Personal finance expert recommends the ‘TV Tapas Method’ for saving money on streaming services

Channel 4 is “needed” in order for it to “compete with the streaming giants”, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden is expected to say in a new speech.Set to speak today (September 15) at the Royal Television Society Convention, Dowden is due to discuss Channel 4’s current “stable position” while outlining why further investment is key to its growth.“Without [more money], Channel 4 won’t have the money to invest in technology and programming, and it won’t be able to compete with the streaming giants,”

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorLatino-owned TV and media company Fuse Media is rolling onto the streaming battlefield with the official launch of Fuse Plus, priced at $2 per month as a standalone service and available at no extra cost to customers of participating pay-TV operators.Fuse Plus officially launches Sept. 13, after debuting in beta in June.

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins has criticised the straight-to-streaming model for films, saying they feel “like fake movies”.Across the pandemic, a host of films have foregone traditional cinema releases due to restrictions, and gone to streaming services straight away, something that is becoming more common even outside of COVID restrictions.In a CinemaCon appearance this week (as noted by the Los Angeles Times), Jenkins hit out at films made for streaming services.“Aren’t you seeing it?

Director Patty Jenkins recently voiced her objection to the day-and-date model at CinemaCon, which was first used by WarnerMedia on her film “Wonder Woman 1984” before applying the hybrid model to all of their 2021 releases as a way to help boost subscriptions to their streaming service, HBO Max.

Locast, a streaming service whose delivery of broadcast network signals was ruled to be illegal by a federal court this week, has suspended its operations.

£100 limit good or bad for consumers.Since its introduction in September 2007 contactless tapping has become the norm and now 64% of all of our transactions on debit cards are pin-less.Andy Webb from BeCleverWithYourCash notes that only a year and a half ago there was talk from some shoppers of the £30 limit being too high but we soon got used to it.He looks at everything from fraud concerns and security to the pros and cons of the new convenient cash available at a tap as well as some tips for

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDisney is taking a new step to streamline its streaming portfolio: The media company plans to phase out the Hotstar U.S. service — which provides live cricket and South Asian programming to American audiences — over the next year.Instead, Disney will take the sports and entertainment programming in Hotstar and repackage it into ESPN Plus (which will pick up all of Hotstar’s U.S.

Disney’s stand-alone Star+ streaming service has launched in Latin America.

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Kanye West has reportedly turned in his long-awaited 10th album ‘DONDA’ for release on streaming services this weekend.According to HITS Daily Double, the album will finally see the light of day at some point today (August 28).HITS’ sources claim that Kanye has delivered ‘DONDA’ to DSPS once before, only to take them back for further work – meaning that even if the reports are true, they may not necessarily offer a guarantee of the album’s release.The release of ‘DONDA’ has been announced and

(CNN)Aaliyah's music is back.Friday marked the re-release of five time Grammy-nominated superstar's studio album, "One In A Million," which hit streaming services.The singer, who was born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, died August 25, 2001, at the age of 22 in a plane crash that also took the lives of eight others as they traveled back from filming her music video in the Caribbean.Fans have long complained about the lack of availability of her music.

After Aaliyah‘s 1996 album ‘One In A Million’ finally arrived on the streaming services on Friday, her uncle – and the owner of the label that owns the rights in the record – posted a statement on Instagram this weekend.Barry Hankerson’s Blackground Records announced earlier this month a new partnership with artist services firm Empire that would result in albums and soundtracks controlled by the label being reissued and distributed to all the digital platforms.That announcement was most

When the social media profiles of Destiny’s Child are updated with new imagery does that mean [a] that a super exciting reunion is about to be announced or [b] someone at the label who controls the social media felt a refresh was needed?If you answered [b], well done, you get a prize. But that prize is some new Destiny’s Child branding to look at.

Aaliyah — who died in a plane crash nearly 20 years ago, on August 25, 2001 — was one of the most popular and influential young R&B singers of her era. A former R.

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filed trademark infringement lawsuits against Disney in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, arguing that the name of Disney’s forthcoming streaming service is too similar to Starz, particularly its own streaming service StarzPlay, which has been available in Latin America since 2019.Starz had won a preliminary injunction.

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Manori Ravindran International EditorComcast and ViacomCBS have teamed up to launch a new streaming service in more than 20 European markets.The new platform, which is called SkyShowtime, will reach 90 million homes and convene entertainment, movies and original series from NBCUniversal, Sky and ViacomCBS brands, including titles from Showtime, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Plus originals, Sky Studios, Universal Pictures and Peacock.