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In November, Paramount became the latest streaming giant to announce price hikes, which are set to go into effect in early 2026. Several other major streaming companies have also raised subscription ...

Anna's Archive, a shadow library search engine, recently scraped Spotify to create a pirate archive containing 86 million songs and metadata for 256 million tracks.

In streaming, the challenge is immediate: customers are watching TV right now, not planning to watch it tomorrow. When systems fail during prime time, there is no recovery window; viewers leave and ...

Streaming devices, such as Fire TV Sticks and Chromecasts, collect personal data for various purposes. If that makes you uneasy, here's how to regain some control.

YouTube is pulling its data from Billboard for use in the publisher’s industry-leading U.S. music charts. The decision is in ...

Content associated with live game airings enable existing fans to engage more deeply with their favorite sports while also ...

Music followed closely as another major category of engagement. Listening habits in 2025 reflected both global exposure and ...

Vevo's Natasha Potashnik, TVIQ's Sara Sinclair, NPAW's Bruno Giner, and Reality Software's Nadine Krefetz discuss the key data points publishers demand to understand their audiences better and where ...

The hottest big data tools in 2025 include Amazon Aurora DSQL, Snowflake Intelligence, and the Databricks Lakebase.

Google announced Query groups in Search Console Insights. The AI feature clusters similar search queries, surfaces trends, and shows which topics drive clicks. Query groups uses AI to cluster similar ...

Shares of Confluent Inc. closed 7.5% higher today following a report that it’s exploring a sale. Three sources told Reuters that the company, which commercializes Apache Kafka, has drawn takeover ...