Inside Netflix’s Push to Stream Live Events

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Netflix has continued to expand, with partnerships, diversification, and a focus on broadcasting live events and sports. WSJ’s Isabelle Bousquette explains the technical challenges of this new frontier for streamers. Plus, WSJ reporter Ben Fritz explains actor Matthew McConaughey’s attempt to fight AI fakes. Peter Champelli hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.7	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Tuesday, January 20th. I'm Peter Champelli for the Wall Street Journal.
0:40.3	Celebrities like Tom Hanks and Taylor Swift have been the subject of AI deepfakes,
0:45.3	as generative tools have gotten more and more popular.
0:48.3	Matthew McConaughey is trying a new strategy, trademarking himself.
0:53.3	Then, Netflix has cemented itself as an entertainment heavyweight, with its recent bid for Warner
0:59.6	Brothers Discovery and its $5 billion deal with World Wrestling Entertainment.
1:04.5	But does the company have what it takes to dominate the next frontier in internet streaming?
1:10.0	But first, Matt the next frontier in internet streaming.
1:18.7	But first, Matthew McConaughey, the star of movies like Interstellar, Magic Mike, and the classic Dazed and Confused, has had eight trademark applications approved, which he plans to
1:24.0	use to fight AI misuse. To break this down, we spoke with Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Fritz.
1:30.0	Ben, what exactly are these trademarks that Matthew McConaughey registered?
1:33.8	Well, the very vague general trademarks.
1:36.6	One is of him basically looking at the camera in front of a Christmas tree,
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