Mediagazer: Sony Pictures TV Inks Deal With French Paybox OCS (Elsa Keslassy/Variety)

9:30 AM ET, March 3, 2015

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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:

Sony Pictures TV Inks Deal With French Paybox OCS — PARIS- French paybox Orange Cinema Series (OCS) has signed a multi-year with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to gain exclusive first-window rights to the U.S. studio's movies and TV series. — OCS, which is majority owned by French telco Orange …

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Sources: social news reader Prismatic on the block, with Microsoft the front runner in buying it; Apple and Yahoo have also expressed serious interest — Microsoft Wants To Buy Social News Reader Prismatic — Microsoft has been busy snatching up startups to fill out its mobile apps portfolio …

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Niall Kennedy / The Twitter Blog:

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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

YouTube and Turner Sports partner to offer March Madness college basketball highlights — YouTube to Showcase March Madness Highlights — YouTube wants in on the madness. — The Web video powerhouse has seen Twitter strike deals to showcase both National Football League …

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