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  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Square to buy majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming platform

    Mobile payments group will pay nearly $300m in a mixture of cash and stock

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Netflix Inc
    Netflix plans big local content boost in quest for India edge

    Streaming giant to roll out largest-ever programming slate as it battles Disney and Amazon Prime

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    ViacomCBS to join streaming services fray from March

    Company behind the likes of Paramount Pictures looks to revive Redstone family business

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Spotify Technology SA
    Spotify rules out imminent price rise in US market

    CEO Daniel Ek tells FT it will tread ‘very carefully’ despite pressure from music labels

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Indonesia slashes online piracy as streaming services pile in

    Netflix and Disney Plus look to expand in south-east Asia’s biggest economy

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    News in-depth
    US video streaming giants face tough second act in India

    Netflix, Amazon and Disney tackle greater scrutiny from censors as they engage in a fierce pricing war

  • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    Musicians sing the blues as Covid and Brexit devastate sector

    Closure of venues to stem spread of coronavirus and EU visa problems leave artists struggling

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    News in-depth
    Netflix meets its match in Nordic minnow Nent

    Stockholm-based group holding its ground in region — in contrast to other European media companies

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    Media
    Warner Music chief warns back catalogue gold rush could end in tears

    Rash of recent deals defy financial logic, says Steve Cooper

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  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    AT&T Inc
    AT&T takes $15.5bn charge on pay-TV business

    HBO Max remains bright spot as consumers shift to online streaming during pandemic

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Netflix Inc
    Netflix signals stock buybacks to come as subscribers hit 200m

    Shares jump as video streaming pioneer says it no longer needs junk debt to fund programming

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    LexRoku LLC
    Roku/Quibi: dis-content Premium

    Push into original content seems superfluous to an already successful business model

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    News in-depth
    Discovery bets on Olympics and live sport as it joins streaming wars

    Tokyo Games an opportunity to lure subscribers to Discovery Plus as TV group competes with Disney and Netflix

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Streaming boom benefits new artists, says UK music industry

    BPI counters criticism from struggling musicians by pointing to investment by big labels

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
    Amazon and Netflix look beyond Bollywood for India’s next big hit

    Streaming groups and cinema chains turn to non-Hindi language films as Covid-19 hits production

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Lex
    Sony/streaming: music to your ears Premium

    Streaming content holds plenty of promise for the Japanese company

  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Inside BusinessAlex Barker
    Christmas streaming battle goes dark

    Lack of ratings data makes it hard to distinguish a flop from a hit — and for producers to strike deals

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    Music
    Taylor Swift, Bob Dylan and the future of streaming

    Former Spotify chief economist Will Page on what it really means when fans ‘prefer the early stuff’

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Social Media
    YouTube bows to pressure to set up Turkey office

    Video-streaming service agrees to demands from Ankara following threat of de facto ban

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Indian business & finance
    Amazon primed for India cricket rights push

    US streaming giant signals intent to build live offering of country’s top sport

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Lex
    Disney/streaming: the empire strikes back Premium

    Taking on Netflix will be expensive but the pay-off should be big

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    FT Magazine
    From Bob Dylan to Blondie — why investors are buying up hit songs

    Songwriters deprived of touring revenue are cashing in their back catalogues but will it pay off?

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Walt Disney Co
    Disney forecasts tripling of new subscribers to streaming service

    Media giant to increase prices of Disney Plus and boost spending on new films and shows

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Discovery Inc
    Discovery joins second wave of streaming launches

    Group behind HGTV and Eurosport hopes global reach will compete in Netflix- and Disney-dominated market

  • Saturday, 21 November, 2020
    Special ReportArt & Culture in the Gulf
    Iranians escape harsh Covid realities by streaming real-life dramas about power

    World-renowned movie industry takes a back seat during the pandemic

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