Around a quarter of music on streaming services didn’t get played at all in 2023, new study finds

Those searching for a better TV and broadband deal have been issued a four-day warning on a Sky TV offer expiring very soon.

Lady Gaga songs have surfaced on streaming services, listed under her real name, Stefani Germanotta, with no mention of her stage name. The three songs under that heading are purported different mixes or versions of two previously released songs, “Perfect Illusion” and “Fashion,” as well as an unreleased 2007 song called “Retro Physical” that Gagapedia states is a collaboration with producer Noize Trip that has been making the rounds online for many years; that song is very much in the vein of her 2008 debut album, “The Fame.” The other two sound like early versions of the officially released songs.

Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum fell in love while working on a movie, which was originally titled Pussy Island, but now it has a new name.

Megan Thee Stallion has dropped a defiant new single titled ‘Hiss’. Check it out below.Shared today (January 26), the new track comes as the latest addition to the rapper’s ongoing run of snake-themed songs following the release of ‘Cobra’ last year.With ‘Hiss’, Megan Thee Stallion takes on her haters, using the track to show off her confidence and ability to refuse to give any attention to those trying to drag her down.“I just want to kick this shit off by saying fuck y’all,” she says at the start of the track.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Directors Guild of America, the Hollywood union that did not strike last year, told members Thursday that it has won additional gains, including a viewership bonus for streaming shows. DGA members will get a 50% residual bump for work on the most-watched shows on streaming platforms, matching the terms won by the Writers Guild of America. The DGA also got increases in several other areas, including a .5% increase in pension and health contributions in both the second and third year of the contract.

The movie Queenpins is currently becoming a hit for Netflix, but no, it was not made for the streaming service.

Strictly Come Dancing winners Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola have been spotted together in Manchester after finally confirming their relationship status. Ex-Coronation Street actress Ellie, 22, and professional dancer Vito, 31, were all smiles as they exited the BBC Breakfast studios at Media City in Salford on Tuesday, 23 January together.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Charter Communications, the second-biggest cable operator in the U.S., has reached a second deal to bring a premium streaming service to Spectrum TV customers. TelevisaUnivision and Charter announced a multiyear carriage-renewal agreement, under which the cable operator will bundle TelevisaUnivision’s new ad-supported premium subscription version of ViX — set to launch later this year — for no additional cost to Spectrum customers who receive TelevisaUnivision channels as part of their Spectrum TV Select or Mi Plan Latino packages.

Love Island: All-Stars has teased a brand new bombshell entering the villa on Tuesday night.

Qatar‘s Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the recipient projects for its fall 2023 grants cycle, featuring 44 films by first and second-time directors hailing from 32 countries. (scroll down for full list)

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Scripted TV output in the U.S. dropped sharply in 2023, thanks to a combination of twin Hollywood strikes and a pullback on content spending, according to a new study from research firm Ampere Analysis.

Fallout Shelter, The Elder Scrolls: Castles, has been announced.The news was announced on the official X (formerly Twitter) Bethesda account, with the post stating that the team is “excited to finally share The Elder Scrolls: Castles, our new mobile game from the team behind Fallout Shelter. The team has been hard at work on it for the last few years and we absolutely adore it.”The game allows you to control and expand your castle over various generations, making decisions that dictate exactly how your citizens perceive you and whether or not they attempt to overthrow your regime.

adopted a resolution to address the imbalance of revenue allocation in music streaming, including creating a new legal framework for streaming. There are currently no EU rules that apply to the sector.In the resolution, “pre-digital royalty rates” are to be revised, with the EU criticising business models that “force authors to accept lower or no revenues in exchange for greater visibility”.They also proposed to “reflect on the possibility” of taking action against the “overwhelming amount” of music on streaming platforms.

There are a lot of rumors circulating right now about Jacob Elordi and Olivia Jade.

Ethan Shanfeld Pauly Shore is getting ready to sweat to the oldies, as the actor and comedian will play fitness icon Richard Simmons in a new biopic. The film is currently in development at Warner Bros. subsidiary The Wolper Organization, with additional casting underway.

Apple’s new mixed reality headsets will include thousands of Disney+ TV shows and movies along with four “iconic environments” where users can watch them as the tech giant unveiled more details of its upcoming Apple Vision Pro.

The 2023 Emmy Awards are airing tonight (yes, in 2024), and there’s a live stream of all of the celebrity arrivals!

A damning new report today lifts the lid on the vast extent of historic child sexual exploitation in Rochdale - and reveals the repeated failings of those in power that allowed men to abuse vulnerable youngsters for years.

Ever since the back-to-back hits of “Straight Out Of Compton” (NWA) and “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Queen) and its Oscar success, rock biopics have had something of a big renaissance in recent years. While nothing has touched the heights of those two, not the Elton John film, “Rocketman,” and the upcoming “Bob Marley: One Love” doesn’t look like it’ll change the game in any major way, either way, Hollywood still keeps on trying.

Selena Gomez is reportedly set to portray veteran musician Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic.According to reports from Variety and Rolling Stone, Gomez has been confirmed for the role, though a director has yet to be attached to the project. The confirmation comes after Selena Gomez teased the project by posting a picture of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir, ‘Simple Dreams’, onto social media.Per Variety, the currently untitled biopic is now in pre-production, with Ronstadt’s manager John Boylan, and James Keach co-producing the project.