Yahoo’s NFL debut bodes well for game streaming: media buyers

The reach of Yahoo Inc's first global live-stream of a National Football League game on Sunday is likely to result in the league striking future deals with online distributors, media buyers said on Monday. An average of 2.36 million viewers were watching at any given time, according to preliminary data released by Yahoo and the NFL.

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Police arrest 15-year-old in Northern Ireland over TalkTalk hack

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland on Monday over a cyber attack that may have led to the theft of data from among the 4 million customers of British broadband provider TalkTalk . A ransom demand was received by TalkTalk on Friday. “A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences,” London's Metropolitan Police, whose cyber-crime unit has been investigating the attack, said.

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