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Posted: 01-28-2025 | Author: Staff Report

Engadget reports: “In the latest riveting episode of Everything Costs More, Fubo raised the prices of all of its English-language plans by $5 for new customers. The hike includes Fubo’s Essential plan, which only launched in early December. In a statement to The Streamable (which first reported the news), Fubo blamed the fee hikes on […]

Posted: 01-28-2025 | Author: Staff Report

Broadband TV News reports: “Latin America’s media and entertainment industry is projected to grow by 9.4% in 2025, reaching $55 billion, according to Omdia. The projection would significantly outpace the global average of 6% growth and far exceeding the 3.3% growth expected in the United States.” Read More

Posted: 01-28-2025 | Author: Staff Report

TechCrunch reports: “The mobile app for DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, skyrocketed to the No. 1 spot in app stores around the globe this weekend, topping the U.S.-based AI chatbot, ChatGPT. On iOS, DeepSeek is currently the No. 1 free app in the U.S. App Store and 51 other countries, according to mobile app analytics […]

Posted: 01-28-2025 | Author: Staff Report

The Hollywood Reporter reports: “As last year wound down, the Disney TV empire — counting broadcasters like ABC, streaming platforms Disney+ and Hulu along with cable channels like FX — managed to stave off YouTube in the race for viewing marketshare in the attention economy.” Read More

Posted: 01-28-2025 | Author: Staff Report

Variety reports: “Spotify paid out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024 — some $1 billion more than last year, the previous record — making its total around $60 billion since it was founded in 2006. The company made the announcement in a blog post Tuesday morning.” Read More

Posted: 01-28-2025 | Author: Staff Report

CNBC reports: “OpenAI on Tuesday announced its biggest product launch since its enterprise rollout. It’s called ChatGPT Gov and was built specifically for U.S. government use. The Microsoft-backed company bills the new platform as a step beyond ChatGPT Enterprise as far as security.” Read More

Posted: 01-27-2025 | Author: Staff Report

Broadband TV News reports: “Apple TV has signed its first-ever agreement with the French production sector, committing it to investment in local and European production. Under the agreement, Apple TV+ will invest 20% of its previous year’s net annual turnover in the development of original production.” Read More

Posted: 01-27-2025 | Author: Staff Report

Music Ally reports: “Music service Deezer has spent the last year developing a tool to detect wholly-AI-generated music uploaded to its service. Its announcement on Friday came with a startling statistic. The company estimates that around 10% of new tracks on its platform have been “fully AI generated”. That’s around 10,000 tracks a day.” Read […]

Posted: 01-27-2025 | Author: Staff Report

Deadline reports: “Spotify and Universal Music Group have struck a new multi-year agreement for recorded music and music publishing “focused on growth, innovation and the advancement of artists’ and songwriters’ success.” Per the deal, consumers and artists alike will gain access to new paid subscription tiers, bundling options for music and other audio content and […]

Posted: 01-27-2025 | Author: Staff Report

GamesBeat reports: “Pocket Worlds, maker of the popular social gaming app Highrise has acquired Infinite Canvas, an AI-driven user-generated content (UGC) development team. Infinite Canvas has created AI-powered experiences across UGC platforms like Roblox and Discord, reaching a peak of 19 million monthly active users. This acquisition positions Pocket Worlds to beef up its creator […]