Pearson launches a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US By Tom Harmsworth For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Pearson has launched a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US. For £11 per month, students will be able … Read more
Bicycle subscription service Bike Club agrees new funds to ramp up its service after surge in interest from customers By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 3 July 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 3 July 2021 Bicycle subscription service Bike Club has agreed new funds to ramp up its service after a … Read more
Twitter is working on a subscription service called ‘Twitter Blue’ that will provide users with some exclusive new features, according to a leak. Twitter Blue, which will cost $2.99/month (about £2), will include an ‘Undo Send’ timer for tweets, says Hong Kong-based app researcher and tipster Jane Manchun Wong. Undo Send previously leaked online in the form … Read more
Twitter is working on a subscription service called ‘Twitter Blue’ that will provide users with some exclusive new features, according to a leak. Twitter Blue, which will cost $2.99/month (about £2), will include an ‘Undo Send’ timer for tweets, says Hong Kong-based app researcher and tipster Jane Manchun Wong. Undo Send previously leaked online in the form … Read more
It’s the go-to music streaming service for millions of people around the world, but news of a subscription price increase has left many Spotify users reeling. Spotify has confirmed plans to increase the prices of its premium subscriptions in the UK from April 30. The Premium Student, Premium Duo and Premium Family plans will all … Read more
It’s the go-to music streaming service for millions of people around the world, but news of a subscription price increase has left many Spotify users reeling. Spotify has confirmed plans to increase the prices of its premium subscriptions in the UK from April 30. The Premium Student, Premium Duo and Premium Family plans will all … Read more
Netflix cracks down on users who share passwords and tells viewers ‘you need your own account to watch’ just weeks after hiking subscription fees Video streaming service sends message meant to bring in new customers and discourage password sharing Viewers will be required to verify the account with an email or text code It came … Read more
TV licence could be scrapped for Netflix-style subscription when all viewers have access to superfast broadband, media minister says BBC urged to scrap the fee amid accusations it doesn’t offer ‘value for money’ Media minister John Whittingdale admitted the BBC was ‘open to criticism’ Call to ‘revoke’ licence ‘using legislation’ signed by more than 110,000 … Read more
The BBC has claimed it is better value for money than streaming rivals like Netflix. Yesterday the broadcaster released a report which claimed that while ‘each hour of BBC TV watched by a household costs it around 9p’, for an ‘equivalent’ streaming service the cost per hour ‘consumed by the household’ was about 15p. It … Read more
Is Sky playing fair on end-of-contract notifications for pay-TV customers? Ofcom to investigate the telecoms giant Ofcom is investigating Sky over whether it is following industry rules Firms now have to tell customers when their contract is coming to an end Sky believes it does not have to tell its pay-TV customers By Grace Gausden … Read more