Streaming accounted for nearly 80 percent of American music revenue in 2019 according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s just-released full-year music report. The RIAA has reported that streaming represented 79 percent ($8.8 billion) of American music revenue in 2019, compared to 75 percent the year before. And crucially, more of those were paid […]
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Microsoft opens up its Xbox Console Streaming preview to the world
Microsoft has also quietly been working on Xbox Console Streaming, a function that allows Xbox owners to play any owned and installed Xbox One, or Game Pass title on their Android smartphone or tablet with minimal effort. The feature has been available to select Xbox Insider program testers for a while now, but Microsoft is […]
Microsoft is reportedly working on a cheaper, streaming-focused game console
Microsoft’s upcoming next-gen “Project Scarlett” console may be getting all the attention, but a new report from Thurrott claims that the company is also working on a lower-cost, streaming-oriented device like targeted at those who can’t or won’t pay what will likely be a high up-front cost for Scarlett. In a new video, Thurrott’s Brad […]
The world is turning against live streaming
Facebook Live was announced in August 2015 as a rival to Twitter’s Periscope live-streaming app. To begin with, access was restricted to VIPs like Serena Williams, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Ricky Gervais and Michael Bublé. Journalists were next to gain access. Since then, all of Facebook’s two-billion-plus active users can live stream video to their […]