Paxton alleged the streaming giant violated the state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act by lying about collecting subscriber data. His lawsuit pointed to comments made by Netflix co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings, a fierce Trump critic, in 2020 where he said the company is not integrating everybody's data; the lawsuit said Hastings double down soon after and vowed we don't collect anything something Paxton said he did to save the company from scrutiny other tech companies like Meta and Apple faced. That was all bogus, Paxton claimed.
Once NBCU launched its own flashy streaming service with Peacock, however, one cable brand not only managed to rise above the noise but also command all the conversation surrounding its reality-TV niche: Bravo. Even as NBCU execs followed its competitors' lead and took a wrecking ball to much of its linear TV business, they continued investing in the home of Real Housewives and Below Deck, betting that a still-popular Bravo cable network could function as a vital programming pipeline for Peacock.
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When you open your Peacock mobile app this summer, you might see the AI likeness of TV host Andy Cohen pop up on your homepage. In an announcement on Friday, NBCUniversal said Cohen's avatar will serve as a guide through Peacock's 'infinitely swipeable' feed of clips from Bravo shows, like Love Island, The Real Housewives series, and Below Deck.
The 2026 Formula 1 season on Apple TV is off to a strong start, with fans responding positively and viewership up year over year for the first weekend, exceeding both F1 and Apple expectations. Apple didn't give any ratings or other details, but we can glean some clues from previous data. Last year, ESPN said the Australian GP averaged 1.1 million viewers, way up from the previous record of 659,000 in 2019.
Previously, users only saw a generic "Learn More" button beneath an ad for a movie or show. You couldn't tell whether the content was free or carried a price tag. Now, Amazon introduced more buttons to make things less ambiguous. They launched buttons titled "Watch Free," "Watch Now," or "Watch Live" that are supposed to improve transparency.
For the first time this year, podcasts eclipsed spoken word radio with 40% of listening time, as opposed to 39% for radio. The researchers have tracked these statistics over the last decade, and almost always, the percentage of time people spent listening to podcasts increased, while their time with spoken radio broadcasts decreased.
While so far YouTube Premium Lite gave you "most videos" ad-free and nothing more, starting now there's also support for background play and downloads for "most videos". This is rolling out "in the coming weeks" everywhere YouTube Premium Lite is available.
