Tubi Free-Streaming Service Checks in to 30,000 Hotel Rooms

As cities and states continue to shut down all but essential services and the live music industry has essentially ground to a standstill, the music community has been struggling with the loss of work and an uncertain future.

Just over two months after the release of Mac Miller’s posthumous album, Circles, the late rapper’s estate shared a deluxe edition of the project. A CD version of the album dropped on Friday, March 6, but it hasn’t been available on streaming services until today.

LOS ANGELES -- Sports are on hold, theaters are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans held captive at home by the coronavirus can turn to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other streaming services, outliers in an entertainment industry brought to an unprecedented standstill.

Fox Corp. said it will acquire Tubi, the ad-supported free streaming service, for $440 million in cash — a deal funded largely from Fox’s sale of its 5% stake in Roku.

Fox Corp. said it will acquire Tubi, the ad-supported free streaming service, for $440 million in cash.

Paige Turley has revealed she has not yet received her Love Island winnings after scooping the £50,000 prize last month. The 22 year old and her 20 year old boyfriend Finn Tapp were crowned winners of the latest series of the hit ITV2 dating show, beating Siannise Fudge and Luke Trotman by just one per cent.

Now more than ever viewers are likely to find themselves overwhelmed by the number of streaming services to choose from, as they struggle to figure out which one is truly worth their hard-earned money. Apple and Disney entered the field in late 2019 with their offerings, and there are at least another three streaming services on the way in 2020, including HBO Max and NBCUniversal's Peacock.

With everyone spending a great deal more time in their homes amidst the coronavirus pandemic, multiple streaming services are offering free 30-day trials to new subscribers in an effort to help families safely pass the time indoors. So if you don't have subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, or Disney+ — or if you're just looking for something new — there are still plenty of options at your fingertips. So check out the list below, set up your free trial, and get streaming.

Movies aren’t opening. Broadway just shut down. So there must be time in your life for a new streaming service to watch.

John Oliver has got a bone to pick with Disney.

By Jill Goldsmith

At this point, it almost goes without saying that there's way too much stuff on Netflix. The streaming giant essentially releases one new season of TV a week, if not more, as it quests for total television dominance.

After Apple and Disney both launched their own streaming services late last year (and with several new options soon on their way), viewers are likely to find themselves wondering which streaming service is truly worth their hard-earned money. In the age of cord cutting, which service offers what people really want to watch? Netflix has a growing library of compelling originals, but Hulu offers a live TV option.

Ambitious mobile streamer Quibi is one month away from debut, coming out of the gate with 51 shows and movies — the first major test of whether people will pay for premium short-form content they can watch on smartphones.

Lil Peep first dropped his Vertigo EP in January 2016, months before he would really begin making waves with his Crybaby and Hellboy mixtapes. Now, that early project has been brought to all streaming platforms.

By Peter White