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Steve Jobs didn't believe music fans would ever pay to "subscribe" to streaming music. The times they are a-changin' in Cupertino.
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Internet bandwidth study shows that people can't get enough Netflix
Internet denizens must really love their Netflix--so much so that according to a recent study, the streaming service accounts for over a third of peak-hour downstream Internet traffic in North America.
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It took until 2014, surprisingly, but music streaming services have finally outsold CDs
What, music streaming services are just beating CDs now?! In 2014, the money generated from streaming services finally outpaced compact disc shipments, according to a recent report from the Recording Industry Association of America. Revenue from streaming services such as Pandora, Spotify, and music video services like Vevo and YouTube hit $1.87 billion in 2014. CD shipments, meanwhile, were valued at $1.85 billion.
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Rockin' the living room: Beats Music arrives on Apple TV
If you have the latest Apple TV and have configured it to accept updates automatically, you've seen a couple of new channels on its home screen.
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Samsung dumps Media Hub, sends users to M-Go
Samsung is calling a do-over on another chunk of its media business with the closure of Video Hub and Media Hub.
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YouTube poised to block indie musicians over subscription service dispute
YouTube users who like watching videos from indie label artists such as Adele, Arctic Monkeys, and Radiohead could soon lose access to their videos on the Google-owned site, thanks to a copyright fight between the indies and the video-sharing service.
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Hulu will bring free, full TV episodes to mobile users, along with ads
Good news for TV viewers on the go: Later this summer, Hulu plans to offer full TV episodes on mobile devices for free--provided you're willing to watch some ads.
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Microsoft targets June 13 to launch original Xbox programming
For a year, Xbox users have heard about Microsoft's plans to bring original programming to its gaming console. Now they have a firm date: Mark June 13, 2014 on your calendar, Xbox fans, because that's when Xbox Entertainment Studios (XES) will start transmitting interactive shows to Web-connected Xboxes.
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Hands-on with the new mobile Sonos apps
A decade after entering the field, Sonos leads the multi-room audio market, thanks in large measure to software controllers that make its hardware exceedingly easy for consumers to install and operate. Now the company is preparing to ship its first from-the-ground-up redesign of those controllers. Most Sonos users will be happy with the changes.
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Bob Dylan's interactive music video for Like A Rolling Stone boggles the mind
I've spent most of my life wading through the Internet's trenches, so I'd like to think I'm not easily flabbergasted. And then something like this rolls along--a surreal trip through Bob Dylan's classic "Like a Rolling Stone," overlaid on a television set.
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Spotify honors Nirvana with a horrible mess of a music documentary series
Spotify Landmark is a new audio documentary series, which Spotify says will capture "the story behind some of the greatest moments in music, told by the people who made them."
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Netflix turns to pirates to pick new shows
If you're wondering which TV shows Netflix hopes to add to its catalog in the coming months, look no further than sites like the Pirate Bay. When the online streaming company wants to figure out what people are watching, Netflix looks at what does well on piracy sites, Netflix vice president of content acquisition Kelly Merryman reportedly told the Dutch-language site, Tweakers.
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Great gig in the cloud: Full remastered Pink Floyd discography lands on Spotify
That didn't take long. Four days after Spotify promised to bring the Pink Floyd discography to its music service if--and only if--the classic track "Wish You Were Here" was streamed one million times, the company announced Monday that the milestone was shattered. All the Pink Floyd tunes you could ever want are now available to soothe your savage breast over on play.spotify.com or via the Spotify desktop application.
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Pink Floyd is coming to Spotify, but only if 1 million people 'Wish' for it
Pink Floyd's legendary tunes aren't exactly strangers to streaming music--Roger Waters' masterful lyrics have been gracing the likes of Pandora, Slacker, and Rdio for years now. But the band's catalog has been glaringly absent from Spotify, the 800 lb. gorilla in the streaming song arena. No more. At long last, the Pink Floyd brick is being added to Spotify's massive musical wall--but only if users wish for it.
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Netflix plans to double its original content push next year
Netflix's newfound love affair with original content isn't disappearing any time soon: The company reportedly wants to double its original programming slate in 2014.
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