Truth Social says it’s building a live TV service

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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images

Truth Social, the media firm owned by Donald Trump, has announced plans to create a live TV streaming service focused on “news networks” and “religious channels,” along with “content that has been canceled, is at risk of cancellation, or is being suppressed.”

The Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) says it will launch the streaming service in three phases, with the first involving the rollout of the company’s content delivery network (CDN). A CDN, such as those operated by Cloudflare and Akamai, is a service websites use to help webpages load faster. TMTG says its CDN will operate “independent of Big Tech,” allowing the platform to avoid getting kicked from a third-party CDN for potential policy violations.

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source https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24131954/truth-social-live-tv-streaming-service-donald-trump

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