With YouTube becoming the latest player to offer an over-the-top subscription streaming service it’s safe to say the the skinny television bundle has officially arrived. For $35 per month, subscribers can now get 40 channels of live TV including major networks and ESPN. YouTube TV also has a virtual DVR with no recording limits.
YouTube is entering an increasingly crowded market with competitors such as Dish Network’s Sling TV, AT&T’s DirecTV Now, Hulu and many others. But YouTube may have an advantage thanks to some powerful artificial intelligence that has helped increase worldwide viewing to over one billion hours per day, nearly as much as traditional television in the United States.
Now normally, two weeks after the Academy Awards we’d already be struggling to remember who won Best Score. But thanks to the most notorious screwup in Oscar history, we’re still talking about the broadcast and its fallout. We’ll explain why.
Of course, we also cover the week’s top entertainment news stories including the absurd controversy over Disney’s first gay character, Harry Potter tops the Olivier Awards with a record 11 nominations and Spotify reaches the 50 million subscriber mark.

How Coachella Gained Lady Gaga After Losing Beyonce
http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7709328/how-coachella-booked-lady-gaga-beyonce-reaction-inside-story
comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 5, 2017
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-march-5-2017-300418153.html
Matt Damon’s ‘The Great Wall’ to Lose $75 Million; Future U.S.-China Productions in Doubt
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/what-great-walls-box-office-flop-will-cost-studios-981602
Number of Female Film Protagonists Hits High in 2016 (Study)
https://variety.com/2017/film/news/arrival-rogue-one-female-film-protagnoists-1201992678/
‘Godzilla Resurgence’ Wins Big at 40th Japan Academy Prize Awards
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/godzilla-resurgence-wins-big-at-40th-japan-academy-prize-awards-982922
Oscars Best Picture Fiasco: What PwC and the Academy Must Do to Manage the Fallout
https://variety.com/2017/film/news/oscar-best-picture-fiasco-the-academy-pricewaterhousecoopers-fallout-1201999036/
Oscars Producers, Academy Fail to Apologize to ‘La La Land’ Filmmakers for Best Picture Fiasco
https://variety.com/2017/film/news/oscar-best-picture-fiasco-academy-no-apology-1201998122/
Oscars: Academy Apologizes for Using Wrong Photo During In Memoriam Segment
http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/oscars-in-memoriam-jan-chapman-1202000106/
‘La La Land’ Concert to Debut at Hollywood Bowl