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Amazon revealed today that is raising the prices of Amazon Music Unlimited, its Spotify and Apple Music competitor.

Plex today announced two new features that it says will help users find and keep track of content across media streaming services.

The first episode of Halo The Series will be free to watch on YouTube for a week, though only in the US.

YouTube could have big plans for podcasts creators this year including the launch of dedicated podcast pages, audio ads, and new metrics for content creators.

Apple has revealed the first scheduled games that will be available as part of its new Friday Night Baseball series, which will start airing next week on April 8.

YouTube TV is planning to bring 5.1 audio support to Google TV, Android TV, and Roku devices soon, with Apple TV, Fire TV, and game consoles to follow.

The much-anticipated Halo TV series is making its big debut today on Paramount+, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will be able to watch it for free.

Google announced that Spotify will be the first Android app to be allowed to use its own billing system instead of Google Play’s.

YouTube users in the US are getting access to a vast catalog of movies and popular TV shows, which will be all free to watch with ads.

Google's Play Store app on Android will soon lose its Movies & TV content section. Starting in May 2022, the Google TV Android app will become the main place where Android users can purchase movies and TV shows from Google.

Roku today announced Roku OS 11, which adds some long-overdue personalization features, including a personal photo screensaver.

The Apple TV app for Android TV and Google TV no longer supports in-app purchases, which means that users can no longer use the app to buy or rent movies or TV shows, or subscribe to the company’s Apple TV+ streaming service.

Netflix will soon let subscribers in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru pay to give up to two extra members they don’t live with access to Netflix at a lower price.

Google today announced several major functional changes to Android, including updates to Messages, Photos, and more.

YouTube has reportedly started offering up to $300K “grants” to podcasters to convince them to launch a video version of their podcast on the platform.

Netflix is joining the growing list of global companies that decided to leave the Russian market. The streaming service previously announced that it was pausing production of all new original shows in the country.

Facebook and YouTube have banned the Russian news channels RT and Sputnik in Europe in response to Russia’s full-scale assault on Ukraine.

YouTube detailed the challenges posed by “borderline” videos that don’t violate YouTube’s CGUs but can still be responsible for making misinformation go viral.

Roku reported that it earned a profit of $380 million on revenues of $865 million in the quarter ending December 31.

The Halo television series that will make its debut on Paramount+ on March 24 has already been renewed for a second season and will have David Wiener as a showrunner and executive producer.

Disney+ ended 2021 with about 130 million subscribers, an annual gain of 37 percent when compared to the 95 million a year earlier.

Google has several new features in the pipeline for YouTube this year including new monetization opportunities for creators and collaborative live streaming.

Despite the ongoing component shortage, Sonos reported record revenues for the quarter ending December 31, 2021.

As part of its quarterly earnings report, Spotify said that it now has over 406 million monthly average users, up 18 percent year-over-year.

As part of its latest quarterly report, video streaming Netflix reported that it now has over 222 million paying subscribers, up 9 percent year-over-year.

Netflix announced it was raising the price of its subscription streaming service by $1 to $2 per month depending on the plan.

Having missed its self-imposed 2021 deadline for a lossless tier of its music service, Spotify now says it has no idea when it will be ready.