entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.

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Microsoft Pledges Openness in New App Store
Microsoft Pledges Openness in New App Store
February 09, 2022  |  Subscription Commerce

Executives at Microsoft are pledging the company’s new video game app store will be governed by open-market principals, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (Feb....

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Musician Neil Young Critical of Spotify Chief, Big Banks
Musician Neil Young Critical of Spotify Chief, Big Banks
February 08, 2022  |  Streaming

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Neil Young has asked Spotify employees to quit their jobs — and he’s also taking aim at large American banks in protest as...

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Gaming Company Everi Buys ecash For $23M
Gaming Company Everi Buys ecash For $23M
February 07, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Casino gaming company Everi Holdings Inc. has announced plans to acquire ecash Holdings, an Australian firm that provides cash handling and payment solutions for the...

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Meta Debuts Personal Space Boundaries in Metaverse
Meta Debuts Personal Space Boundaries in Metaverse
February 06, 2022  |  Metaverse

Meta is debuting new security features for its virtual world, which will allow for more protective space between virtual metaverse avatars. According to a company...

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Streaming Providers Eye Commerce to Win and Keep Subscribers in 2022
Streaming Providers Eye Commerce to Win and Keep Subscribers in 2022
February 02, 2022  |  Subscriptions

If you have a sneaking suspicion that free TV fragmented into manifold paid services just to veer back and reconstitute around older network models, you’re...

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Coachella, Crypto Exchange FTX Team to Offer NFT Passes
Coachella, Crypto Exchange FTX Team to Offer NFT Passes
February 01, 2022  |  NFTs

The music festival Coachella has teamed with crypto exchange FTX to offer ten lifetime festival passes in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Yahoo reported...

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Sports Betting Firm Entain to Build London Innovation Hub for Metaverse, NFT Tech
Sports Betting Firm Entain to Build London Innovation Hub for Metaverse, NFT Tech
February 01, 2022  |  Metaverse

Sports betting and gaming group Entain is spending £40 million ($54 million) to create an innovation hub in London to build and trial entertainment tech,...

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“Free Money” Draws 1.1M New Yorkers to Sports Betting
“Free Money” Draws 1.1M New Yorkers to Sports Betting
January 31, 2022  |  Social Commerce

On Jan. 8, the state of New York legalized sports betting. By Tuesday (Jan. 25), five of the country’s largest betting apps — BetRivers, Caesars,...

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Comcast Cranks Cash Into Peacock Streaming Service
Comcast Cranks Cash Into Peacock Streaming Service
January 27, 2022  |  Streaming

Comcast Corp. plans to inject more money into its Peacock streaming service in the hopes of competing with Netflix, Hulu and some of the other...

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