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 Game-Streaming Service Goes Live
Microsoft Game-Streaming Service Goes Live
September 15, 2020  |  Internet of Things

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday (Sept. 15) announced that its game-streaming service XCloud is now available to users of Google’s Android service, but not to Apple...

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What Innovators Can Learn From Netflix
What Innovators Can Learn From Netflix
September 14, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Netflix Co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings has written a new book about building the video-streaming powerhouse that now has nearly 200 million subscribers globally, as...

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Home Reorganization Becomes Big Business In A Stay-At-Home World
Home Reorganization Becomes Big Business In A Stay-At-Home World
September 12, 2020  |  Retail

Long before COVID-19 turned us all into homebodies, Netflix kicked off a home organization craze with the premiere of decluttering guru Marie Kondo’s show, “Tidying...

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Netflix To Offer Some Free Shows To Hike Market Share
Netflix To Offer Some Free Shows To Hike Market Share
August 31, 2020  |  Retail

Netflix has unveiled a new service that allows consumers who are not subscribers to watch select shows for free. The streaming service is looking to...

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Preventing Payroll, Insurance Pains From Killing The Movie Magic
Preventing Payroll, Insurance Pains From Killing The Movie Magic
August 31, 2020  |  B2B Payments

After months of total shutdown, the entertainment industry is slowly grinding its gears again, with some added challenges to protect talent and crew from COVID-19....

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18,000 Furloughed MGM Resorts Employees Laid Off
18,000 Furloughed MGM Resorts Employees Laid Off
August 28, 2020  |  Personnel

MGM Resorts International CEO William Hornbuckle delivered bad news to his 18,000 furloughed U.S. employees on Friday (Aug. 28): They will not be invited back to work....

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Entertainment Payroll Platform Wrapbook Raises $3.6M
Entertainment Payroll Platform Wrapbook Raises $3.6M
August 25, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Payroll processing platform Wrapbook has raised $3.6 million in seed funding for its technology that streamlines onboarding, payment and insurance for the entertainment industry, according...

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The Traditional Events That Are Getting Their Digital Debuts
The Traditional Events That Are Getting Their Digital Debuts
August 22, 2020  |  Innovation

In the era of COVID-19, as the world is awaiting a vaccine that will formally bring the pandemic to a close worldwide and consign it...

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AMC Reopens Theaters With 15-Cent Ticket Pricing
AMC Reopens Theaters With 15-Cent Ticket Pricing
August 20, 2020  |  Retail

Another piece of pre-pandemic life came back online today, with AMC Entertainment reopening the doors to 100 movie theaters across the country that have sat...

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