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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AMC Brings Bitcoin to Big Screen With Crypto
AMC Brings Bitcoin to Big Screen With Crypto
September 16, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s like something out of a movie, at least in its broadest strokes. New-fangled tech comes along, is embraced by the masses and saves troubled...

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Amazon One Palm Scanning Tech Moves Into Entertainment With AXS Collab
Amazon One Palm Scanning Tech Moves Into Entertainment With AXS Collab
September 14, 2021  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon is taking its palm scanning technology, Amazon One, out of the retail aisles and into entertainment venues through a partnership with ticketing solutions firm...

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Live Nation Moves Into Latin America With $444M OCESA Acquisition
Live Nation Moves Into Latin America With $444M OCESA Acquisition
September 13, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The world’s biggest concert promoter Live Nation is acquiring a 51% interest in the Latin American live entertainment organizer OCESA, owner of Ticketmaster Mexico, for...

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Amazon Eyes Streaming Deal for the NFL Sunday Ticket Games
Amazon Eyes Streaming Deal for the NFL Sunday Ticket Games
September 12, 2021  |  Amazon

Amazon is among contenders for the rights to the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket” programming package, CNBC reported, citing anonymous sources. The league wants up to $2.5...

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Marvel Film Drives Record Labor Day Ticket Sales for AMC
Marvel Film Drives Record Labor Day Ticket Sales for AMC
September 07, 2021  |  Retail

AMC Entertainment broke its Labor Day weekend admissions record, thanks in large part to the $90 million raked in by Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend...

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Summer May Be Over, But Wedding Backlog Keeps Marriage Business Booming
Summer May Be Over, But Wedding Backlog Keeps Marriage Business Booming
September 04, 2021  |  Retail

Wedding bells are expected to continue ringing loud and clear over the coming months despite stagnating vaccination rates and continued spread of COVID-19, as couples...

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More Than 50M People Now Subscribe to YouTube Music
More Than 50M People Now Subscribe to YouTube Music
September 02, 2021  |  Consumer Payments

YouTube Music has hit a new milestone as its paid subscribers now total 50 million, YouTube’s Global Head of Music Lyor Cohen wrote. The figure...

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Wyoming Gets BetMGM Mobile Sports Betting
Wyoming Gets BetMGM Mobile Sports Betting
September 02, 2021  |  Mobile

BetMGM on Thursday (Sept. 2) announced Wyoming as the 14th market to offer digital sports betting through the company’s mobile and online platforms. “We’re ecstatic...

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Apple Opens Payment Gates for Media Apps Like Spotify, Netflix
Apple Opens Payment Gates for Media Apps Like Spotify, Netflix
September 02, 2021  |  Apple

Apple is moving to grant media apps like Netflix and Spotify the right to accept payments outside of the App Store and steer customers to...

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