Overnight Tech: GOP split on net neutrality strategy

Republicans in Congress and at the FCC may have to make some tough decisions soon on how to tackle the Obama administration’s landmark net neutrality rules.

While blockchain’s potential for copyright protection in real-life courts is still quite unclear, blockchain-based copyright protection platforms are definitely a great tool for tracking piracy on the web. Source: Copyright Protection Through Blockchain

Skinny Bundle Gains Help Offset Steep Q2 Pay-TV Video Losses

The biggest U.S. pay-TV operators lost approximately 655K video subscribers in Q2 ’17, , according to Leichtman Research Group. But the loss would rise to around 895K if not for the approximately 235K subscribers added by skinny bundles Sling TV and DirecTV Now. Source: Skinny Bundle Gains Help Offset Steep Q2 Pay-TV Video Losses – VideoNuze

‘Unprecedented’ annual decline as US pay-TV loses nearly a million subscribers in 2Q 2017

Even though the market managed to keep losses below the symbolic one-million threshold, the legacy pay-TV multichannel universe in the US lost a record number of customers in the quarter ended 30 June according to data compiled by Kagan. Source: ‘Unprecedented’ annual decline as US pay-TV loses nearly a million subscribers in 2Q 2017 | Pay-TV | News | Rapid TV News

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on Shonda Rhimes and Launching Original Movies

For a soft-spoken man, Ted Sarandos makes a lot of thunderous news. Just consider the headlines he’s generated over the last week alone with a succession of game-changing deals. Source: Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on Shonda Rhimes and Launching Original Movies | Variety

Apple going all-in on original programming, to the tune of $1 billion a year

The $1 billion budget signals how serious Apple is about boosting its original programming, the newest of which lives on its Apple Music subscription service. Source: Apple going all-in on original programming, to the tune of $1 billion a year | Ars Technica

Spotify Is Set To Dominate Music Just Like Google Dominates Search

While the category of streaming music still is in its infancy, new users are critical to success. And this is where Spotify is killing it. Source: Spotify Is Set To Dominate Music Just Like Google Dominates Search – hypebot

Spotify Has Big Ambitions for Ad Business

The music-streaming service for years has been focused on generating awareness of its app and adding new paid subscribers across the globe. But its presence at the ad conference marked a heightened attention to its ad sales business. Source: Spotify Has Big Ambitions for Ad Business – WSJ

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