Apple and Formula One announce a five-year US media rights deal for all races, starting in 2026; sources: Apple is paying ~$140M/year, up from ESPN's ~$85M/year
and no one saw it coming BBC : Apple wins US F1 TV rights in $750m deal Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times : F1 races to air exclusively on Apple TV next year Timi Cantisano / Android Police : YouTube TV v...
Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio at 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to Premium users over the next two months in 50 markets, without needing a pricier subscription
What is it, how to activate and more Business Today : Spotify launches lossless audio for Premium users after years of delay Joey Sneddon / OMG! Ubuntu : Spotify Finally Adds Lossless Audio Streaming ...
Bluesky blocks access to its service in Mississippi, saying it doesn't have the resources to comply with the state's broad new law requiring age verification
Bluesky's decision to drop out of the Mississippi market … Rob Pegoraro / PCMag : Bluesky Blocks Mississippi Users Instead of Making Them Prove They're Over 18 Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press ...
The Wikimedia Foundation pauses an experiment that showed Wikipedia users AI-generated summaries at the top of some articles, following an editor backlash
Say No ‘Need To One-Up’ With Google David Uzondu / Neowin : Wikipedia suffers backlash from human editors over AI summaries, prompting feature pause Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku : Wikipedia Won't Add AI-Gene...
WBD rolls out a $7.99/month Extra Member Add-On for US Max subscribers, about two years after Netflix made a similar move to crack down on password sharing
For A Fee Advanced Television : Max adds ‘Extra Member’ fee TechRadar : Sorry, Max's password crackdown just got serious - here's how much it will cost to add an extra member to your subscription Sara...
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting subscriber numbers on a quarterly basis
April 17, 2025 Fellow shareholders, ● We are off to a good start in 2025. Annika Masrani / TipRanks Financial : Netflix Stock (NFLX) Pops as Earnings Beat but Tariffs Threaten Growth Dan Gallagher / W...
Nielsen: YouTube was the top TV distributor in February 2025, making up 11.6% of all US TV; over-50s viewers accounted for 36% of time spent watching it on TVs
and it's another alarm bell for Hollywood Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter : Seniors are watching twice as much YouTube on TVs as they were a year ago John Nolte / Breitbart : Disney Loses Top Spot in TV View...
Sources: Sonos has abandoned plans to release a streaming video player, which was set to be the company's major hardware launch in 2025
what's next? iClarified : Sonos Abandons Streaming Device That Aimed to Rival Apple TV [Report] Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Report: Sonos Cancels Set-Top Box Matthew Keys / The Desk : Report: Sonos aba...
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels
Sigh. Streaming TV prices are going to get obscene in 2025. — www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24... Mastodon: @SuffolkLITLab@esq.social : TL;DR: Venu Sports, the anticipated joint streaming venture from...
In mockups on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, a $72-per-year or $8-per-month subscription offering profile customizations, higher video upload limits, and more
Here's What May Be Included Adam Marshall / Tech.co : Bluesky Paid Subscription Tier May Be Just Around the Corner Anshuman Jain / Beebom : Free Lunch Is Over: Bluesky Premium Features Leak with $8 Mo...