Most of Twitter’s streaming video deals are not must-see TV

Posted onJuly 20, 2016AuthorPaul Sweeting

Ever since Twitter announced in April that it won digital streaming rights to 10 of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games, it’s been on a hunt for more of the same. It hasn’t found anything yet.

Source: Most of Twitter’s streaming video deals are not must-see TV – Recode

One of the more striking aspects of the conversation around Musk’s pursuit of Twitter, including from Musk himself, has been its U.S.-centric focus. Much of the discussion has been framed against the backdrop of the U.S. culture war and the ersatz controversy over so-called cancel culture, such as around whether Musk will invite U.S. figures like Donald Trump, Katie Hopkins and Alex Jones to rejoin the platform after they were banned by the previous management for violating Twitter’s policies on hate speech and disinformation. Yet Twitter is a global platform. Read More …

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