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Members of the Ukrainian music community yesterday called on Apple Music and Spotify to allow artists to include political messaging in their artwork on the streaming platforms in response to Russia’s invasion of their country.As the Russian army continues and escalates its military assault on Ukraine, President Putin’s regime is pursing a prolific propaganda campaign within Russia in a bid to hide the motives for and scale of the invasion. Ukrainian musicians want to pursue every possible way of informing Russian citizens about what is happening on the ground, including via the digital platforms that have an audience in Russia.

Kanye West has hit out at streaming services, saying the platforms have “really hurt” songwriters.The comments come after the rapper and producer announced this week that the only way to listen to his forthcoming album ‘DONDA 2’ will be via his $200 (£150) Stem Player, a device that was first released in conjunction with last year’s ‘DONDA’.Revealing that he’s made over $2.2million (£1.6m) in Stem Player sales in just 24 hours, Kanye explained his decision to bypass streaming services for the album in a now-deleted Instagram post, writing: “I walked away from Apple right after having the most number 1’s in Apple history. Song Writers have been really hurt by streaming platforms.”“Some say I’m the only one who can make this change.

Kanye West’s new album Donda 2 will not be available on streaming platforms.

Kanye West has fired a salvo in his war against recording companies, revealing his new album Donda 2 will not be available on any streaming service.Instead of being able to listen to the album on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora or other streaming services, fans will be required to shell out $200 to listen to the album on the 44-year-old rapper's own device, the Stem Player.West also announced a new concert at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida on February 22 (a.k.a. 2/2/22). Salvo:Kanye West has fired a salvo in his war against recording companies, revealing his new album Donda 2 will not be available on any streaming service Concert:West also announced a new concert at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida on February 22 (a.k.a.

Chinese streaming services have been slammed for censoring old episodes of hit television show Friends because of LGBTQ storyline content.Having faced ridicule for changing – and then changing back – the ending to Fight Club last week, a whole host of streaming services in the country are now facing pressure to return newly-streamed episodes of the sitcom to their original glory.According to local reports, the censoring begins from the very first episode when dialogue featuring Ross discussing ex-wife Carol Willick, who left him for a woman, was changed from “women can have multiple orgasms” to say that “women have endless gossips”.It was first broadcast uncensored by streaming services Sohu and iQiyi in 2012, but has now returned to many different services with the new script.The services featuring the show are Bilibili, Tencent, Youku, Sohu and iQiyi.It comes off the back of several changes to the Friends: Reunion episode late last year, which saw surprise guest appearance from Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and BTS all dropped from the Chinese version, while talk of LGBTQ topics were also edited out.But Chinese viewers took to local social media network Weibo to vent their anger over the change. One user wrote: “Not only does it ignore women’s sexual desire and enjoyment, but also reinforces the gender stereotype of women.” And many users like a post calling it an “insult to our English language ability”.

according to CNN.. Ross had made the statement in a debate the pros and cons of men and women.The TV show developed a large and loyal following in China after it was first broadcast uncensored by streaming services Sohu video and iQiyi in 2012.

While it’s always best to see a film in a movie theater — especially one that’s singled out as one of the year’s best pictures — that may prove difficult this year given pandemic restrictions and precautions. Some are available in theaters, and some of those are only in theaters, but many are available on streaming services you likely already have.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIn another era, traditional movie studios would have exhaustively battled to buy a Sundance Film Festival crowd-pleaser like “Cha Cha Real Smooth” in the hopes of turning critical raves into the next theatrical hit.“Cha Cha Real Smooth,” writer-director Cooper Raiff’s charming story about a budding friendship between an aimless college grad and a young mother, seemed tailor-made to charm the snow boots off Sundance buyers — and it did. Apple TV Plus outbid competitors and bought the movie for $15 million, the biggest sale at this year’s festival.

As The Beatles’ final live performance atop their Apple Corps HQ in London reaches its big 53rd anniversary this Sunday, a newly mixed recording of it has arrived on the streaming services.Now, here’s a thing – and this might shock you – 53rd anniversaries aren’t really that big a deal. This obviously all comes off the back of Peter Jackson’s recent ‘Get Back’ documentary.Have you seen ‘Get Back’? Bloody hell.

The Beatles‘ legendary 1969 rooftop show is set to arrive on streaming services tomorrow (January 28).The unannounced gig took place on top of Apple Corps’ headquarters on Savile Row in London, marking the Fab Four’s final public performance of their career.Peter Jackson’s recent documentary The Beatles: Get Back includes footage of the concert, with limited IMAX screenings of the show scheduled for this Sunday (January 30).Today (January 27) it’s been announced that ‘The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Performance’ will land on Spotify, Apple Music and other major streaming platforms tomorrow (January 28) at 5am GMT via Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol/UMe.Per a press release, the complete audio for The Beatles’ rooftop performance has been mixed in stereo and Dolby Atmos for the very first time by Giles Martin and Sam Okel.You can pre-save the live album here now, and see the official teaser clip above and artwork below.This Sunday (January 30) marks the 53rd anniversary of the iconic show. Following the upcoming screenings, Peter Jackson will take part in a special Q&A session which will be broadcast simultaneously to all participating IMAX cinemas.“I’m thrilled that the rooftop concert from The Beatles: Get Back is going to be experienced in IMAX, on that huge screen,” Jackson said in a statement.“It’s The Beatles’ last concert, and it’s the absolute perfect way to see and hear it.” The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert will get a global theatrical release from February 11-13.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAs the calendar flips over to 2022, DirecTV customers will again see their rates go up — in some cases, as much as 10% — continuing its pattern of annual price hikes. The pay-TV provider is again blaming the increases on higher programming costs.The price increases will apply to most DirecTV plans and go into effect starting Jan.

Netflix's You is the most watched original series across all streaming services for the third straight week.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Penn Badgley-starring series received994 million minutes of watch time, or16.57 million hours per Netflix's new metric.The hit program was trailed by the highly popular thriller series Squid Game, which clocked in673 million minutes of watch time, and followed the new featureThe Harder They Fall, which garnered a whopping1.2 billion minutes.

Kieran Hebden – aka Four Tet – has hit out at Domino Records for removing three of his albums from streaming services, allegedly because of the ongoing legal battle between the musician and the indie label.It emerged in August that Hebden had sued Domino over the digital royalties it is paying him on albums that stem from a 2001 record deal, and a record contract that didn’t specifically talk about streaming.

The recent animated movie Ron’s Gone Wrong will be available to stream on December 15 and it will actually be available on multiple streaming services!

Kieran Hebden – aka Four Tet – has hit out at Domino Records for removing three of his albums from streaming services, allegedly because of the ongoing legal battle between the musician and the indie label.It emerged in August that Hebden had sued Domino over the digital royalties it is paying him on albums that stem from a 2001 record deal, and a record contract that didn’t specifically talk about streaming.

Four Tet says that his former label Domino have removed three of his albums with them from streaming services.The producer and DJ, real name Kieran Hebden, signed with Domino in 2001 for the release of his second album, ‘Pause’.

BBC is facing a major crisis over the rise in streaming services, a leading TV producer has warned.Ian Brown, who has worked on shows including Top Gear, fears it can’t compete with the likes of Netflix.He said: “The rise of streaming services is already affecting the BBC. Some of them are becoming super powerful.

Big news for A$AP Rocky fans!

A$AP Rocky‘s acclaimed debut mixtape ‘LIVE.LOVE.A$AP’ is coming to streaming services this week.The 2011 project, which featured the Harlem rapper’s breakout records ‘Peso’ and ‘Purple Swag’, will be added to DSP’s on Friday (October 29) with the inclusion of a new song called ‘Sandman’, produced by Kelvin Krash and Clams Casino.‘LIVE.LOVE.A$AP’ arrived after Rocky famously signed a $3million deal with RCA Records and Polo Grounds Music after a bidding war was launched for him. In January 2013, he released his debut studio album ‘Long.

Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora and Google have petitioned for the lowest royalties to date for 2023-2027.His comments to Music Business Worldwide (MBV) last week (October 14) preceded filings to the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which sets the mechanical royalty rates paid by streaming services to songwriters and publishers.

streaming revolution. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the sector had changed "beyond recognition" as it took the first steps towards regulatory action by launching a market study.