Music
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Sonos Offering Six Months Free Disney+ Access with Sound Bar Purchase
Sonos, manufacturer of high-end sound bars, is joining forces with Disney+ for a multifaceted strategic marketing campaign this fall. The two brands are working together for the widely-anticipated premiere of the second season of “The Mandalorian” on Oct. 30. Specifically, Sonos will offer consumers of its Arc, Beam, or qualifying speaker sets, free six-month access … Continue reading “Sonos Offering Six Months Free Disney+ Access with Sound Bar Purchase”
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Roku Offering Free 90-Day Access to Apple TV+; Introduces New Ultra Media Player, Branded Sound Bar, Operating System
Roku Sept. 28 announced it would give customers who purchase and activate a Roku device between Oct. 23, 2020 and Jan. 31, 2021, three months of free access to Apple TV+, the SVOD platform launched last November. The offer is available to new Apple TV+ subscribers only and must be redeemed by Feb. 2, 2021. … Continue reading “Roku Offering Free 90-Day Access to Apple TV+; Introduces New Ultra Media Player, Branded Sound Bar, Operating System”
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Sonos Offering Six Months Free Disney+ Access with Sound Bar Purchase
Sonos, manufacturer of high-end sound bars, is joining forces with Disney+ for a multifaceted strategic marketing campaign this fall. The two brands are working together for the widely-anticipated premiere of the second season of “The Mandalorian” on Oct. 30. Specifically, Sonos will offer consumers of its Arc, Beam, or qualifying speaker sets, free six-month access … Continue reading “Sonos Offering Six Months Free Disney+ Access with Sound Bar Purchase”
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HBO Max Lands Carrie Underwood Christmas Special
HBO Max Sept. 24 announced today a holiday special starring seven-time Grammy Award winner, five-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year and the 2020 ACM Entertainer of the Year, Carrie Underwood, performing songs from her first ever full-length Christmas album, “My Gift,” which is available on CD and digital Sept. 25th. The streamer will premiere … Continue reading “HBO Max Lands Carrie Underwood Christmas Special”
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FilmRise, Redbox Free Live TV Streaming Music Concert Marathon
FilmRise, along with Redbox Free Live TV, will stream a music concert marathon on Sept. 27th. The concert marathon features more than 30 concerts, including Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper and Phil Collins, among others. Specific highlights include Prince’s Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987), Paul McCartney and Wings: Rockshow (1980), The Doors: Live at the Bowl (1968), and Frank Sinatra: … Continue reading “FilmRise, Redbox Free Live TV Streaming Music Concert Marathon”
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Apple Bows ‘Apple One’ Service Bundles
Since announcing a bevy of branded subscription platforms covering magazines, periodicals, music, video and gaming in 2019, Apple has partnered SVOD service, Apple TV+, with select third-parties to expand distribution. Now Apple is going in-house with platform bundling pricing options. Dubbed “Apple One,” the bundles range from combinations of Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple … Continue reading “Apple Bows ‘Apple One’ Service Bundles”
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Vevo Inks Music Video Distribution Deal With Australia’s Telstra TV
Vevo, a music video streaming platform, announced that its catalog of 450,000 videos will now be available on Telstra TV, the streaming service owned by Australian telecommunications giant Telstra. The telco has more than 16 million subscribers. The addition of music videos to the service comes at a time for consumers when their access to … Continue reading “Vevo Inks Music Video Distribution Deal With Australia’s Telstra TV”
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Spotify Launches on Comcast’s Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex
Comcast June 22 announced that Spotify is now available to stream on cloud-based Xfinity platform, affording subscribers the ability to listen to the audio streaming service’s 50 million music tracks and podcasts directly on the TV. Broadband-based Xfinity Flex subs can access Spotify with their Xfinity Voice Remote. Spotify will begin rolling out to X1 … Continue reading “Spotify Launches on Comcast’s Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex”
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Crackle Plus Launching Music Channel Featuring Festivals, Concerts
Crackle Plus, the ad-supported VOD platform owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, June 17 announced that its Sounds of Summer Channel is launching July 1. The channel will feature a wide selection of music documentaries and concert films from artists such as Katy Perry, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Tom Petty, among others. Many … Continue reading “Crackle Plus Launching Music Channel Featuring Festivals, Concerts”
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ViacomCBS Promotes Bruce Gillmer to President of Music
ViacomCBS June 11 named Bruce Gillmer president of music, music talent, programming and events at ViacomCBS Media Networks, effective immediately. Reporting to CEO Bob Bakish, Gillmer will be tasked guiding the media company’s strategy to align and optimize all music-driven initiatives across ViacomCBS. “Music is a thread uniting many of our brands, and I’m confident … Continue reading “ViacomCBS Promotes Bruce Gillmer to President of Music”
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Vevo Music Video Catalog Added to AVOD Service Xumo
Music video platform Vevo has added its catalog of music videos to AVOD service Xumo. Xumo’s ad-supported service is available in 45 million U.S. households via smart TVs, mobile, Web and streaming boxes. It offers 190-plus linear and on-demand channels. “We are very excited to partner with Xumo as we continue to expand our linear-programmed … Continue reading “Vevo Music Video Catalog Added to AVOD Service Xumo”
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Streaming Filmed Content May Be Up, But Music Isn’t Sharing in the Spoils, Study Finds
Streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu may be chalking up significant upticks in viewership due to the coronvirus pandemic stay-at-home orders, but music services aren’t enjoying a similar bonanza, according to Futuresource Consulting. Indeed, the research firm in a study released April 27 said that since the lockdown began, some music streaming services have … Continue reading “Streaming Filmed Content May Be Up, But Music Isn’t Sharing in the Spoils, Study Finds”