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Looking for an easier way to stream your favorite shows and movies this fall season? If so, consider adding this onn. Google TV 4K Streaming Box, which helps you stream premium content efficiently at just $19.88.
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Get ready to level up your streaming experience in just minutes. With the power of Google assistant, you can use your voice to find your favorite shows across 10,000+ apps or explore more than 800 free channels for endless entertainment options. It also features a Chromecast built-in for streaming videos and music from your phone or tablet, making it easier to browse and watch content without going through menus. One Walmart customer said, “I love this little streaming device. It works very well and was easy to set up.”
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With its sleek design and advanced performance, the Google TV 4K streaming box is a versatile addition to any entertainment setup. If you are looking to experience quick and easy access to your favorite apps, this is a great option that lets you access everything you want to watch effectively and efficiently without any lags.
“This box does handle the apps better. I haven’t experienced any app crashes and the constant lag I was experiencing with my Roku TV is gone. The box is very easy to install and takes up minimal space,” said one Amazon customer.
You can find this onn. Google TV 4K Streaming Box on Amazon or Walmart.
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Customers love how easy it is to set up. One Walmart customer said, “You sign into your apps and watch. You can use voice to search. This is my second time buying one of these.”
What are you waiting for? Level up your home entertainment and enjoy all your favorite movies and series from the comfort of your couch.
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Are you a sports fan? Get ready to get an inside look into the lives of six college athletes in Prime Video’s new six-part docuseries The Money Game: LSU, premiering Tuesday (Sept. 10).
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This six-part docuseries features top-earning athletes from Louisiana State University, including gymnast Olivia Dunne; WNBA player Angel Reese, Flau’jae Johnson and Trace Young; football quarterback Jayden Daniels and track and field champion Alia Armstrong. The series offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the lives of these standout athletes while explaining NIL—Name, Image and Likeness— and the affects it has on college athletes and their careers.
Amazon’s press release notes that colleges and universities previously earned “billions of dollars” from their athletes over the years. However, with the NCAA’s NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) policy change in July 2021, college athletes are now able to monetize their personal brands.
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If you’re looking for a new series that showcases athletes seizing opportunities and confronting challenges, this one is for you. “The more eyes you got on you, the more people are gonna try to tear you down,” shared Dunne in the docuseries trailer.
Keep reading for directions on how to stream this docuseries online.
How to Watch
The Money Game: LSU is a Prime Video Original streaming exclusively on the platform, starting on Tuesday.
Not subscribed to Prime Video? You can join Amazon Prime under a free trial to watch Prime Video movies and more. Take advantage of all Amazon Prime has to offer and sign up for a 30-day free trial, which also comes with access to Prime Video, Prime Gaming and Amazon Music.
Prime Video provides an extensive array of exclusive TV series, movies and other must-watch programs, and you can add Prime Channels such as Paramount+, Max, Starz and Showtime, BET+ and AMC+.
Amazon Prime costs $14.99 per month after the free trial (students and EBT/SNAP recipients can join for 50% off). Prime members get access to Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Gaming and Prime Reading, in addition to free same-day, one-day or two-day delivery and exclusive discounts.
Besides The Money Game: LSU, Prime Video features exclusives like Space Cadet, Marlon Wayans: Good Grief, The Idea of You, Fallout, Them 2, Invincible, Road House, Reacher, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Citadel, Daisy Jones & The Six, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Swarm, Harlem, The Boys, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Fleabag, The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Wheel of Time and The Legend of Vox Machina.
Watch the trailer for The Money Game: LSU below.
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Fox Sports and its sister channel FS1 have become a hub for some of the biggest sports, including NFL games, NASCAR, college basketball and soccer. The easiest way for you to watch live games on Fox Sports is through its cable channel, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t more affordable streaming options for those who have recently cut the cord.
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Opting for streaming packages may eliminate expensive cable bills, but it does come with some challenges like trying to livestream major games. Live TV streamers can eliminate the issue by giving access to Fox Sports, FS1 and additional live sports channels including ESPN, ABC, NBC, CBS and TNT.
Fox Sports airs Sunday football games starting at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT, and thanks to cheaper streaming alternatives, you don’t need to invest in cable to watch NFL games online for free.
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How to Watch Fox Sports & FS1 Online Without Cable for Free
Fox Sports and FS1 don’t have a designated streaming platform to livestream matches, but there are a few live TV streamers that’ll let you catch Sunday football games and more for little to no cost.
Below, ShopBillboard put together a few live TV streaming options with free trials and promos that’ll let you watch Fox Sports and FS1 without cable.
DirecTV Stream
You can score a five-day free trial through DirecTV Stream when you sign up for one of its four packages. Subscribing will let you watch Fox Sports and FS1 online through DirecTV Stream. Every streaming package includes Fox Sports and FS1 in addition to FS2, Fox Deportes and dozens of other channels. Bonus offer: you can save $30 off the first two months when you combine a streaming package with a “Sports Pack.” Right now, the Entertainment + Sports Pack is $80 (reg. $95) for the first two months.
Other perks you’ll be able to enjoy include unlimited DVR storage, local channels and the ability to stream on as many smart devices as you want.
Sling TV
Sling TV is another affordable option that’ll let you watch Fox Sports in 4K and FS1 online without cable. For a limited time, the streamer is offering 50% off the first month when you sign up for one of its three packages, which can cut the cost down to as low as $20 (reg. $40). You can choose from the Orange, Blue or Orange + Blue packages depending on what your streaming needs are. Fox Sports and FS1 are only offered in the Blue plan, but you can combine it with the Orange package to get all 68 channels, DVR storage and the ability to stream on up to three devices for just $30 (reg. $60).
Fubo TV
Fubo TV will give new users a seven day free trial and $30 off the first month (after the free trial is over) when you sign up for one of its streaming packages. Each plan comes with Fox Sports in 4K definition, FS1 as well as FS2, Fox Soccer Plus and Fox Deportes, which you can watch for as low as $50 (reg. $80) through the limited time promo. You’ll be able to watch at least 100 channels with 1,000 hours of DVR and the option to stream on 10 devices at once. For 4K definition, you can upgrade to the Premium Plan, which also includes free Paramount+ with Showtime.
When the free trial and promo is complete, you’ll be charged the regular price based on the package you choose at checkout: $80 for the Pro Plan (the cheapest option), $90 for the Elite Plan and $100 for the Premium Plan.
Hulu + Live TV
Get the most content options including the option to watch Fox Sports and FS1 with Hulu + Live TV. Not only will you get more than 95 live TV channels, but access to the entire Hulu library including exclusive content, originals and programming from FX and ABC. Extra savings opportunity: Hulu + Live TV is offering a rare three day free trial when you sign up, which means you can watch Fox Sports and FS1 for no cost. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription price of $77 a month.
As an added bonus, Hulu + Live TV is automatically bundled with Disney+ and ESPN+ to give you even more exclusive content including NFL games and live sports that you can only watch on ESPN.
2024 NFL Schedule
Below you can find upcoming games airing on Fox Sports and FS1 or check here for the full game schedule.
Sunday (Sept. 15):
New Orleans Saints vs. Dallas Cowboys at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Indianapolis Colts vs. Green Bay Packers at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
New York Giants vs. Washington Commanders at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Los Angeles Rams vs. Arizona Cardinals at 4:05 p.m. ET/1:05 p.m. PT on Fox
Sunday (Sept. 22):
Giants vs. Cleveland Browns at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Packers vs. Tennessee Titans at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Saints at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Denver Broncos vs. Buccaneers at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cowboys at 4:25 p.m. ET/1:25 p.m. PT on Fox
San Fransisco 49ers vs. Rams at 4:25 p.m. ET/1:25 p.m. PT on Fox
Lions vs. Cardinals at 4:25 p.m. ET/1:25 p.m. PT on Fox
Sunday (Sept. 20):
Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Rams vs. Chicago Bears at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Eagles vs. Buccaneers at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Carolina Panthers at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Fox
Commanders vs. Cardinals at 4:05 p.m. ET/1:05 p.m. PT on Fox
Patriots vs. 49ers at 4:05 p.m. ET/1:05 p.m. PT on Fox
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Tim Burton brought the campy Beetlejuice back to life for a second time in the new movie Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, which premiered in theaters on Friday (Sept. 6). Before you get tickets to see the sequel in your Beetlejuice merch and pick up a Beetlejuice–inspired Ouija board, you’ll want to refresh your memory on what happens in the 1988 version in order to catch all the callouts to the original.
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Burton’s original film became an Oscar winner for its use of makeup. The 72-year-old reprises his role as “the ghost with the most” in Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice alongside other returning actors from the 1988 version including Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara. Wednesday‘s Jenna Ortega also joins the sequel’s cast as Lydia Deetz’s (Ryder) daughter.
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Keep reading to learn the streaming options for Beetlejuice below.
How to Watch Beetlejuice Online for Free
The easiest way to watch Beetlejuice is through Max, the official streaming platform for Warner Bros. Discovery content. If you already have a Max subscription, you can stream Beetlejuice online for no added cost.
Don’t have Max? While there is no free trial for new users, the streaming platform offers three affordable plans that you can choose based on your needs. Plans start at $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year, and include Beetlejuice in addition to the entire library of HBO, Warner Bros. and Discovery Channel content.
Students can also take advantage of a student membership that’ll save you 50% off the ad-supported plan.
Looking for more savings? You can also bundle Max with Hulu and Disney+ for as low as $16.99 a month and get triple the amount of content options.
Another option that’ll let you watch Beetlejuice online for free is through Prime Video. The streamer offers a seven-day free trial of Max when you add the premium channel to your Prime subscription. You’ll be able to stream Beetlejuice for free in addition to all content within Max straight through Prime Video. Once your free trial is over, you’ll be charged $9.99 a month on top of your Prime subscription.
Don’t have a Prime membership? Amazon is offering a 30-day free trial for new users that sign up and you can stack it on top of Max’s seven day free trial. You’ll get all the perks of Prime for free including access to Prime Video, Prime Reading, Prime Day discounts, free one-day shipping, grocery delivery and Prime Try Before You Buy. When both free trials have ended, you’ll be charged $9.99 a month for Max as well as $14.99 a month for Prime (or $139 a year).
How to Watch Beetlejuice Online At Home
There are a few ways you can stream the movie at home through video-on-demand if you want to watch Beetlejuice digitally.
Prime Video will let you stream the movie or rent it for as low as $8. You don’t have to be a Prime member in order to stream Beetlejuice through Prime Video. You can either rent the movie for $7.99 or purchase it for $7.99 (regularly $14.99), and the film will automatically be downloaded into your video library to watch whenever. Rentals will be available for 30 days after purchase and for 48 hours after you start streaming it.
Collectors can take advantage of up to 57% off Beetlejuice 4K Ultra HD, which will give you the entire film in 4K definition.
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Beetlejuice follows a married couple who, after becoming recently deceased ghosts, are plagued by the Deetz family, who moves into their home and begin to renovate it. When all of their attempts to rid the family fail, the couple seeks the help of the mischievous Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), whose trickery results in more trouble than what they bargained for.
Other cast members include Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and Glenn Shadix.
How to Watch Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice At Home
The sequel is still in theaters, but if you’re antsy to own the film, you can preorder the Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice DVD online. Once the movie is released, you’ll be guaranteed a copy of the movie delivered to your home by the day it comes out.
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Score your copy of Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice for as low as $20 when you preorder the DVD. Walmart and Target are also offering 4K and Blu-ray editions of the sequel that’ll provide bonus content and a higher-definition viewing experience.
The Deetz family returns to Winter River in Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice when they must come together to mourn a tragic death in the family. Lydia (Ryder) is haunted by the events that took place years ago, but her daughter, Astrid Deetz (Ortega), is skeptical of the past. When Astrid finds a portal to the afterlife, Lydia must put aside her fears and call upon the demon Beetlejuice to help her rescue her daughter — but deals with the demon rarely come without a little mischief.
Other cast members include Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, Justin Theroux and Arthur Conti.
Watch the official trailer for the original Beetlejuice below.
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If you’re looking for something new to watch, then Hulu + Live TV is your one stop for entertainment, sports, news and more with live TV streaming and hit originals such as Only Murders In the Building. It’s back for season four with the intrepid podcast hosts in pursuit of a new killer in California. But if you’d like to catch up with the mystery comedy instead, all previous seasons are waiting for you to stream.
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Starting at $76.99, you can sign up for Hulu + Live TV to watch almost 100 broadcast and cable networks, along with hit originals from Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+. In fact, you can save $30 off your first month of service — a nearly 40% savings.
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Curious? Sign up for a three-day free trial to try out the service yourself before you commit to your first month.
Hulu + Live TV features broadcast channels, such as ABC for Monday Night Football and the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC, CBS and Fox. The streaming service also has cable networks such as BET, CMT, Disney Channel, ESPN, Hallmark Channel, FX, Bravo, TLC, E!, Fox Sports, MTV for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, OWN, Paramount Network, TV Land, A&E, Cartoon Network, CNN, Food Network, Lifetime, National Geographic and much more.
Additionally, Hulu + Live TV comes with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ at no additional cost. It’s one of the best ways to get access to hit originals such as Only Murders In the Building, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Tell Me Lies, The Mandalorian, ESPN’s 30 for 30 film series and more. It’s like getting four streaming services for the price of one.
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Hulu’s standard streaming service (no live TV) starts $7.99 per month, or $79.99 per year for the commercial-supported plan, while you can go without commercials for $17.99 per month.
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With a starting price of $76.99, Hulu + Live TV is one of the best ways to watch nearly 100 entertainment, sports, lifestyle and news channels, along with originals from Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+, on a wide range of devices. Right now, you can save $30 off your first month of service. Learn more about Hulu + Live TV here.
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If investors and music companies want high streaming growth rates, they should look beyond the suddenly sluggish U.S. market.
Of the few countries that have released midyear recorded music industry figures, the U.S. has the lowest growth rate for streaming — by far. Japan, Brazil, Italy, Germany and Spain each easily bested the 3.8% growth rate mustered by the U.S. in the first half of 2024, though they are far smaller markets.
In Brazil, the ninth-largest market in 2023, streaming revenue improved 21.1% to 1.442 billion BRL ($284 million) in the first half of 2024, according to the country’s trade group, Pro-Música Brasil. Subscription revenue rocketed 28.4% to 995 million BRL ($196 million) while ad-supported streaming rose just 6.6% to 436 million BRL ($86 million).
Streaming accounts for 99% of total revenue in Brazil, a market that was early to adopt streaming platforms. (Pro-Música Brasil did not include synch and performance royalties in the midyear numbers. In 2023, those two segments accounted for 12% of Brazil’s total revenue.) The former internet radio service Rdio — acquired by Pandora in 2015 — launched in Brazil in 2011. Muve Music, acquired by Deezer in 2015, launched a partnership with leading mobile carrier TIM in 2013. Deezer still powers TIM’s music streaming platform and extended that partnership in January.
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Important markets in Asia and Europe also delivered impressive streaming gains in the first half of the year. Spain nearly matched Brazil with 19.1% streaming growth and a 16.6% improvement in total revenue. In Italy, recorded music revenue jumped 15.1% and streaming revenue, which accounts for 80% of the total market, grew 18.1%. (Figures in currency were not provided by Italy’s trade group, FIMI.) The world’s second- and fourth-largest markets, Japan and Germany, had streaming gains of 12.7% and 9.0%, respectively.
In aggregate, the five ex-U.S. markets grew 12.2% compared to the first half of 2023, with the smallest markets having the highest streaming growth rates. Brazil’s market is less than 3% the size of the U.S., while Spain and Italy are 3% and 4% the size of the world’s largest market, respectively. Germany’s market is 15% as big as the U.S. Japan is just a quarter of its size.
What the U.S. lacks in momentum it makes up for in size. Based on total market revenue for 2023, the U.S. was more than twice the size of the five ex-U.S. markets combined — $11.04 billion to $5.47 billion, according to IFPI figures. In fact, the U.S. is so large that a 3.8% streaming gain was worth $404 million — more than the entire Spanish recorded music market ($355 million) and nearly as big as Italy’s ($477 million). To reiterate, that’s not just streaming — we’re talking about those countries’ entire market revenue.
The rate of streaming growth underpins much of the money flowing into the music business. Investors and companies are betting the global market can generate nearly double-digit growth through the end of the decade. The latest Goldman Sachs “Music in the Air” report, a standard reference point for gauging the potential of music as an investment, forecasts that global streaming revenue will grow at a 10% compound annual growth rate through 2030. That would turn last year’s $19.3 billion streaming market into $37.8 billion by the end of the decade.
But the enormity of the U.S. market, which accounted for 42% of global streaming revenue in 2023, according to the IFPI, means other markets will need to continue those rapid paces for the global market to maintain that 10% streaming growth rate. The five ex-U.S. markets’ 12.2% growth rate is nearly halved to 6.4% when their $5.47 billion total value is combined with the U.S. market, which is worth $11.04 billion.
Developing markets certainly have the potential to contribute to global growth, but many of the most populous countries — India, Indonesia, the Philippines — are relatively small and based more on advertising than high-value subscriptions. For the math to work, the global market needs a strong U.S.
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One Championship returns to the United States for One 168: Denver, a champion vs. champion showdown on Friday (Sept. 6) at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Jonathan Haggerty will defend his bantamweight Muay Thai world title against flyweight kickboxing world champion Superlek Kiatmoo9 during the live event taking place in Denver, at the Ball Arena.
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Co-headlining the event will be ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci defending his title against Bebeto Oliveira.
Can’t make it to the event live? You can watch One 168: Denver online through Prime Video, which is available for Prime members only.
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How to Watch One 168: Denver Online for Free
Current Prime members can watch One 168: Denver live for no extra cost. Just log into your account and you’ll have instant access once the matches start.
Don’t have a Prime membership? Amazon is offering new users a 30-day free trial when you sign up. You’ll not only get access to Prime Video and the One 168: Denver livestream for free, but all of the perks that come with being a Prime member including exclusive discounts, grocery delivery, free one-day shipping, Prime Reading and Prime Try Before You Buy.
In addition to ONE Championship, you’ll also be able to watch Prime Video exclusive content including Jackpot, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Boys, Gen V, The Idea of You, Night Swim, The Summer I Turned Pretty and One Fast Move.
Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular membership of fee of $14.99 a month or $139 a year.
Looking for more savings? Students can take advantage of the student membership that’ll get you a six month free trial and 50% off the membership fee. If you’re a part of a qualifying government program, you can sign up for the EBT/Medicad membership that comes with a 30-day free trial and half-off subscription fee.
One 168: Denver Fight Card
Check below to see the match card for One 168: Denver, which starts at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Haggerty vs. Superlek (Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship)
Musumeci vs. Oliveira (Flyweight Submission Grappling World Championship)
Liam Harrison vs. Seksan Or Kwanmuang (Catchweight 140 lbs Muay Thai)
Aung La N Sang vs. Shamil Erdogan (Middleweight MMA)
John Lineker vs. Asa Ten Pow (Bantamweight Muay Thai)
Hiroyuki Tetsuka vs. Isi Fitikefu (Welterweight MMA)
Alyse Anderson vs. Victoria Souza (Atomweight MMA)
Maurice Abevi vs. Samat Mamedov (Lightweight MMA)
Adrian Lee vs. Nico Cornejo (Lightweight MMA)
Johan Ghazali vs. Josue Cruz (Flyweight Muay Thai)
Sean Climaco vs. Johan Estupinan (Flyweight Muay Thai)
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The limited eight-episode drama series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, starring Kevin Hart, is making its debut on Peacock on Thursday (Sept. 5).
The series is set in Atlanta and is based on true events that took place on Oct. 26, 1970, the night Muhammad Ali made his famous return to the ring against Jerry Quarry. According to People, the fight was not only a significant event in both sports and culture, but also a place where celebrities and notable figures would come together from all over the world.
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The cast includes Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, and Terrence Howard. With guest stars including Chloe Bailey, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Dexter Darden, Lori Harvey, and Sinqua Walls. This series is Executive Produced by Kevin Hart, Will Packer, Sabrina Wind, Bryan Smiley, Mike Stein, Conal Byrne, Carrie Lieberman, Jeff Keating, Lars Jacobson, Erika L. Johnson, and Mike Daniels. Episodes 101, 102, 107 and 108 were directed and executive produced by Craig Brewer.
Shaye Ogbonna, known for The Chi and God’s Country, serves as the creator, writer, showrunner, and executive producer.
In a recent interview on the Today show, Chloe Bailey and Lori Harvey shared their excitement about being a part of this series. Bailey plays the role of ‘Lena Mosley,’ a girl who is a part of the heist. “I had to pinch myself every time I was going to set and it was just really remarkable sharing the screen… I can’t wait for everyone to see such a great story being brought to live with such a great cast,” she said. Harvey is making her acting debut as ‘Lola Falana’ in the series, a popstar who is drawn into the chaos. “It’s very surreal,” she said.
Keep scrolling for ways to stream Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist on Peacock.
How to Watch Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist on Peacock
Peacock will debut the first three episodes of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist exclusively on Peacock starting today (Sept. 5). The remaining five episodes will be released one at a time every Thursday.
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is now streaming on Peacock starting at $7.99/month. You can get it for just $4/99 for 4 months with the CODE: TGIF. The offer ends on Friday, Sept. 6.
Are you subscribed? If you’re not subscribed, plans start at $7.99 for Peacock Premium and $13.99 for the commercial-free Peacock Premium Plus.
Peacock offers a student discount which drops the price down to just $1.99/month. Click here for more Peacock streaming deals.
Peacock also gives you access to a ton of original shows, movies and more. Some of the exclusives offered include Bel-Air, Love Undercover, In the Know, Apple Never Falls, The Traitors, Ted, Wolf Like Me, Twisted Metaland Poker Face. If you’re a Bravo fan, Vanderpump Rules, Below Deck, Summer House, The Real Housewives and other Bravo hits are streaming on Peacock, along with movies such as Kung Fu Panda 4, Back to Black, Oppenheimer, Lisa Frankenstein, Migration, Five Nights at Freddy’s and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Spotify has defeated a long-running lawsuit that claimed Eminem’s music was streamed illegally “billions” of times on the platform, winning a ruling that sharply criticized the rapper’s publisher for filing the case in the first place.
Eminem’s publisher, Eight Mile Style, sued Spotify in 2019, claiming the streamer had made hundreds of the rapper’s songs available without proper licenses. That included mega-hits like “Lose Yourself,” which has been streamed more than 1 billion times on the service.
But in a decision last month, a federal judge dismissed those accusations entirely, ruling that Eight Mile had essentially manufactured a lawsuit for its own gain. The publisher knew for years that its songs were being played on Spotify, the judge wrote, but had chosen to do nothing in order to build a more lucrative legal case against the streamer.
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“Eight Mile Style was not a hapless victim,” Judge Aleta A. Trauger wrote. “While Spotify’s handling of composer copyrights appears to have been seriously flawed, any right to recover damages based on those flaws belongs to those innocent rights holders who were genuinely harmed, not ones who, like Eight Mile Style, had every opportunity to set things right and simply chose not to do so for no apparent reason, other than that being the victim of infringement pays better than being an ordinary licensor.”
An attorney for Eight Mile Style did not immediately return a request for comment on the decision. Eminem himself was not involved in the case.
At the center of the long legal battle is the chaotic system that governed streaming royalties in the U.S. for much of the 2010s, in which streamers like Spotify often failed to pay the proper rights holders. That messy situation was mostly fixed by the 2018 enactment of the federal Music Modernization Act (MMA), which created a single blanket license for streamers to pay.
The MMA largely immunized streamers like Spotify from lawsuits over past misdeeds, wiping the slate clean if they paid for the blanket license and complied with other requirements. But a year after the statute was enacted, Eight Mile sued anyway — arguing, among other things, that the landmark law itself was unconstitutional because it violated due process and negated the company’s copyrights.
In her ruling last month, Judge Trauger entirely avoided those lofty constitutional questions about the MMA, saying she would leave them “for a future case involving an appropriate plaintiff.” But like other aspects of her ruling, she suggested that “teeing up a constitutional showdown” had been another “strategic” decision by Eight Mile aimed at securing a bigger payout.
“The MMA framework was the culmination of what may have been one of the most high-stakes policymaking efforts in the history of copyright, and whether that framework survives has implications for the economy of music that go far beyond the rights of any individual artist, even a popular one like Eminem,” the judge wrote. “A lawsuit that imperiled the MMA could cost Spotify a great deal more than any one artist could ever claim — and could, potentially, justify a more generous settlement.”
In technical terms, Judge Trauger’s ruling cited the legal doctrine of equitable estoppel, which bars litigants from behaving unfairly to win advantage in court cases. In applying that rule to Eight Mile, she said the publisher “improperly chose the cultivation of infringement damages over the proper functioning of the copyright system.”
Eight Mile clearly knew that some of its most valuable IP was being used by Spotify, the judge wrote, and the entire lawsuit could have been avoided if Eight Mile had “simply sent a single, clear cease-and-desist letter.” But she said the company instead “simply allowed its rights to be violated.”
“If Eight Mile Style had come forward to contest the status quo, it would have brought this situation to a much quicker end, but it did not,” Judge Trauger wrote. “The only plausible reason for this course of action is that … allowing infringement to continue on a large scale is more economically beneficial to the purported victim than the licit streaming economy would be.”
Even if Eight Mile’s accusations against Spotify had been legally valid, the judge ruled that the damages wouldn’t have been Spotify’s to pay. Instead, she ruled that the liability would have belonged to Kobalt, because the company had signed a licensing deal with Spotify for the Eminem songs at issue and had agreed to indemnify the streamer for any such legal problems.
As it was, that question was largely moot because the judge had mostly rejected Eight Mile’s lawsuit. But she ruled that Kobalt would likely need to cover Spotify’s legal expenses incurred in defending the lawsuit — likely a sizeable sum after five years of litigation. That issue will be subject to future proceedings.
A representative for Spotify did not immediately return requests for comment. A representative for Kobalt declined to comment.
When Michael “Mike” Smith was indicted Wednesday (Sept. 4) over allegations that he used an AI music company to create “hundreds of thousands” of songs and then used bots to artificially earn $10 million in streaming income since 2017, prosecutors claimed that some of the money flowed back to that AI music company. The indictment also claimed that Smith was in consistent contact with its CEO — but it never revealed their names.
ASCAP/BMI Songview records and the MLC database indicate that Alex Mitchell, CEO/founder of popular AI music company Boomy, is listed as the co-writer on at least hundreds of the 200,000 plus songs that are registered to Smith. Boomy also released a song, “This Isn’t Real Life,” jointly with Smith, CVBZ and Stunna 4 Vegas.
In a statement to Billboard, Mitchell says: “We were shocked by the details in the recently filed indictment of Michael Smith, which we are reviewing. Michael Smith consistently represented himself as legitimate.”
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The indictment alleges that around 2018, “Smith began working with the Chief Executive Officer of an [unnamed] AI music company and a music promoter to create thousands of songs that Smith could then fraudulently stream.” Within months, the CEO was allegedly providing Smith with “thousands of songs each week.”
In June 2019, the indictment says that Smith reported to the AI music CEO and the promoter that “we are at 88 million TOTAL STREAMS so far!!!” Smith explained to the CEO and promoter that his streams were earning about $110,000 per month and that the two men were each receiving 10% of the proceeds. Smith later asked the AI CEO to provide him with another 10,000 AI songs so that he could “spread this out more” with his streams. The indictment states that this was “to evade detection from streaming platforms.”
Eventually, according to the indictment, Smith entered a “Master Services Agreement” with this AI music company that supplied Smith with 1,000-10,000 songs per month. The deal stated that Smith would have “full ownership of the intellectual property rights in the songs.” In turn, Smith would provide the AI company with metadata and the “greater of $2,000 or 15% of the streaming revenue” he generated from the AI songs.
“Keep in mind what we’re doing musically here… this is not ‘music,’ it’s ‘instant music’ ;)” the AI CEO wrote to Smith in an email that was included in the indictment.
Mitchell’s publisher is listed as Songtrust, a publishing administration company owned by Downtown, which typically earns a percentage of signees’ royalties in exchange for services. Smith’s publisher, Smithhouse Music Publishing, also lists Songtrust as its point of contact on Songview.
A representative for Songtrust declined Billboard’s request for comment. However, a source close to the matter tells Billboard that Smith and Mitchell’s Songtrust deals were terminated more than a year ago.
While it is not unheard of for an AI company to be approached by customers who are looking to buy a large number of songs, multiple AI music executives tell Billboard that it is common to know why the customer wants the tracks and to do “KYC,” or “know your client,” checks to ensure they are above board.
Typically, customers for large sums of songs tend to be companies that are seeking cheap music alternatives, often for social media content. Other requests tend to come from unknown individuals outside of the U.S., especially streaming fraud hotspots like Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Vietnam and Brazil. These parties are often denied. Two sources say it’s surprising to see a CEO’s name listed in the credits as a songwriter when these transactions occur.
Boomy has been at the forefront of AI music since its infancy. Records vary as to when Boomy launched in beta, with some online sources saying 2018 and others saying 2019. It officially debuted in 2021, according to an announcement from Axios. The company claims on its website to have made over 20 million AI-generated tracks to date.
Boomy has also won the respect of the music industry establishment. For years, Boomy was distributing many of its AI tracks through a partnership with New York-based music services giant Downtown. Though this partnership was in place during the same time frame as Smith’s alleged fraudulent activities, it is unclear if any of Smith’s allegedly fraudulent AI tracks were distributed through Downtown. The indictment does state, however, that Smith used two distributors to upload content from 2017-2024, one based in New York and one based in Florida.
In May 2023, Boomy told users via Discord that Spotify had shut down its ability to upload songs to the DSP and that some of their released tracks had been removed. “This decision was made by Spotify and Boomy’s distributor in order to enable a review of potentially anomalous activity,” Boomy said at the time. Spotify later confirmed that the “anomalous activity” was related to possible streaming fraud detected on certain tracks. A Spotify spokesperson said at the time, “Artificial streaming is a longstanding, industry-wide issue that Spotify is working to stamp out across our service.”
In fall 2023, Boomy announced that it had partnered with fraud detection company Beatdapp to combat streaming manipulation. A month later, Boomy also announced that it had reached a new distribution partnership with ADA Worldwide, a company under the Warner Music Group (WMG) umbrella.
WMG is one of Boomy’s top investors, making both a pre-seed round as well as a seed round investment. Other Boomy investors include Sound Media Ventures, First Check Ventures, Intonation Ventures, Future Labs, Boost VC and Scrum Venture, according to Crunchbase.
According to Songview and the MLC database, the same tracks that list Smith and Mitchell as co-writers also list a music industry veteran named Bram Bessoff, founder of promotional platform Indiehitmaker. Typically, these tracks allocate 10% of publishing ownership and royalties to Bessoff, which matches the amount the indictment indicates was paid to the unnamed promoter. Bessoff’s publisher is listed as Songtrust as well. (A source close to the matter says Bessoff’s deal with Songtrust was also terminated more than a year ago).
Bessoff declined Billboard’s request for comment, citing his cooperation in the ongoing investigation.