduced to its operating system for handheld devices. The effects will only be available on later models of Apple TV.
Read more… Warner Bros Discovery to split Warner Bros Discovery plans to separate into two listed companies. A streaming and studios company will consist of Warner Bros Television and Warner Bros Motion Picture Group, DC Studios, HBO, and HBO Max including its international sports offering, led by David Zaslav. A global networks company led by Gunnar Wiedenfels, will include CNN, TNT Sports in the United States, Discovery, free-to-air channels across Europe, and the Discovery+ online service, as well as most of the current company debt of $37 billion.
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