Niche streamers say EU rules are quietly strangling them Beyond Mainstream alliance warns the EU's AVMSD creates disproportionate burdens for specialty streaming services, threatening content diversity and viewer choice across Europe.

Niche streamers say EU rules are quietly strangling them #NicheStreaming #EURegulations #ContentDiversity #StreamingServices #AVMSD

Niche streamers say EU rules are quietly strangling them Beyond Mainstream alliance warns the EU's AVMSD creates disproportionate burdens for specialty streaming services, threatening content diversity and viewer choice across Europe.

Niche streamers say EU rules are quietly strangling them #NicheStreaming #EURegulations #ContentDiversity #StreamingServices #AVMSD

The MP3 fatigue - Negative PID We love listening to music while we work. There's nothing like a good song playing in the background to pull out some genius from your brain and get you going

The MP3 fatigue

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#MP3 #music #Internet #streaming #streamingServices #onlineMusic #onlineCatalogue #arts #copyrights #LPs #turntables #analogMusic #negativepid

Your Streaming Bill Just Got More Expensive. Here's What's Coming Next Kayo, Netflix and Apple TV+ have all raised prices in early 2026. New Australian laws coming July 2027 will make subscription cancellation simple.

Your Streaming Bill Just Got More Expensive. Here's What's Coming Next

#StreamingServices #ConsumerRights #CostOfLiving #Netflix #AusNews

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YouTube Premium Lite finally gets background play and downloads YouTube Premium Lite adds background play and downloads for most non-music videos, narrowing the gap with full Premium. Shorts and music content stay excluded.

ICYMI: YouTube Premium Lite finally gets background play and downloads #YouTubePremium #YouTubeLite #BackgroundPlay #VideoDownloads #StreamingServices

YouTube Premium Lite finally gets background play and downloads YouTube Premium Lite adds background play and downloads for most non-music videos, narrowing the gap with full Premium. Shorts and music content stay excluded.

ICYMI: YouTube Premium Lite finally gets background play and downloads #YouTubePremium #YouTubeLite #BackgroundPlay #VideoDownloads #StreamingServices

community.qobuz.com/ai-charter Quboz AI Charter - first time I have seen this on streaming service #AICharter #quoboz #streamingservices #AIinmusic #AI

From $10 Tickets to $6,000 Seats: How Concerts Got So Damn Expensive Concerts have evolved from affordable events accessible to fans into exorbitantly priced luxury experiences. Factors like the Ticketmaster and Live Nation merger, streaming’s impact on artist…

From $10 tickets to $6,000 seats.
Concerts didn’t get “better” — they got hijacked.
Monopolies, greed, and fees that cost more than entire shows used to.
I broke it all down.
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#Concerts #Ticketmaster #StreamingServices #Greed #monopoly

Internet Protocol Television Market Size, Share | Growth Analysis Forecast Till 2035 Internet Protocol Television Market Is Projected To Grow USD 329.42 Billion by 2035, Reaching at a CAGR of 16.4% During 2025 - 2035

IPTV Market Share Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
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#IPTVMarket #DigitalTV #StreamingServices #BroadbandTV

Video Streaming Market Size, Share & Growth Report, 2035 Video Streaming Market is expected to reach USD 1117.79 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 15.67% during the forecast period 2024-2032.

Video Streaming Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
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#VideoStreaming #OTT #StreamingServices #DigitalMedia

Internet Protocol Television Market Size, Share | Growth Analysis Forecast Till 2035 Internet Protocol Television Market Is Projected To Grow USD 329.42 Billion by 2035, Reaching at a CAGR of 16.4% During 2025 - 2035

IPTV Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
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Internet Protocol Television Market Size, Share | Growth Analysis Forecast Till 2035 Internet Protocol Television Market Is Projected To Grow USD 329.42 Billion by 2035, Reaching at a CAGR of 16.4% During 2025 - 2035

Internet Protocol Television Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
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#InternetProtocolTelevisionMarket #IPTVMarket #DigitalTV #StreamingServices

Telly’s Plan For ‘Free’ Ad-Based TV Revolution Runs Into Quality Control Problems Back in 2023 we noted how a company named Telly proclaimed it had come up with a new idea for a TV: a free TV, with a second small TV below it, that shows users ads pretty much all of the time. Whi…

Telly’s Plan For ‘Free’ Ad-Based TV Revolution Runs Into Quality Control Problems #Technology #Business #IndustryGiants #AdBasedTV #QualityControl #StreamingServices

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#iQorCXBPO #StreamingServices #WinterSports #DigitalExperience

Netflix Says if the HBO Merger Makes It Too Expensive, You Can Always Cancel During a hearing at the US Senate, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the company is working with the US government on guardrails against more price hikes.

Netflix Says if the HBO Merger Makes It Too Expensive, You Can Always Cancel #Technology #Business #AcquisitionsandMergers #Netflix #HBOMerger #StreamingServices

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Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive 80 percent of HBO Max subscribers subscribe to Netflix, Sarandos tells Senate.

Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive  #Technology #Business #Other #Netflix #HBOmax #StreamingServices

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Streaming’s Broken Promise: How Corporate Greed Ruined Our Ad-Free Entertainment This article discusses how streaming services, once a haven for ad-free and affordable content, have increasingly adopted intrusive ads and complex pricing models driven by corporate greed. It high…

Streaming services have been around for nearly 20 years, yet I still don’t get it: If they make us watch commercials, why do they also charge a monthly fee? Are we paying for the 'privilege' of watching ads? 🤔
#StreamingServices #Paramont #PrimeVideo
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Discovery+ Canada Shutdown: Subscribers Forced to Rebuild Accounts on New Platform Discovery+ is changing in Canada, but the transition may not be as seamless as subscribers expect. Here’s what viewers should know.

Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVFeatures #WarnerBros #StreamingServices Discovery+ Canada Shutdown: Subscribers Forced to Rebuild Accounts on New Platform

WETA Launches WETA+ Free Streaming Service New service offers wide and locally curated catalog of live and on-demandprogramming from D.C.’s PBS station

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@anniegirl.bsky.social @maej43.bsky.social @luciecatnip.bsky.social @doloresquintana.bsky.social If, like me, you enjoy #British content, there's a shocking amount of it available on free with ads, #StreamingServices & #Kanopy as well.😌

Anyone else miss TV shows with seasons of 24 episodes or more? I really do and i hope when Scrubs comes back in February they at least give it's 10th season 15 episodes or at least make each episode over 40 minutes long (Curse the short attention spans of the 2020s)
#ScrubsReboot #StreamingServices

Mergers galore, end of the year postings, animated Lara Croft taking one final bow, a focus on certain webcomics and indie animation, and assorted pop culture news This newsletter is structured like my last one, but centers on the proposed Netflix-Warner merger, my recent posts, spotlights webcomics and indie animation, and has much more

The #newsletter has nine sections. The first is about the proposed merger of #netflix and #wbd, i.e. #warnerbrosdiscovery or just #warner, entitled "Netflix’s Merger Gamble" historyhermann.substack.com/i/180564214/... (1/?) #streamingservices #finalspace #mergers #corporations

A 300TB Spotify backup just landed, what you can get today Anna's Archive published a torrents-based Spotify backup: a 300TB release of Spotify catalog metadata today, with staged audio files to follow. Here is what's included, what's missing, and why it exists....

A 300TB Spotify backup just landed, what you can get today #Technology #Internet #SpotifyBackup #DataStorage #StreamingServices

How to Quickly Find Out What's Streaming on Multiple Services at Once Build a watchlist of all the movies and shows you want to watch, no matter where they’re streaming.

Are you overwhelmed by the extraordinary amount of content on the streaming platforms for which you have subscriptions? You may find the solution in this piece from the folks at Wired.

#StreamingServices #Wired

If you are bothered/angry about the electricity usage of #datacenters, stop using them! Start with boycotting #streamingServices and #AI.
#sustainability

YouTube TV to launch genre-based subscription plans in 2026 The new packages will give consumers more flexibility over the content that they want to pay for. YouTube notes that users will still get access to popular features like unlimited DVR, multiview, key...

YouTube TV to launch genre-based subscription plans in 2026 #Technology #Business #Other #YouTubeTV #SubscriptionPlans #StreamingServices

YouTube TV launches genre-based plans with sports focus in 2026 YouTube TV announces over 10 genre-specific subscription packages launching early 2026, including dedicated sports plan with ESPN networks and NFL add-ons.

YouTube TV launches genre-based plans with sports focus in 2026 #YouTubeTV #StreamingServices #SportsStreaming #ESPN #NFL

YouTube TV launches genre-based plans with sports focus in 2026 YouTube TV announces over 10 genre-specific subscription packages launching early 2026, including dedicated sports plan with ESPN networks and NFL add-ons.

YouTube TV launches genre-based plans with sports focus in 2026 #YouTubeTV #StreamingServices #SportsStreaming #ESPN #NFL

Is the acquisition of Warner Discovery by either Netflix or Paramount anticompetitive? The dynamic for this industry was set in stone many years ago

#streamingservices #antitrust #strategy #entertainmentnews #entertainmentindustry #mergersandacquisitions

Me: paying £££ for everything else in life
Netflix: “Actually… no kindness allowed.”

#Netflix #WarnerBros #StreamingServices