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SoundCloud said today it is rolling out a TikTok-styled discovery feed with vertical scrolling and short clips from songs. The music streaming company started testing the feature in March, and now it will be available to all users on iOS and Android in the coming days. The updated app will allow us

Google is testing a new way to show you ads on the YouTube app for TVs — users can expect fewer but longer ads. The company said it is experimenting with this ad format for a better viewing experience while watching long-form content — almost like a traditional commercial break during linear T

Tubi, the Fox-owned free ad-supported TV streaming (FAST) service, announced today that it surpassed 74 million monthly active users, up from 64 million in February. The FAST service also reported nearly four billion streaming hours for the first half of this year. According to Nielsen's July G

TV streaming hardware and software company Roku has announced in an SEC filing that it plans to lay off approximately 10% of its workforce — it represents more than 300 employees. The company is trying to reduce its operating expenses as they have been growing at a rapid pace. At the end of 2022

Spotify’s user base is growing faster than ever, but its paid-subscriber growth isn’t keeping pace with free listeners. That may be why it’s exploring pushing lyrics behind the paywall. Over the past few days, the music-streaming company made waves by locking down lyrics for so

More than 80% of the music we listen to today is delivered over streaming, according to figures from last year. But when you look at classical music, it’s been a stubborn hold-out, accounting for just a tiny fraction of that, with just 0.8% of streams (and that’s in the stream-friendly

Telecom operators in India, the second largest wireless market, would like internet companies to compensate for using their networks, a recommendation they’ve made to the local regulatory body, echoing a viewpoint that is gaining some momentum in other parts of the world but also stoking fear

Apple attempts to sway more soccer fans into signing up for MLS Season Pass with its newest discount. The subscription, which gives viewers access to every Major League Soccer game, now costs $14.99 per month or $29 for the rest of the 2023 season — a significant drop from the original price

Starz is lowering its annual subscription price from $74.99 to $69.99, the company confirmed to technewss in an email. Existing Starz subscribers will see the price adjustment in their next billing cycle. The news was first reported by Cord Cutters. “As one of the few streaming networks that is

In partnership with Google Cloud, Google DeepMind (Google’s AI research division) is launching a tool for watermarking and identifying AI-generated images — but only images created by Google’s image-generating model. The tool, called SynthID and available in beta for select users of V

Max, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streaming service previously called HBO Max, announced a 60-day streaming deal with AMC that will bring AMC+ programming to the streamer. Beginning on September 1, Max will launch a branded hub “AMC+ Picks on Max” on both the ad-free and ad-supported tiers.

YouTube announced this morning a change to its Community Guidelines that impact creators who break its rules. Starting today, creators will now have the option of taking an educational training course when they receive a warning. When completed, YouTube will lift the warning from the creator’

What’s the hardest part of reading? More often than not, it’s picking a good book. “L’embarras du choix,” as we say in French: Presented with infinite options, it becomes very hard to make a decision. That's why recommendations are so helpful. And who’s best

Hollywood may be embroiled in ongoing labor disputes that involve AI, but the technology infiltrated film and TV long, long ago. At SIGGRAPH in LA, algorithmic and generative tools were on display in countless talks and announcements. We may not know where the likes of GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion fi