Twitter's stab at the music scene burst on the scene a few weeks ago, in all it's celebrity-stalking glory. But there's at least one feature that's still hiding behind the scenes: a LastFM-like "similar artists" option, and you can coax it out if you know the secret code. Read More >>
Featured comment by snapper.fishes:
"And OF COURSE you have to use the worst possible example. I mean, it's not like you can think of ANY other artists off the top of your head, am I righ..." More »
Oh, hey, Netflix is getting wise, finally. In its quarterly money-talking-numbers session, CEO Reed Hastings let out that Netflix is going to introduce a new $12 (£8-odd) per month plan for families that lets them stream four shows at once. The old £6 plan has a limit of two simultaneous streams. Read More >>
Featured comment by zakida:
"Yeah, the likes of Showtime and HBO have some amazing shows and I would love the chance to see them legitimately and engage in online discussions as t..." More »
OK, so unless you've been living under a rock for a week, you should know that Daft Punk has a new track called 'Get Lucky' out for everyone and their mums to listen to. It seems that's exactly what's happened too, because it's absolutely smashed Spotify streaming records in both the UK and US. But, really, is it actually that good? Read More >>
Featured comment by Growmac:
"I actually signed up to a premium Spotify trial so I could try #Music.
Unimpressed with #Music for reasons you outline well, but Spotify has blown..." More »
Netflix currently uses Microsoft's Silverlight plugin to run its streams. It's an inelegant solution that sometimes makes for subpar and bogged down streaming experiences. But Silverlight is possibly dying! And Netflix wants to get better! So Netflix is planning to move on from streaming on Silverlight and towards HTML5 video. When that happens, streaming movies on Netflix might suck less. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"To be fair to Microsoft...this is exactly what has happened. They developed Silverlight...but are letting it die gradually in support of HTML 5. I rem..." More »
It seems legions of people were up in arms over an apparent lack of the brand new series Mad Men on Sky Go. Eager cord-cutters and Sky-subscription sharers alike were queued up last night to watch the live stream of the premier of latest season of Mad Men, only to be greeted with an error basically saying "not available". Anger ensued. Read More >>
Featured comment by adeyb:
"I am waiting for those incredible talented people over at XDA to come up with a work-around... Alas, nothing to date... A small price to pay for bei..." More »
Featured comment by ian1175:
"So the music is going down boohoo how many people who read these articles are actually bothered about blackberry anymore ?
Blackberry had its day an..." More »
We've been saying for years all the Apple TV needs are channel-specific streaming TV apps and it'd be truly awesome. Now Ouya's CEO has come out and basically said that the mini Android console should come packing a load of streaming apps from major publishers and she's "talking to everyone". Read More >>
Featured comment by hughes82:
"who cares about ondemand catch up tv and films lol
most people have atleast 1 device conneced to their tv that has all these, or even their tv if i..." More »
Spotify's just dropped its 5-free-play cap on individual tracks in the UK, which means you can now play your fave tunes as many times as you like without paying a penny. [Music Alley] Read More >>
Featured comment by cutrose:
"Does no one but me pay for premium? Its an excellent service. If I had to pay for the tens of thousands of tracks I've played so far, I'd have been pe..." More »
Livestreams are great and all, but they're all subject to a terrible reality: the more people who want to watch, the more likely it is the stream goes down. BitTorrent's P2P streaming service BitTorrent Live stands to change all that by actually drawing strength from the crowd, and it's here to start shaking up the scene. Read More >>
The ongoing legal case between some of the UK's big ad-funded TV networks and streaming site TVCatchup has come its latest conclusion, with the European court of Justice ruling that any streaming services must get permission from the original broadcaster to redistribute their feeds. And that's very unlikely to be granted. Read More >>
Featured comment by resis:
"Indeed - but if there is no ITV, Channel 4 or Channel 5 it's not exactly a small selection - they are three of the five biggest channels, who run seve..." More »
Of course this would happen. According to the New York Post, Apple is lowballing record labels for the rights to use their music in a new music streaming service. Read More >>
Featured comment by zakida:
"Pfft. I have my music and ebooks sitting on an external hard drive. I will simply give that to my heirs and thus I will be giving them my music and ..." More »
The best little streaming black box just got a spanking new model: the Roku 3. The slightly updated design adds a few curves to the square black box design and also throws in an updated user interface, a much faster processor, and even a private-watching mode that uses wireless audio from the remote control. Yes, the remote control has a headphone jack. Read More >>
After an earlier false start, Tesco's ClubCard TV is finally live, and anyone with a ClubCard can now sign up for free. It's powered by Silverlight, currently only streams in SD, is funded by pre-roll and mid-play adverts, but does have The Shawshank Redemption, so there's at least one movie worth watching on there. It's free, so give it a whirl. [ClubCard TV] Read More >>
Featured comment by Lawton:
"Yeah it has to be a security thing we all know flash has more holes in it that a cheese named after some neutral eu country." More »
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