Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon Unlimited: a closer look at the best music streaming service

To celebrate Johannesburg Pride Month, Apple Music has enlisted three South African artists to take over their flagship Pride Playlists: Strike A Pose, RESIST!, and Love Her, Lover.

Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora and Google have petitioned for the lowest royalties to date for 2023-2027.His comments to Music Business Worldwide (MBV) last week (October 14) preceded filings to the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which sets the mechanical royalty rates paid by streaming services to songwriters and publishers.

streaming revolution. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the sector had changed "beyond recognition" as it took the first steps towards regulatory action by launching a market study.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorHave you signed up for Netflix, Disney Plus or HBO Max just to watch one new show or movie — then canceled for a few months until the next must-see thing comes out?Now there’s a name for this behavior: “churn and return,” a term coined by consulting firm Deloitte. It’s most common among younger generations: Nearly half of millennials (47%) and 34% of Gen Z in the U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple is introducing a new Apple Music plan — available exclusively through Siri — which will cost half the price of its regular individual plan.Apple Music Voice will cost $4.99/month, launching in 17 countries this fall. It will let listeners launch any song, playlist or artists using only Siri voice commands, the tech giant announced.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN’s coming foray into the streaming wars will send the network searching for customers in both regular haunts and surprising places.The WarnerMedia cable-news outlet typically runs a significant chunk of promotions for its programming on its own air and in other venues owned by its parent company. On Friday, it’s airing an initial ad to entice loyal viewers to consider CNN Plus, its new video-streaming service slated to launch in 2022.

Sony may be working with Apple to bring the popular music service, Apple Music, to the PS5.According to a Reddit user on the Apple Music subreddit, they were recently given an option to download the Apple Music app to their PS5.“Since when was this a thing????” they asked. “I made a new account on my PS5 and was gonna connect my Spotify but then I see this.”The user posted a screenshot that appears to confirm that the new app was offered to download directly to their PS5.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRedbox, whose core business remains renting DVDs from kiosks across the U.S., is upsizing its ambitions in the original movie biz as well as expanding its free, ad-supported streaming platforms in a deal with Lionsgate.Under a multiyear distribution pact, Lionsgate will handle distribution of Redbox Entertainment titles across home entertainment windows and lead licensing efforts of the films to subscription-streaming services.

Apple TV+ has given a formal series green light to Shrinking, a 10-episode comedy series starring Jason Segel, who also serves as writer and executive producer alongside Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, coming off their Emmy wins for the streamer’s hit comedy Ted Lasso.

Halle Berry, 55, was photographed holding hands with look-alike son Maceo-Robert, 8, in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday, October 12. The X-Men actress stepped out with her youngest child, whom she shares with ex-husbandOlivier Martinez, for the casual outing, for which Halle looked like a true natural beauty. I mean, does this woman even age?

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Amazon have launched their free IMDb TV streaming service in the UK.The service, which is related to the film/TV industry database IMDb, launched three years ago in the US as a free service supported by advertising.The new UK version is currently available via Amazon Prime Video – though a subscription to Amazon Prime is not required to access the service – and it will soon be available as a standalone app via Fire TV.Alongside a host of the service’s own productions, the likes of Pulp Fiction,

binge-worthy show, or simply trying to find a new series to wind down with each night? Look no further than Apple TV+. From comedy to drama to horror, this relatively young streaming giant manages to have everything you could want to watch, and more.

K.J. Yossman Amazon has launched ad-based streaming service IMDb TV in the U.K.

Calling it quits. Dale Moss and Clare Crawley have decided to go their separate ways after giving their relationship another try earlier this year, Us Weekly confirms.

CNN has tapped marketing professor Scott Galloway to host a show for its upcoming subscription streaming service, CNN+, set to debut in the first quarter of 2022.