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• YouTube TV To Sell Add-Ons For AMC-Owned Acorn TV, Urban Movie Channel
• Building Buzz: Facebook Dominates In Audience Views for Three Highly-Anticipated TV Shows Coming This Fall

  Networks have, of course, been anticipating the new season for months now, with most hyping their latest and greatest new shows, starting with the annual upfront presentations to advertisers in the spring. What’s been happening since then?

  
• Simply Nailogical Will Send 3 Canadians To School With Her Third Annual ‘Simply Scholarship’

  Simply Nailogical wants to send some people to school.

  
• Bhad Bhabie Pacts With BBTV Interactive On Mobile Car Game ‘Ride Or Die!’

  BBTV Interactive, the gaming division of Vancouver-based multi-channel network BroadbandTV, is partnering with social media musician Bhad Bhabie -- whose real name is Danielle Bregoli -- on a new mobile game.

  
• Insights: You Can’t Always Get The Bandwidth You Want, But You’re Probably Getting The Bandwidth You Need
• Benjamin ‘DrLupo’ Lupo Inks Multi-Year Equity Deal With Esports Conglomerate ReKTGlobal
• Creators Going Pro: The Ireland Boys Turned One Viral Hit Into A Full-Time YouTube Career For Themselves And Their Parents
• Disney Channel To Produce Shortform YouTube Series ‘Shook’ Starring Sofia Wylie
• Studio71 Is Kickstarting A Trivia Board Game Created By ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Mastermind
• NBC Gives Lilly Singh A Superpowered Welcome With Hourlong Primetime Special
• YouTube No Longer Commissioning Scripted Originals In EMEA, Orders 3 Education-Focused Projects
• YouTube Is Finalizing Plans To Remove Targeted Advertising From Videos Aimed At Kids (Report)
• YouTube Is Axing Its Two-Year-Old Direct Messaging Feature In September
• Creators For Good: Staying Fashion-Forward and Thrift Shopping With Kristen McAtee
• Vlog Squad’s Toddy Smith To Make Literary Foray With Co-Authored Story Collection
• ‘Spill’ Is A Drama YouTuber Who’s Gotten Nearly 100 Million Views In 11 Months. But She Might Not Be A Real Person.
• YouTube Originals Taps K-Pop Girl Group ‘Twice’ For Tour Docuseries
• Reddit Piloting New ‘RPAN’ Livestreaming Feature Over The Next Five Days
• Rapper Offset Invests In Leading Esports Collective FaZe Clan
• YouTube Sues User Who Allegedly Tried To Extort ‘Minecraft’ Creators By Filing Fraudulent Copyright Claims
• The Streamy Awards Pact With YouTube For Exclusive Distribution Deal, Announce Dec. 13 Showdate
• YouTube’s Original Programming To Become Free For All Users On Sept. 24
• PewDiePie Enters Nth Evolution Of His YouTube Channel, “Just Wants To Play ‘Minecraft'”
• Cameo Names Former TikTok Exec Stefan Heinrich Henriquez CMO And GM Of International