Spotify has expanded its monetisation programme with more creators able to take advantage of the Spotify Partner Programme, launched a year ago, and, from April, access tools that will help them manage their sponsorships, publish and monetise video on the streaming platform, including directly from third-party hosting platforms including Acast, Audioboom and Libsyn. "These latest updates are designed to make Spotify an even better platform for creators, whether they’re on the rise, an establishe...

Elon Musk's X Corp has filed an antitrust lawsuit filed in the District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas against music publishers and their trade organisation the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), accusing them of engaging in an "anticompetitive conduct." "Rather than engage in a competitive process and individually negotiate a license for their catalogues, the Music Publishers colluded through NMPA in a concerted refusal to deal with X independently. The object of ...

The screen industry is expected to see revenues reach $196 billion in Asia-Pacific by 2030, growing at a 2.8% compound annual growth rate between 2025 and 2030, according to Singapore-based research company's Media Partners Asia‘s recent 'Asia-Pacific Video & Broadband 2026 report'. The report provides data about streaming, user-generated and social video, free-to-air TV, pay-TV, connectivity (mobile and fixed broadband) and theatrical exhibition across 14 Asia-Pacific markets. The boost in ...