Definitely Not Summit Preview with beastcoast CEO Grant Zinn and Building Esports from the Campus Up - Cheddar Sports 12/14/18
Only two days after releasing the Infinity Blade, Epic's decided to vault the controversial item - just too late to have prevented its influence on the Winter Royale. But there are plenty of tournaments that seem to have their structure figured out - including Smash Ultimate's inaugural major, Don't Park on the Grass 2018, which we preview with EndgameTV COO Aiden McCaig. UCI Esports Director Mark Deppe tells us how he's pushing the boundaries of what college esports can be and beastcoast CEO Grant Zinn fills in for Zane and briefs us on Definitely not Summit, DOTA 2's biggest definitely not major of the season.
The streaming giant Netflix posted its latest earnings from its fourth quarter after the close on Thursday. The company's stock plummeted shortly after the company warned that its rate of subscription additions are slowing down. Senior Reporter at MarketWatch Jon Swartz, joined Cheddar to discuss more.
Revenue operations platform Clari recently raised $225 million in a Series F financing round led by Blackstone, bringing the company's valuation to more than $2.6 billion. Calri says more than 450 companies from around the world use its A.I.-powered platform to make their revenue operations more connected, efficient, and predictable. Clari CEO Andy Byrne joined Cheddar News' Closing Bell to discuss.
Technology company Unity announced it has acquired Ziva Dynamics. Marc Whitten, SVP & GM, Create at Unity, joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell, where he discusses how this move will help his company democratize real-time character creation.
AT&T announced it's offering two tiers of high-speed internet, 2 gigs, and 5 gigs, to its fiber customers in more than 70 metro regions. AT&T Consumer CEO Thaddeus Arroyo joined Cheddar to talk about the newly available speed upgrades for 5.2 million of its customers, and where the rollout goes from here. "Over the course of 2022, we'll rapidly continue to retrofit the rest of the base," he said. "And importantly now is, as we build-out, we've talked about building out to cover 30 million homes and businesses by the end of 2025, we're going to continue to ensure that every new location that we stand up has this multi gig capability."