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The mostly fool | April 08, 2020

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) recently agreed to buy NextVR, a California-based company that streams live events to augmented and virtual reality devices, for $100 million. NextVR holds over 40 patents for those technologies, but laid off roughly 40% of its staff after failing to secure fresh funding last year. The start-up was valued at $800 million less than four years ago. $100 million is pocket change for Apple, which ended last quarter with $207 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable secur...

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Hall of Fame Resort | July 20, 2021

Hall of Fame Resort and Entertainment Company, the only resort, entertainment and media company centered around the power of professional football and the owner of the Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls (the “Destination”), today announced it has selected Venuetize, leaders in mobile-first and advanced payment technology for the sports, hospitality, and entertainment industries, to develop a Destination-themed mobile app. The mobile app will provide guests with relevant...

deadline | March 10, 2020

Media shares and markets opened higher Tuesday after a sickening plunge the day before saw the DJIA’s worst point loss ever and a rare circuit breaker temporarily halt trading. Walt Disney joined the rally, up more than 3% in mid-morning, shrugging off a report that the conglom’s domestic parks will likely need to shutter on coronavirus fears. “In the COVID-19 era, the most common and difficult question for media investors has been: at what price do DIS shares become interestin...

EDO | June 25, 2020

EDO, the data, measurement, and analytics company, today announced the beta launch of its Entertainment EnGage (EEG) product, a solution that leverages EDO’s unique, census-level, syndicated measure of Search Engagement to provide real-time insights on the engagement levels and relative interest in streaming originals, whether TV shows or movies, and celebrities. This powerful, predictive behavioral signal gives streaming services and TV and movie studios unprecedented visibility into the ...