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XQc banned from Twitch, potentially for watching Olympic highlights

XQc received a ban on Twitch today after he reportedly watched Olympic highlights that he believes got him “live DMCA’d.” In a tweet about the ban, xQc claimed that he thought he was taking the “necessary precautions” and “didn’t expect” to be banned.  “Really didn’t expect it but I [could’ve] easily avoided this,” xQc said. “Sorry for everyone involved including the viewers. I’ll be better/smarter next time and follow guidelines more strictly.” I THINK I GOT MY CHANNEL LIVE-DMCA'd. I TOOK NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE. REALLY

The 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony Had a Video Game Song Playlist

Credit: Olympics/Twitter The 2020 Olympics have made their official pandemic-delayed start, and the opening ceremony, complete with the torch lighting, took place today. Keen-eared viewers might have noticed a certain kind of music being played during the whole ceremony and the Parade of Nations. That’s right — the Olympics featured video game music as its score for the lengthy opening ceremony, and it fits in perfectly. Viewers first began to spot — or hear, I suppose — the music and point it out on social media. The Parade of Nations

Kindness Makes a Comeback With Ted Lasso Season 2 This July

Ted Lasso surprised many when it debuted on Apple TV last year, as it turned a gag character that appeared in promos for NBC Sports’ coverage of the Premier League into one of the best feelgood shows on television. Earlier today, a brand new trailer for the show’s second season was revealed, giving fans a glimpse into the upcoming relegation plotline it is set to follow. The trailer starts with a brief recap of the events that capped off last season, focusing on AFC Richmond’s unlucky losing ways, making the

Comcast NBCUniversal picks 10 sports and esports startups for SportsTech Accelerator

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Comcast NBCUniversal today announced it has picked 10 sports tech and esports startups for the first annual Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator. Comcast NBCUniversal is investing $50,000 in each startup and training them for 12 weeks, in partnership with Boomtown Accelerators. Two of the winners are esports companies. It chose the winners from over 1,000 applicants in 70 countries. The companies will work with Comcast NBCUniversal and the SportsTech partner

Parks And Rec Star Rob Lowe Says You Would Be “Shocked” To Find Out How Much They’re Paid

Parks and Recreation is one of NBC's most successful and memorable TV shows, and it's still bringing in money through syndication and streaming deals, but it appears the cast are not always benefitting from those profits at a level they would have wanted.Actors Rob Lowe and Nick Offerman, who played Chris Traeger and Ron Swanson on the show, recently spoke about this on the newest episode of Lowe's podcast. Offerman said the union representing the Parks and Rec cast was not able to get them a lucrative deal at the

Matt Reeves Has Signed A New Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV

As the writer, producer and director on The Batman, Matt Reeves has been working with Warner Bros' film studio--now, he's moving his overall deal for TV content from 20th Century Fox to Warner Bros, THR reports.Reeves, along with his production studio, 6th and Idaho, will create and develop television projects for Warner Bros. TV destined for various platforms, including WarnerMedia's new streaming service HBO Max. Reeves currently has an exclusive first-look deal with Netflix for feature films.Reeves' past TV projects include WB's Felicity, The Passage on Fox, Tales From The

Peacock Drops Trailers For Sci-Fi Original Brave New World And The Rest Of Day One Originals

This July, NBC Universal's streaming service Peacock will have a nationwide launch--as the service has already been available to some for over a month. Now, Peacock has released trailers for all its Day One original content to check out.There is a wide-variety of original programming, from movies to series to reality all ranging from comedy to drama to kids and more. The most high-profile of the originals is none other than Brave New World, based on the Aldous Huxley novel of the same name, which follows characters in a utopian

HBO Max: Price, Original Shows, Apps, And Everything Else There Is To Know About The Streaming Service

The latest streaming service to enter the Streaming Wars has arrived. Meet HBO Max, the new service is from WarnerMedia. And while "HBO" is in the title, it's far more than just programming from the cable network. In fact, it includes content from Warner Bros., Crunchyroll, DC, TNT, and more. But what is HBO Max, how much does it cost, and what does it include? HBO Max is one of the big streaming service launches in 2020, right alongside NBCUniversal's Peacock, which already had a soft launch and will be