Samsung Electronics has announced a global partnership with guitar brand, Fender, to bring the first TV edition of Fender Play to Samsung TVs in 2026. “With video-based lessons on Samsung TVs, learning an instrument fits naturally into daily life and helps players reach goals faster,” said Hun Lee, Executive Vice President of the Visual Display […]
The 23rd Junior Eurovision Song Contest proved popular with young audiences around the world, surpassing 100 million views on TikTok for the first time and setting new records on Instagram and Facebook, reports the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Broadcast on December 13th 2025, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 reached 16 million viewers across 14 […]
BBC Sounds has reported another record-breaking year with over 2.5 billion plays of radio, music and podcasts between January and November 2025 – an increase of 8 per cent compared with the same period last year. There was a total of 2.8 billion audio plays from across the BBC, including BBC Sport, BBC News, BBC […]
Stingray, the specialist in music and video content distribution, business services and advertising solutions, has announced a partnership with automotive brand Mercedes-Benz to bring its Stingray Music and Stingray Karaoke applications to all vehicles equipped with the latest generation of infotainment system MBUX. The applications will be natively pre-installed in the vehicle’s ‘Music & Audio’ section and are expected to launch […]
Eurovision Classical Concerts, a new pan-European music series developed under the Eurovision brand, is set to be broadcast by 22 public service media organisations across Europe. The four-concert series is a co-production led by BBC Arts, in partnership with WDR (Germany), RTP (Portugal) and Yle (Finland), and represents the first new Eurovision music co-production with […]
NoireTV, a rising force in global Black entertainment, has announced its partnership with FAST Channels TV to officially launch its new FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channel, delivering nonstop programming centered on the Black diaspora across the US, Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond. NoireTV’s FAST channel offers a vibrant lineup of Afrobeats, hip-hop, dancehall, Black […]
Vevo, the music video network, has unveiled its annual end-of-year charts for 2025, which provide a window into key pop culture trends and fan-driven moments of the past year. “Vevo’s annual insights serve as a pop culture pulse check, showing what music videos drove the most buzz and what was most culturally relevant this year. […]
DJ Central TV, one of the world’s leading dance, club, and EDM television properties, has announced a landmark partnership with FAST Channels TV to launch the official DJ Central TV FAST Channel. The new 24/7, ad-supported streaming channel will deliver over 300 hours of nonstop Electronic Dance Music programming to global audiences across FAST platforms, […]
Virgin Media O2 has announced the launch of two new FAST channels, enabling customers to immerse themselves in round-the-clock content from the musical world, at no extra cost. As part of the new channel line-up, Virgin TV customers will gain access to: Stingray Classica (channel 296): Dedicated to classical music, opera and ballet. For classical […]
A one-off documentary Mozart: Genius for Hire, produced by Section 52 Films (Dickens: Phantoms and Fictions, David Harewood: Dickens in Italy) for Sky Arts, tells the story of one of the world’s most iconic classical musicians breaking free from the constraints of court employment to embrace a risky life as a pioneering freelancer. Through historical […]