Universal Music Group’s (UMG) Mercury Studios and Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s free ad-supported streaming TV service, have announced the launch of GIGS, a new FAST channel exclusive to Samsung users in the UK. The channel will feature live performances and documentaries from across UMG’s audio-visual catalogue from artists including The Cure, Def Leppard, The Police […]
Netflix has closed a deal with Spanish singer-songwriter and former footballer, Julio Iglesias, to take his life to the screen. For the first time, the living legend will participate in the creative process of a fiction in which he will share everything about his life and his musical trajectory. Currently in development, Netflix will tell […]
Disney has announced that Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) will make its streaming debut on March 15th, exclusively on Disney+. The concert film, directed by Sam Wrench, will stream in its entirety for the first time and include the song cardigan and four additional acoustic songs performed by Swift. The cinematic experience […]
Pay-radio broadcaster SiriusXM’s Q4 profits were at $352 million (€323.1m), just down on the same period in 2022 which were $365 million. Revenues were slightly ahead of expectations at $2.29 billion ($2.28 billion the previous year). Earnings per share were up 1 cent at $0.09 and better than analyst’s expectations. SiriusXM also reported that ARPU […]
Following the cinema release of the film Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, Natasha Bedingfield’s Unwritten track has charted for the first time in 19 years at Number 18. Global music video network, Vevo, has revealed a huge surge of 256 per cent in the daily views of the music video for […]
Celebrating 45 years together, Birmingham’s own UB40 – the popular reggae band – are gearing up to release their new album UB45 on April 19th. The album boasts seven new tracks plus fresh recordings of some of their most-loved songs. Music videos for 13 tracks from the album were shot at Inspired Thinking Group’s Capture […]
Stingray, a specialist in music and video content distribution, business services, and advertising solutions, has announced the launch of five video channels on Xiaomi TV+, a free ad-supported TV streaming service platform. This cooperation was made possible through the commercial support of THEMA, a Canal+ company. The offering is now live and available on all Android […]
ROXi announced at CES that is bringing America’s first ever fully interactive broadcast TV channels to TVs this year through a a strategic partnership between licensed music streaming company ROXi, and US broadcaster Sinclair. All linear TV channels will have all the interactive features of a downloadable TV app without consumers having to download or […]
ROXi, the free music video streaming app for TVs backed by Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, has announced it is launching new strategic partnerships with a number of smart TV brands including LG, Samsung and Sky which aims to turn smart TVs into a smart speaker replacement for music. ROXi will integrate its […]
Following the debut of the Saltburn movie on Prime Video, the music video to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor (featured in the movie’s final scene) saw a 541 per cent surge in views in the UK, global music video network Vevo has reported. This equates to nearly 6.5x its average daily views. This spike […]