Daft Punk’s full ‘TRON: Legacy’ soundtrack arrives on streaming services for the first time

Every day, there’s a new major announcement about a huge project on a streaming service. Whether it’s from Netflix, Apple, Amazon, Disney, or any number of other studios with streaming platforms, Hollywood is eagerly snatching up each and every major project that comes together.

Jason Klarman has been named president of Fox Nation, Fox News Media’s streaming service, where he will oversee all operations, content and subscription acquisition.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJason Klarman, a veteran TV executive, was named president of Fox Nation, the streaming-video outlet operated by Fox News Media.Klarman will retain his role as executive vice president of marketing for Fox News Media, and will continue to report to Suzanne Scott, the company’s CEO.In his new role, Klarman will oversee all operations, content and subscriber acquisition for Fox Nation, which in recent months has placed new emphasis on lifestyle and entertainment

Spanish-language broadcast giant Univision Tuesday announced first quarter launch plans for PrendeTV, joining the crowded streaming market with a free, add-supported service created for the U.S. Hispanic audience.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorUnivision, fresh off the closing of its sale to new owners and installing a new senior management team, is launching a new foray into the streaming wars.The Hispanic media company announced plans to launch PrendeTV, which it says will be the only streaming service aimed at a U.S. Latino audience with free, ad-supported Spanish-language programming.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA trio of media investors headed by Bruce Tuchman has joined forces with New Zealand-based Rialto Channel to launch Rialto International as an indie streaming aggregator.The platform will combine subscription-based video-on-demand (SVOD), ad-supported VOD and linear TV services.

Roku is buying the content library of Quibi, the short-lived streaming service, to bulk up its own free ad-supported channel.Quibi, short for quick bites, raised $1.75 billion from investors including major Hollywood players like Disney, NBCUniversal and Viacom.

On this episode of The Playlist Podcast, Charles Barfield, Mike DeAngelo, and Brian Farvour are joined by a very special guest, Rolando Rodriguez, the CEO and President of Marcus Theatres. For those unaware, Marcus Theatres is the fourth-largest cinema chain in the US and fifth-largest in North America with more than 1,100 screens.

2021 began with a postponement of hope, the usual optimism surrounding the start of a new year dampened by the bleak reality that all of 2020’s biggest crises will be with us for a while longer. Continued quarantine, combined with the winter chill, probably makes the January 4 launch of Discovery+ one of the best-timed debuts of a streaming service.

BBC risks losing “large parts” of its BAME audience forever due to worse representation than streaming services such as Netflix.Speaking in his new book Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond (via The Times), Henry says the high-profile death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May, which sparked worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, made him realise that “systemic change” is needed in the film and TV industry.“A lot of the time at work, I am lonely.

Brandi Carlile has shared her Soundgarden collaboration ‘A Rooster Says’ on streaming services.The two-track 12″ vinyl was originally shared for the second edition of 2020’s Record Store Day series.The single features versions of Soundgarden tracks ‘Black Hole Sun’ and ‘Searching With My Good Eye Closed’, recorded with the band’s surviving members.Until now, they’ve only been available in physical form, but to welcome 2021, the two tracks are now available to hear online – listen to both

The Office were given a New Year’s Day surprise yesterday (January 1) in the form of a previously unseen cold open.The five-minute unaired cold open, which was originally cut for time from the 2013 series finale, marked the show’s move from Netflix to NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service.In the clip Jim, Pam, a trained black cat, Glenn from the warehouse and his twin brother Ben, and security guard Hank are all in on an elaborate plan to convince Dwight that he’s living in The Matrix.You can

The KLF have added a number of tracks from their back catalogue to streaming services for the very first time.The British electronic duo (made up of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty), who scored a series of global hits in the late 80s and early 90s, famously walked away from the music industry in 1992.Their departure from the business followed an appearance at that year’s BRIT Awards, during which they fired machine gun blanks into the audience and then dumped a dead sheep at the aftershow

FuboTV’s yo-yo action on the New York Stock Exchange continued today as shares in the streaming service fell 14% to $33.25 amid a noisy debate about the stock’s potential.

You can add Pedro Almodóvar to the list of filmmakers not entirely happy with the rise of streaming in the movie industry. The Spanish filmmaker was among a group of filmmakers who signed a letter calling for a levy that would make streaming services re-invest part of their turnover in European countries back into independent cinema.

direct to your inbox Countries across the globe have now moved to ban travel from the UK after fears over the new coronavirus variant. Since the new lockdown announcement on Saturday, over 40 places have imposed bans on links to Britain - including flights, ferries and rail - prohibiting arrivals from Britain entering.