XITE, the music video platform, has launched three linear music video channels on ad-supporting streaming service, Pluto TV. The channels will focus on rock, country and gospel. XITE Rock features iconic rock and metal classics, as well as future legends and tracks from the alternative scene. The XITE Classic Country channel offers Country music video […]

The BBC has announced that it will air a new documentary exploring the life and career of Kanye West AKA Ye. We Need to Talk about Kanye (w/t) will air on BBC Two and will be fronted by BAFTA award-winning investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, following on from his acclaimed exploration of Britney Spears’ conservatorship in […]

Prime Video has debuted the official trailer for the upcoming musical-drama series Daisy Jones & The Six, featuring Look At Us Now (Honeycomb), one of 24 original songs written exclusively for the series and recorded by the cast. The original music will be released by Atlantic Records during the rollout of the series. Daisy Jones […]

German music fans can watch a selection of music TV channels as High View, an independent Munich-based media company, and SES have expanded their long-term partnership. Under the new multi-year agreement, High View will be leasing additional satellite capacity on SES’s prime TV neighbourhood at Astra 19.2 degrees East to broadcast four free-to-air SD channels. […]

The Amazon Music app is now available on Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q with millions of songs and albums, thousands of playlists, and latest releases to listen to, all via the app. To launch the service, Sky users can simply say “Hello Sky, open Amazon Music” into their Sky Glass or “Amazon Music” […]

More focus is still needed on ensuring creators and performers receive a fairer cut of the money made from streaming music, according to a report from the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which calls for the establishment of a wide-ranging national strategy for music. The DCMS Committee’s recommendations follow an […]

YouTube has reported that it paid out over $6 billion (€6bn) to the music industry in the year to June 2022, a rise of 50 per cent over the previous year. The cash was made up from a mix of ad-revenues and subscription income. Lyor Cohen, Global Head of Music at Google & YouTube announced […]

Lickd, the platform for helping content creators legally use music, has signed an exclusive deal with metaverse district Vegas City within Decentraland, which will see it provide commercial music to Vegas City’s partners and tenants. The 2 year partnership will see Lickd supply curated playlists and genre specific radio channels into Vegas City’s music player, […]

The US Justice Department has seized six websites as part of ongoing efforts by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to combat copyright infringement. According to court records, the United States obtained court authorisation to seize six domain names pending forfeiture. Four of those domains – ‘Corourbanos.com’, ‘Corourbano.com’, ‘Pautamp3.com’, and ‘SIMP3.com’ – […]

IndiMusic TV, the independent music video TV channel, has announced a global strategic partnership with Castify.ai, allowing them to reach their global audience with a unified cross-platform experience Castify.ai is an omnichannel content distribution technology that enables video content owners to seamlessly create their own branded OTT applications and channels across multiple smart TV and […]