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Spotify Opens Tech Resources to Outside Development Teams

October 08, 2026
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AI Just Got Its First 24/7 TV Channel
Artificial Intelligence // August 13, 2026

Fairground AI Creator TV is a channel that runs entirely artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video 24 hours a day, seven days a week, interrupted only by AI-generated commercials. That makes it the first free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel built exclusively from AI content, Fairground Entertainment...

Amazon Revamping Prime Video to Spotlight AI
Retail // July 23, 2026

Amazon’s founder reportedly sees Prime Video as the place to tout the company’s AI efforts. Jeff Bezos has urged Prime Video boss Mike Hopkins to revamp the streaming service to give artificial intelligence (AI) a starring role, Reuters reported Thursday (July 23), citing four sources with direct knowledge of...

DOJ Seizes 1,000 Domains Illegally Streaming World Cup Finals
Legal & Regulation // July 20, 2026

The Justice Department has seized more than 1,000 domains illegally streaming World Cup matches. The seizures, announced Monday (July 20), took place in three different actions during the global soccer tournament, and were based on investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security...

Watch. Comment. Buy. AI Powers Live Shopping’s Encore
Artificial Intelligence // July 17, 2026

Live shopping is the television home shopping experience rebuilt for the internet. A host goes live on a platform, demonstrates a product, takes questions from viewers in the comments and offers a limited-time deal. Viewers buy with a single tap, without leaving the stream. The...

Interviews & Exclusives
Paramount Confronts Netflix as AI Redefines Streaming Power

December 08, 2025
The increasingly heated fight for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is, on its face, about libraries: HBO’s prestige slate, DC’s franchises and Warner’s studio machine. But the bidding war now featuring Netflix and Paramount is also a referendum on something less visible and arguably more defensible than IP: the consumer-facing algorithms that decide what gets watched, […]

PYMNTS Streaming App Provider Rankings Show Surprising Winner

November 25, 2025
Every now and then a dark horse appears in the PYMNTS App Provider Rankings that shows how much consumers are willing to discover and explore new apps in what would...

Netflix Co-CEO Outlines Growth Strategy Beyond Streaming

April 23, 2025
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos on Wednesday (April 23) laid out the streaming giant’s vision for growth, which includes plans to diversify beyond online streaming as well as continuing to grow...

Beyond Flat Fees: The Rise of Hybrid Subscription Models

February 13, 2025
New models. New ads. New pricing tiers. The subscription economy has been active, to say the least, with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan revealing TV screens have now surpassed mobile as...

Quick Reads
Spotify Opens Tech Resources to Outside Development Teams

October 08, 2026
Spotify launched a site called Spotify Technology that is designed to open the streaming audio company’s technology to outside research and development organizations, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 7) company blog post. The site builds on the company’s existing products like Backstage, Portal, Confidence and Xirp, per the post. “They were always designed to work […]

AI Just Got Its First 24/7 TV Channel

August 13, 2026
Fairground AI Creator TV is a channel that runs entirely artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video 24 hours a day, seven days a week, interrupted only by AI-generated commercials. That makes it...

Amazon Revamping Prime Video to Spotlight AI

July 23, 2026
Amazon’s founder reportedly sees Prime Video as the place to tout the company’s AI efforts. Jeff Bezos has urged Prime Video boss Mike Hopkins to revamp the streaming service to give artificial intelligence...

DOJ Seizes 1,000 Domains Illegally Streaming World Cup Finals

July 20, 2026
The Justice Department has seized more than 1,000 domains illegally streaming World Cup matches. The seizures, announced Monday (July 20), took place in three different actions during the global soccer...