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No Miley Cyrus twerking means MTV Video Music Awards ratings down, but tweets top 12 million
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Without Miley Cyrus’ twerking to get tongues wagging, ratings for MTV’s annual Video Music Awards took a tumble.
Rogers and Shaw launch video-on-demand service called ‘Shomi’
TORONTO – Two of Canada’s top telecommunications companies have teamed up to launch a subscription video-on-demand service they say can rival the current industry titan Netflix without cannibalizing their own cable and television-on-demand services.
Video games come of age as a spectator sport as Amazon buys Twitch for $970 million
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Video games have been a spectator sport since teenagers crowded around arcade machines to watch friends play “Pac-Man.” And for decades, kids have gathered in living rooms to marvel at how others master games like “Street Fighter II” and “Super Mario Bros.”
Ontario police release video to help find potential witnesses in 2010 murder
CALEDON, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police have released a video to try to identify two people they say could be witnesses in the unsolved murder of a central Ontario woman.
Netflix gives subscribers a more discreet way to recommend video to their Facebook friends
SAN FRANCISCO – Netflix is giving its Internet video subscribers a more discreet way to recommend movies and TV shows to their Facebook friends after realizing most people don’t want to share their viewing habits with large audiences.
Internet video purports to show beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by Islamic State group
BEIRUT – An Internet video posted online Tuesday purported to show the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State group, which called it retribution for continued U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.
Internet video purports to show beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by Islamic State group
BEIRUT – Islamic State extremists released a video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warning President Barack Obama that as long as U.S. airstrikes against the militant group continue, “our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people.”
Family spokesman: Sotloff relatives aware of purported beheading video, are grieving.
WASHINGTON – A family spokesman says relatives of freelance journalist Steven Sotloff are aware of a new video purporting to show his beheading by Islamic State militants.
Obama says US won’t be intimidated by Islamic State after second ‘horrific’ beheading video
TALLINN, Estonia – President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of a second American journalist and will build a coalition to “degrade and destroy” the group.
Tech insiders: Firms implemented plans to stem spread of grisly video after Syria beheading
PARIS – Tech companies drafted plans to scrub the web after a grisly video showing the beheading of an American journalist by Islamic State militants – and implemented them this week after a second killing, a Silicon Valley insider said Wednesday.
Hockey Canada hires Donskov as manager of hockey operations, analytics and video
CALGARY – Hockey Canada has hired Misha Donskov as manager of hockey operations, analytics and video.
Website owner to stand trial over grisly video associated with Magnotta case
EDMONTON – An Edmonton website owner accused of posting a video allegedly showing the dismemberment and slaying of a university student in Montreal has been ordered to stand trial.
Rob Ford subpoenaed to testify in friend’s ‘crack video’ extortion case
TORONTO – Mayor Rob Ford has been ordered to testify at his friend’s “crack video” extortion hearing in a case his lawyer said Friday was driven by police, not because the two alleged victims complained.
Video game designers add physicist to fold to improve puck physics in ‘NHL 15’
TORONTO – Hockey may not be rocket science but that didn’t stop EA Sports from recruiting a scientist who worked on the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, the world’s largest particle collider, to revamp puck physics for “NHL 15.”
Nelvana Enterprises signs deal with video-streaming company Oznoz
TORONTO – Nelvana Enterprises (TSX:CJR.B) has signed a partnership deal with video-streaming site Oznoz that will make over 400 half-hour episodes of Nelvana’s properties available in the United States.
NFL star cut after release of video showing he hit fiancee in casino elevator
BALTIMORE – NFL star Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens football team on Monday and suspended indefinitely by America’s most popular sports league after a video was released showing the running back striking his then-fiancee in February.
Fox News hosts’ banter about Ray Rice video draws fire; ‘Fox & Friends’ to address remarks
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Banter by two Fox News Channel hosts about video showing football player Ray Rice hitting his future wife has come under fire.
Ravens cut Ray Rice after release of video showing he hit fiancee in casino elevator
BALTIMORE – Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released showing the running back striking his then-fiancee in February.
Fox News: Comments on Rice video don’t mean network takes domestic abuse lightly
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade insists the network’s morning show isn’t making light of domestic abuse after it was criticized for comments made about the video showing football player Ray Rice hitting his future wife.
As questions arise about Rice inquiry, Goodell says no one at NFL saw video until this week
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – As questions arose about how the NFL investigated domestic violence allegations against Ray Rice, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday the league asked for, but was not given, video showing the ex-Ravens running back punching his then-fiancee on an elevator.
Goodell tells CBS he won’t rule out Ray Rice return after suspension, league didn’t have video
NEW YORK, N.Y. – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell did not rule out the possibility of former Ravens running back Ray Rice returning to play in the league after serving a suspension for domestic violence.
Ray Rice’s wife calls punishment ‘horrific,’ says video makes them relive regrettable moment
Ray Rice’s wife says taking away football from her husband is horrific and making the couple relive a moment they regret is a “horrible thing.”
CBS drops song featuring Rihanna from football broadcast in wake of Rice video controversy
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The debut of CBS’ “Thursday Night Football” broadcast was revised because of controversy surrounding the video of Ray Rice knocking his then-fiancee unconscious, CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said.
TV networks largely shelving to disturbing video involving football player Ray Rice
NEW YORK, N.Y. – At least six television networks said Thursday they plan to stop or minimize airings of video showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice striking his then-fiancee and knocking her unconscious, footage that has called into question how the NFL disciplines players involved in domestic violence.