Spotify, Tidal, Pandora & More Streaming Services Donate to MusiCares' COVID-19 Fund

By Anthony D'Alessandro

George and Amal Clooney have joined the many celebrities giving generously to coronavirus relief efforts, with the actor and human rights lawyer donating more than $1 million to six organizations. According to Deadline, the couple donated $750,000 total ($250,000 each) to the Motion Picture and Television Home, the SAG-AFTRA Fund, and Los Angeles Mayor's Fund.

With Americans spending a great deal more time in their homes amidst the coronavirus pandemic, multiple streaming services and pay cable networks are currently offering 30-day free trials or discounted pricing to new subscribers in an effort to help families safely and happily pass the time indoors.

Dr. Dre has prescribed the perfect soundtrack for fans celebrating marijuana holiday 4/20 by finally allowing his rap classic The Chronic to be streamed on all music platforms.

By Ellise Shafer

Future is gunning for a three-peat: After freeing two of his beloved mixtapes in Monster and most recently Beast Mode, on Thursday (April 9), Future capped off the trifecta by placing 56 Nights on all streaming services.Released in March 2015, the seminal mixtape served as a collaborative effort between Future and DJ Esco, featuring a plethora of street bangers, most notably "March Madness" and "Trap N---as." The latter would later live on Future's Dirty Sprite 2 album.Earlier this week, Future

Future’s 2015 mixtape, 56 Nights, is now available on all streaming services. The joint project with DJ ESCO was previously available on TIDAL under Esco’s name.

This year, 4/20 will be one to remember as Dr. Dre's debut rap classic The Chronic will be available across all DSPs on April 20.Released in 1992 on Death Row Records, The Chronic is heralded as Dr.

Dr. Dre’s 1992 classic The Chronic is finally coming to all digital service providers. The album will be available to stream starting April 20 (via Entertainment One). In a press release, Chris Taylor, eOne’s Global President, Music & Live, said, “These historic artifacts should be heard by all music lovers, and we are so happy Dr. Dre has opened this door so everyone can experience the brilliance of this seminal work.”

Disney’s streaming service has achieved 50 million paid subscribers around the world within five months of launching, the entertainment giant has said.

Some big news broke over the past few days that one of Disney’s big 2020 releases would be heading directly for their streaming service, Disney+. That movie is Artemis Fowl though we don’t know a debut date for the new release on the new platform as yet – its original release was at the end of May theatrically before plans changed.

Now that we're all spending a lot more quality time with our couches because of the COVID-19 pandemic, viewers are likely wondering what the best streaming service actually is. Apple and Disney entered the field in late 2019, while Quibi, a short-form mobile streaming service, launched earlier this week. And there are at least another two more streaming services coming this year, including HBO Max and NBCUniversal's Peacock.

By Todd Spangler

With the novel coronavirus pandemic having seen cinemas close around the world and distributors now scrapping the theatrical windows on a growing number of titles, many exhibitors have looked to digital options in order to keep their businesses flowing. With this in mind, a new partnership between ScreenPlus and Vista Group will enable exhibitors that haven't already done so to launch their own personalized VOD platforms and offer films directly to their customers for at-home streaming.

Over 10,000 films and TV series are available, including 'Skins' and 'Les Misérables'

Selena Gomez is donating to coronavirus relief and encouraging fans to do the same. 

Variety's chief TV critics take a closer look at the new streaming service and debate the pros and cons of its mobile-only interface.

Quibi officially launched on Monday, April 6, adding yet another streaming service to the increasingly crowded landscape. Quibi does set itself apart from other services, such as Hulu, Netflix, and even YouTube, with its unique strategy to only create short-form videos that you have to watch on your phones.

You might already watch a lot of stuff on your phone, since there's no shortage of options, between big platforms like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and Twitch, or the social media streams of TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. But what if some of those programming options — particularly the ones on Netflix and Hulu — are just too long for the handheld viewing experience?

Even before the coronavirus pandemic had us all under lockdown, if you made the decision to stay indoors and never leave your house for the next five years, you’d still have no chance to finish watching all the shows, movies, stand-up specials and documentaries now available on a myriad of streaming services.