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Showing posts with label Streaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Streaming. Show all posts

Thursday, May 5, 2016

YouTube gets Unplugged

TV on the Radio is a band known for making noise on the indie rock scene since 2001. If YouTube has their way, they will make TV on the Internet a reality by 2017.

Already home to millions of hours of video content, many of which includes clips and episodes of popular TV shows, YouTube is planning to enter the world of pay TV. Theyll do it with the launch of a new service that would offer users a bundle of cable channels that would be streamed online.

Branded as Unplugged, the service would be available for under $35 per month. YouTube has already begun initial discussions about Unplugged with several major media companies, but has yet to get any of them on board. 

Unplugged isnt the Google-owned companys first foray into paid video streaming. YouTube launched its Red premium subscription service last year.

Read more here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-04/youtube-said-to-plan-unplugged-online-tv-service-for-2017

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Spotify faces the music

If you enjoy streaming music online and building customized playlists based on your musical interests, chances are youve used Spotify to satisfy your aural pleasure. However, users of the service are singing a different tune these days due to a massive security breach.

Recently, a list containing the credentials for hundreds of Spotify accounts was posted on Pastebin.com. Although Spotify claims it hasnt been hacked, the evidence says otherwise. The motive for the breach is unclear, as is when the information was acquired.

Read more here:
http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/25/hundreds-of-spotify-credentials-appear-online-users-report-accounts-hacked-emails-changed/



Friday, April 15, 2016

Netflix and no chill

Netflix is raising its prices for all users of its streaming services. This has investors and consumers nervous about potential long-term repercussions. With an ever-expanding list of competitors, will this change have you reconsidering how you use Netflix?

Read more here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengensler/2016/04/15/netflix-price-hike-wall-street-concerns/#7d59e6c25b93