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Exclusive: Why the TV industry is all ears for podcasts
Nick Edwards investigates what it takes to adapt an audio production for the screen but…
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Paramount+ alum Julie McNamara lands at Spotify
Julie McNamara, former EVP and head of programming at ViacomCBS-owned streamer Paramount+, has resurfaced at…
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Netflix orders scripted series exploring Spotify from Yellow Bird UK
Netflix has ordered a Swedish and English-language drama from the producers behind its forthcoming scripted…
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Amazon explores free music service to take on Spotify
Amazon is in talks to launch a free music streaming service that will see it…
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Spotify hires Lifetime alum Liz Gately
Spotify has added yet another veteran TV exec to its team, this time ex-Lifetime staffer…
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TBI Weekly: Spotify re-enters the programming game
Spotify has been reaching out to select producers for new video content as it looks…
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Spotify builds content team with Condé Nast hire
Spotify has hired Condé Nast Entertainment’s (CNE) acting president Sahar Elhabashi as VP of content…
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TBI Weekly: Is Spotify joining the TV hustle?
This week, Spotify hired a TV veteran as its new content chief, which some predict…
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Spotify appoints ex-CW exec as chief content officer
Spotify has appointed Condé Nast’s president of entertainment, Dawn Ostroff, as its chief content officer,…
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Ex-VH1 boss leaves Spotify video chief post
Spotify’s head of video content, Tom Calderone, has reportedly left the company in an apparent…
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Ex-Netflix exec joins Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Digital Networks (WBDN) has expanded with a trio of hires, including hiring a…
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Starz adds Spotify to TV Everywhere app
Starz has done a deal with Spotify that will allow users of its updated premium…
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UK gov’t: streaming services up, piracy down
A “steep rise” in the use of streaming services like Netflix and Spotify has coincided…
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Sky launches contract-free, triple-play Now TV box
Sky’s standalone digital service Now TV has launched what it claims is the UK’s first…
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Report: Amazon prepares music streaming service
Amazon is reportedly preparing a standalone music streaming service, in a move that promises to…
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Spotify launches slate of originals
Music streaming service Spotify has launched a 12-strong slate of original programmes. The new shows…
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Report: Apple starts work on first original
Apple has reportedly started work on its first original TV series, with plans to launch…
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Spotify begins video rollout
Spotify has begun rolling out video content on the music streaming service in partnership with…
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Netflix will pass on cost of cloud tax
Netflix has said it will pass on the cost of the ‘cloud tax’ that will…
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Spotify makes UK and US TV move
A new video platform from on-demand music app Spotify will run content from a variety of…
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MTG creates digital hub in VOD drive
Modern Times Group is to create a new ‘digital hub’ to accelerate the pace of…
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Spotify plans push into TV
Internet-powered music service Spotify is planning to make a bigger push into the living room,…
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Roku adds new content and device partners
US firm Roku, maker of highly popular streaming video devices of the same name, has…
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Canal+ joins forces with Spotify
Canal+ France has created a new musicsite in partnership with Spotify. The service, called simply…
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Spotify eyes HBO Nordic deal
Online music service Spotify could be about to create a new video entertainment unit with…