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Freely on Roku televisions

Apple introduces Liquid Glass to television

Warner Bros Discovery to split

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.

William Cooper
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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.
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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.
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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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Sky Glass Air

UK online video subscriptions remain flat

USB stick for television in Germany

YouTube makes up an eighth of viewing

Video piracy is on fire

Long-form viewing on YouTube


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