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For the first time since the Oscars were first televised in 1953, the 2025 edition of the granddaddy of all award shows will stream live on Hulu for all subscribers, in addition to airing live on ABC. Many award shows, even those still airing on broadcast networks, have taken on streaming partners in recent years. […]
Sony Music pulled its catalog from the streaming service Boomplay on Monday (Dec. 9) due to late royalty payments, Billboard has confirmed. Several other prominent labels and distributors also confirmed to Billboard on Monday that they have not received recent royalty payments from the service. Additionally, a monthly payment report published by the distributor Symphonic […]
If it seems like everybody is talking about Spotify Wrapped, the streaming service’s data-driven annual recap of listening habits, it’s because everybody is talking about Spotify Wrapped. That says a lot about its effectiveness and its value to the company.
The streaming platform’s personalized year-end recap is unmissable this time of year. Mashable began prepping its readers back on Nov. 19. A week later, Spotify heightened expectations by advising users to update the Spotify app to the latest, Wrapped-ready version. When Wrapped finally appeared on Wednesday (Dec. 4), there was an onslaught of media coverage. Billboard even got into the Wrapped coverage, revealing Chappell Roan’s top artists and songs on Spotify in 2024 (Ariana Grande and Heart’s “Barracuda,” respectively).
With so much media coverage, some of it is bound to carry a grousing, annoyed tone. “Hate your Spotify Wrapped?” Rolling Stone asked, “You’re not alone.” “Sorry, parents,” The Washington Post lamented, “it’s actually your kids’ Spotify Wrapped.” Vogue turned Wrapped into a frank self-examination in an article titled “I love Spotify Wrapped so much I hate it.” For people whose Spotify Wrapped “suck[ed],” Pocket-lint suggests ways to “fix it” in 2025. The Huffington Post’s compilation of the “funniest” tweets about Wrapped was filled with only mildly humorous complaints.
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In contrast, articles about Wrapped’s peers came and went without anything close to the same level of media hullabaloo. The annual recaps of Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music received basic coverage at mostly tech-oriented publications but didn’t elicit the kind of longwinded pop culture essays that Wrapped conjures up every year. Apple Music Replay received run-of-the-mill articles such as “Apple Music’s yearly recap is finally available in the app” at tech news site The Verge. When TechCrunch covered the launch of Amazon Music’s 2024 Delivered, the headline referred to it as Amazon’s “take on Spotify Wrapped” lest nobody know what they were talking about. YouTube Music Recap launched on Nov. 25 to little media coverage.
For its part, Spotify contributed to the media overload by building a 2024 Wrapped microsite and posting 10 Wrapped-related press releases on launch day. Wrapped itself introduced new innovations in 2024, including a personalized Wrapped podcast featuring two AI hosts and the Your Music Evolution Playlist, a personalized playlist that tracks a user’s different musical interests and phases throughout the year. Wrapped has become such an important event that Spotify hosted a pre-release press briefing that featured talks by executives across the company. As Glenn McDonald, a former Spotify software engineer and author of the book You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song: How Streaming Changed Music, told Billboard via email, “nothing else they do gets as much marketing/branding energy put into it.”
Wrapped especially shines in the awareness it attracts on social media. At the end of every Wrapped recap, Spotify offers personalized badges that flood X, Instagram and TikTok — the latter two benefitting from integrations announced in November that make it easier to share content. In this way, Wrapped turns its users into “active brand advocates on social media,” as one academic study put it. Or, as another paper phrased it, Spotify turns its users into “free labour” to help market its product. “For Spotify, it is 100% a brand-visibility moment,” says McDonald. “Social virality is the only metric the company cares about. The viral attention does help with user retention and reactivation, but the virality itself is the thing they’re measuring.”
More than an effective marketing ploy, Wrapped has turned into a competitive advantage in a business where standalone music streaming services desperately need one. A company has a competitive advantage when it creates more economic value than its competitors. Economic value is the difference between the perceived value of the product and the costs required to produce the product. Some brands are able to charge a premium because they have succeeded, through the quality of the product and the effectiveness of marketing, in convincing consumers their product is worth more. Food made with better ingredients commands a price premium, for example. Sometimes differences in perception of value come down to marketing. The difference between luxury clothing brands’ prices can be explained by amounts spent on splashy advertisements and celebrity endorsements, not just the cost of materials and labor.
Unlike streaming video-on-demand (SVOD) services, which attract viewers mainly through exclusive programming, music streaming platforms have — for the most part — the same content and must find other avenues to attract and retain customers. Amazon Music Unlimited, for example, is cheaper for members of Amazon Prime. Apple Music benefits from being part of the Apple entertainment ecosystem and Apple’s ownership of music identification app Shazam. YouTube Music gets its subscribers through YouTube, the most popular streaming app in the world. Spotify, a standalone company, can’t match Amazon’s low price, Apple’s omnipresence or YouTube’s ubiquity.
Instead, Spotify competes on product features it develops in-house. Launched in 2015, Discover Weekly, a personalized playlist filled with recently released tracks, was so popular that people who streamed their Discover Weekly playlists streamed twice as much as people who didn’t. A product that popular helps give Spotify an advantage over its larger competitors. Discover Weekly was launched the same year Apple launched Apple Music. Although many onlookers expected Apple would crush Spotify, Spotify has consistently maintained a sizable lead in market share, and innovation played an important role in holding off behemoths like Apple and Amazon. As Will Page, former Spotify chief economist, put it in his 2021 book Pivot, Discover Weekly “create[d] a moat to protect Spotify’s castle.”
Wrapped follows in Discover Weekly’s footsteps as a moat-building product innovation. The key is Spotify’s ability to get its listeners to talk about Wrapped. One study found that Spotify Wrapped was more effective than Apple Music Replay in users’ willingness to create user-generated content (i.e. share Wrapped on social media). That’s gold in a business where consumers can choose between a number of fairly identical substitutes with similar features. Anything that increases engagement and prevents users from leaving for Apple, Amazon or YouTube is valuable. In that sense, developing a product that becomes a part of the cultural zeitgeist, like Wrapped, is perhaps the biggest competitive advantage a streaming service can have.
Attorneys in the music industry are a competitive bunch. They vie for high-performing clients and duel with each other over deal points; battle is in their blood.
Perhaps unexpectedly, a number of these attorneys have joined forces recently, unified by a common goal: Getting their producer clients paid for their contributions to Vultures 1, the first of two 2024 albums from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign.
Since its February release, Vultures 1 has earned more than 817,000 album equivalent units in the U.S., according to Luminate — including over 1 billion on-demand streams — and a Grammy nomination for the hit “Carnival.” But more than 10 producers on the album do not have signed agreements in place with Ye, meaning they are unable to collect fees, as well as potential producer royalties and publishing income, for their work. And several of the producers who worked on Vultures 2, which came out in August, share the same unpaid fate as their colleagues who worked on the first installment.
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“We have clients who’ve produced music on the Vultures album(s) and have still not been paid for their services even though both albums have been released,” Bob Celestin, a music attorney, told Billboard via email. “Presently, we have no idea when payment will be made, which is so unfortunate and unfair. You would think Ye would be more sensitive to this issue because he is a producer.”
“We’ve had trouble receiving a producer agreement from Ye,” adds Brittney Trigg, another lawyer who represents a producer on Vultures 1. A representative for the star did not respond to a request for comment.
This problem continues to plague the music industry at its highest levels. Jason Berger, a partner at Lewis Brisbois, estimates that in “nine out of 10 deals, the producer has not been paid the day the music comes out.” And due to the volume of new releases, the high number of collaborators on some albums, shrinking major-label staffs, and the mercurial nature of superstars — who have to sign off on producer agreements even if they are running around the world on tour — Celestin says that producers often don’t get paid for a year or more after albums come out.
“The more convoluted the system gets, the less money comes down to the people that are actually making the product,” says Nima Nasseri, who manages the producer Hit-Boy. (Hit-Boy was not involved with Vultures 1.) “Why do people have to fight to get paid?” Nasseri asks.
In Ye’s case, five lawyers with clients on Vultures 1 say that getting them compensated for their work has been even more challenging than usual.
The superstar has cycled through at least two attorneys to help with clearances and is now relying on a third, the lawyers says. Longtime Ye associate 88-Keys was initially involved in negotiations with producers; more recently, Matt Geffen from the Revels Group has taken on a prominent role. (Geffen did not respond to a request for comment.) On top of that, Ye also changed distributors, leaving Label Engine, which is owned by Create Music Group, in favor of Too Lost. (Vultures 1 and 2 were released independently.)
In a typical distribution deal, artists are responsible for clearing songs and disbursing royalties to collaborators. Distribution companies are usually shielded from legal liability, though many offer tools to help streamline the royalty splitting process once clearances are completed.
Still, earlier this year, attorneys for a number of producers on Vultures 1 banded together, coordinating their efforts via a group chat, to draft threatening legal letters to send to Create, since no royalties were flowing to their clients. They hoped that, in a relatively small industry that places a premium on maintaining good relationships, their collective weight might convince Create to try to help them. (A representative for Create declined to comment.) Before the messages could be sent, however, Ye switched distributors.
The producers on Vultures 1 may find cold comfort in the fact that even Atlantic Records — the label to which Ty Dolla $ign is signed — is having a tough time getting paid, according to a source close to the situation. (West alluded to this in an Instagram post in September.) The source says Too Lost is now holding money for Atlantic and other rights holders and working with Ye’s team to clear the records accordingly. Representatives for both Atlantic and Too Lost declined to comment.
The challenges that producers face in getting paid in a timely manner seem all but certain to persist. “The industry’s ‘back of house’ infrastructure really isn’t designed to handle dozens of producers and other collaborators on a single project,” says Tim Kappel, an entertainment attorney. “There are inevitably going to be delays even when everyone is operating in good faith. Throw in a few bad actors here and there, and it’s easy to understand why producers are feeling aggrieved.”
The sad truth is that producers can’t do much to redress those grievances. They have very little leverage once they have turned over the files containing the music that will appear on an artist’s album.
At this point, “we have no recourse besides to try to sue [Ye],” says one attorney with a client on Vultures 1. “But that’s costly.” And, as another music lawyer points out, “Legal claims against Ye don’t really seem to go anywhere.”
In situations where producers are frustrated because they haven’t been paid for their work, their representatives often “threaten to file a takedown notice on the recording,” according to Kappel. “But this is inappropriate since the DMCA takedown process can only be used to report copyright infringements,” he continues. “There is simply no cause of action for infringement among co-authors.” There have been several attempts to take down tracks on Vultures 1, all unsuccessful, according to multiple lawyers with knowledge of the back-and-forth behind the scenes.
Some producers who contributed to the album did receive deal offers from Ye’s team this fall. However, those offers were buyouts, according to multiple attorneys, meaning the producer would accept a flat fee and not receive any royalties if the album recouped its costs. Recoupment may be out of reach — as Ty Dolla $ign told Billboard in June, Vultures 1 is “a very expensive album” recorded between Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles, Japan, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Dubai. Still, buying out producers in this fashion is atypical, and multiple lawyers for Vultures 1 producers rejected the offers.
Sources close to Ye now believe he is planning to release another album soon, meaning that the star could put out three uncleared projects in a single year. “It’s a mess,” says one attorney involved with Vultures 1 clearances. “I just keep going back to that word.”
FloyyMenor and Cris MJ‘s “Gata Only” was the top song on TikTok globally in 2024. “Gata Only” also cracked the top 10 in the U.S., according to the platform’s announcement on Wednesday (Dec. 4), although Tommy Richman‘s “MILLION DOLLAR BABY (VHS)” was the biggest TikTok song stateside.
Catalog songs did not appear to perform as well on the app in 2024. In the U.S., almost every one of the top tracks was new, with the exception of Blood Orange’s “Champagne Coast,” a gauzy, yearning cut from 2011.
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In 2022, in contrast, catalog accounted for four of the top 10 songs in the U.S.: Pharrell’s “Just A Cloud Away,” Labrinth’s “Forever,” WILLOW’s “Wait a Minute!” and Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God).” And in 2023, older songs like Justine Sky’s “Collide,” PARTYNEXTDOOR’s “Her Way,” and Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” were embraced by TikTok users, rocketing into the platform’s top 10.
At the same time, sped-up tracks did not have as much success on TikTok as they have had in the past, despite other streaming platforms’ growing interest in trying to tap into the sped-up craze. In 2023 in particular, the four most popular songs on TikTok in the U.S. were all sped-up. But this year, no sped-up songs appeared in the top 10 Stateside — or in the U.K., or in the global ranking.
“Gata Only” initially became popular in Chile — Floyymenor’s home — before spreading to Mexico, Argentina, and the rest of Latin America, according to Mike Weiss, head of A&R at UnitedMasters, which signed the singer. “After the regional growth, TikTok became the springboard that pushed the song into the U.S.,” Weiss continues. “The real moment when non-Spanish speakers started using the sound with videos like ‘POV: You don’t speak Spanish but can’t stop listening to this song.’”
That trend was soon launching 30,000 videos per day. “Next thing we knew,” Weiss says, “‘Gata Only’ was huge in Italy, France, and everywhere around the world, even places where you wouldn’t expect a Spanish language song to explode.”
Alongside FloyyMenor’s breakout single, other major hits on TikTok in the U.S. include Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s “Carnival” and Lay Bankz’s “Tell Ur Girlfriend.” Along with “Champagne Coast” and “Million Dollar Baby,” this means that half of the Top 10 were releases from independent labels. (Though parts of the indie community currently have a contentious relationship with TikTok.)
“Tell Ur Girlfriend” went viral in part thanks to a dance trend — a throwback to an earlier time on TikTok. “These young girls made this amazing dance, and we started to spend heavily on it, having influencers do it,” recalls Alec Henderson, head of digital at Artist Partner Group, which signed Bankz. “Most of last year and the first half of this year, dancing was not what was popular on TikTok anymore. This one brought that nostalgia-dancing thing back to life.”
Bankz, FloyyMenor, and Richman were dominant in the U.S. and also appeared in the top 10 globally. Billie Eilish was the only other artist to manage this, with her glossy hit “Birds of a Feather.”
U.S. Top 10 TikTok Songs:“MILLION DOLLAR BABY (VHS)” – Tommy Richman“CARNIVAL” – ¥$ & Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign feat. Rich The Kid & Playboi Carti“Tell Ur Girlfriend” – Lay Bankz“Type Shit” – Future & Metro Boomin & Travis Scott & Playboi Carti“Never Lose Me” – Flo Milli“Champagne Coast” – Blood Orange“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish“Magic Johnson” – ian“TGIF”- GloRilla“Gata Only” – FloyyMenor & Cris MJ
Global Top 10 TikTok Songs:“Gata Only” – FloyyMenor & Cris MJ“Pedro” – Jaxomy & Agatino Romero & Raffaella Carrà“Alibi” – Sevdaliza feat. Pabllo Vittar & Yseult“MILLION DOLLAR BABY (VHS)” – Tommy Richman“Tell Ur Girlfriend” – Lay Bankz“La Diabla” – Xavi“Nasty” – Tinashe“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Billie Eilish“Forever Young” – Alphaville“Beautiful Things” – Benson Boone
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Jeopardy! continues to set the standard for game shows as it tests contestants and viewers on your knowledge of mystery categories from U.S. history to geography. The trivia game show’s world is now expanding with Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which will hone in on a specific category testing your awareness on current trends, viral moments and celebrities.
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You can watch Pop Culture Jeopardy! online when it premieres on Wednesday (Dec. 4) and see Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost bring his comedy chops as host for the new game show.
Fans of the classic Jeopardy! don’t need to fret, as the original isn’t going anywhere. Instead, Pop Culture Jeopardy! will bring a fresh twist to the trivia show you know and love. Instead of solo contestants competing against one another, you’ll watch as teams of three work together to answer questions spanning categories like Broadway, MMA, The Avengers, alternative rock and more. The winners not only walk away with bragging rights, but a cash prize of $300,000.
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How to Watch Pop Culture Jeopardy! Online for Free
Prime Video is the exclusive streaming platform that’ll let you watch Pop Culture Jeopardy! online. You’ll need to be a Prime member in order to stream the game show, just log into your account and you’ll instantly be able to watch Pop Culture Jeopardy! for free.
New subscribers can take advantage of Amazon’s 30-day free trial that’ll get you access to everything in the Prime Video library (including Pop Culture Jeopardy!) for no extra cost. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular membership fee of $14.99/month or $139/year.
Adults ages 18-24 and students at an accredited college can score a six month free trial and 50% off subscription when you sign up for Prime Student. If you’re a part of a qualifying government program you can even snag a 30-day free trial and half-off subscription through the EBT/Medicaid membership.
In addition to being able to watch Pop Culture Jeopardy online, you’ll have access to the entire Prime Video library featuring exclusive and original content like Cross, My Old Ass, Them: The Scare, Jackpot, Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Fallout, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Wheel of Time, The Boys, Gen V, Harlem and Candy Cane Lane.
You can expand your streaming options through Prime Video’s add-ons featuring premium channels like Max, Paramount+, Showtime, Starz, AMC+ and more.
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Chappell Roan is celebrating a major milestone on Spotify.
On Friday (Nov. 29), the 26-year-old pop star shared on social media that her breakout hit “Good Luck, Babe!” has officially surpassed one billion streams on the platform.
“good luck babe hitting a billion streams on Spotify is cuckoo loco,” Roan wrote on Instagram, posting a pair of photos of herself rocking a Joan Jett T-shirt. “All I have to say is thank you.”
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Among those joining the celebration in the comments section were fellow musical artists Olivia Rodrigo, SZA and Brandi Carlile. “Yessss,” Rodrigo wrote. SZA chimed in with, “Yeeaaaa!!!! Never been more proud to contribute 500 streams.” Carlile simply remarked, “It kinda rules.”
“Good Luck, Babe!” is featured on Roan’s debut album, Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, which dropped in September 2023. The track, written in collaboration with Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned Roan her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart in September.
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Roan reflected on the journey behind “Good Luck, Babe!” in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I just wanted to write a big anthemic pop song,” she said. “The song was a b—- to write,” the singer-songwriter added, explaining that it’s “about wishing good luck to someone who’s denying fate.”
This year has been a whirlwind for Roan. She’s garnered six Grammy nominations for 2025, including best new artist. Her Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is nominated for both album of the year and best pop vocal album, while “Good Luck, Babe!” earned nods for song of the year, record of the year and best pop solo performance.
The Spotify news arrives just days after Franz Ferdinand gave their own take on “Good Luck, Babe!” during a BBC Radio 2 performance. “It’s just an amazing song by an incredible artist,” lead singer Alex Kapranos said. “Some artists have a moment, and it’s often divisive. But I’ve yet to meet anyone who doesn’t love Chappell. This song is incredible, and we’re thrilled to play it.”
Check out Roan’s celebratory Instagram post about reaching one billion streams on Spotify here.
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If you’ve ever wondered how the Wizard of Oz and Wicked are connected, now is the perfect time to dive back into the classic 1939 film, directed by Victor Fleming. With the 2024 film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical Wicked, starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba — which has already made box office history with an additional $16 million in its second week of release, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ready to rediscover the magic of Oz in a whole new light, exploring the untold backstory of the iconic characters we knew from The Wizard of Oz.
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The Wizard of Oz is airing on TNT, TBS, and tru TV. You can also stream it by renting or purchasing on Apple TV, Google Play Movies and Fandango At Home.
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The Wizard of Oz (1939) is a classic fantasy film that follows a young girl named Dorothy, who is swept away by a tornado to the magical land of Oz. There, she embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard, hoping he can help her return home to Kansas. In her journey, she befriends the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion, each in search of something they are missing. Together, they are on a mission to face the Wicked Witch of the West.
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The Wizard of Oz premiered on TBS on Thanksgiving Day, but it’s also available for streaming on several popular platforms like Prime Video, Max and Hulu.
Don’t have a Prime membership? Amazon is offering a 30-day free trial for new users who sign up, which will let you watch Apple TV+ Originals in addition to spooky movies and TV shows exclusively available on Prime Video. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription fee of $14.99 a month or $139 a year.
To add Apple TV+ to your Prime video subscription, you can visit the Apple TV+ landing page to begin your seven-day free trial. After the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the subscription price of $9.99 per month, in addition to your Prime Membership fee.
When adding Apple+ to your subscription, you can watch all the original shows and movies directly in the Prime Video app or on the website.
In addition to Prime Video original programs like Marlon Wayans: Good Grief, The Idea of You, Fallout, Them 2, Space Cadet, Invincible, The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Boys (to name a few) you can look forward to binge-watching Apple TV+ exclusive TV shows and movies like Loot, Sugar, Palm Royale, Acapulco, Blade Runner 2049, Franklin, High Desert, Silo, Shrinking, The Big Door Prize, Hollywood Con Queen, Manhunt, Masters of Air, Bad Sisters, Ted Lasso, Severance, Schmigadoon!, The Morning Show and Dark Matter.
For those looking for an alternative streaming option, consider adding Max. This deal ends on Dec. 2. Hurry and take advantage of Max’s Black Friday deal before it’s too late! Instead of the usual $9.99 per month, you can get Max for just $2.99 per month for the first six months — with ads. Some of the channels include TBS, TNT, CNN, HLN, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Turner Classic Movies, TruTV, and Adult Swim.
With Max you can access a vast library of movies and TV shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, Succession, The Last of Us, The White Lotus, …And Just Like That, Barry, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Selena + Chef, along with must-watch movies and documentaries such as Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, The Jinx: Part Two, Quiet on Set, Wonka, Priscilla, Aquaman: And the Lost Kingdom, The Color Purple, Oprah & The Color Purple: Journey, Blue Beetle, Barbie and more.
Not subscribed to Hulu? Take advantage of Hulu’s Black Friday deal and get Hulu with ads for just $0.99 cents per month for 12 months, then $9.99 per month — offer ends on Dec. 2. Hurry and save up to 90% off with this Black Friday deal, which you can use to watch The Wizard of Oz.
You can also stream a variety of your favorite music documentaries, including, The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears, The Beatles: 8 Days a Week, 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez, Zappa, The Jesus Music, Moby Doc, Oscar Peterson: Black & White, Thank you, Goodnight and Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country, and Cunningham.
Add one or more of these streaming platforms this Black Friday and add one or more of these Wizard of Oz-inspired books to your collection this holiday season: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Wicked Collector’s Edition: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture in a Deluxe Edition and Wicked: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture (Wicked Years Book 1) by Gregory Maguire.
For more Oz-inspired product recommendations, check out the Wizard of Oz official cookbook and best Wicked merch.
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Hallmark’s Countdown to the Holidays 2024 has officially kicked off and features a lineup of movies ready to get you in the holiday spirit. This year, the media company is hoping for a touchdown through their partnership with the NFL to create a football-themed romance called Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story. Hallmark will be premiering the movie live on Saturday (Nov. 30) at 8 p.m. ET but for those without cable, you can still watch Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story online for free.
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While the story may center around Travis Kelce’s team, it won’t be spotlighting his love story with Taylor Swift. That doesn’t mean you won’t spot familiar faces though — Donna and Jason Kelce are both supposed to make cameos that you’ll want to keep an eye out for.
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The movie follows Chiefs super fan Alana Higman (Hunter King) as she competes against her family to win the team’s Fan of the Year, which is judged by the Chiefs’ director of fan engagement Derrick (Tyler Hynes). As the two spend more time together their chemistry is undeniable, but when a family heirloom goes missing, Alana starts to question everything about fate, destiny and her future with Derrick.
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How to Watch Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story Online
The easiest way to watch Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story is through the Hallmark Channel on Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. ET when it premieres. Cord cutters don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on a cable package to livestream the movie, you can also watch Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story through Peacock, the official streaming platform for the Hallmark Channel.
Current Peacock subscribers can livestream the movie for free when you sign into your account on Nov. 30 and head to Peacock’s live Hallmark Channel. If you miss the premiere, you’ll be able to watch Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story online when Peacock adds the movie to its library three days later.
Don’t have Peacock? New subscribers can take advantage of the streaming platform’s major Black Friday Deal that gets you 75% off the ad-supported plan: Peacock Premium. With the code REALDEAL you’ll get one year of Peacock for only $20 or you can get six months for just $2/month with the code REALDEALMONTHLY. Once the six months or one year is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription price of $7.99/month or $79.99/year.
You’ll get access to the entire Peacock library featuring new, original and exclusive content as well as more than 50 live channels (including Hallmark), NBC and Bravo content and live sports.
There’s also the ad-free option of Peacock Premium Plus for $14/month or $140/year that’ll give you everything in the Peacock Premium plan in addition to the ability to download content to watch offline and 24/7 live access to your local NBC channel.
In addition to Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, you can also look forward to streaming more Hallmark content like Christmas Under the Lights, Last Vermont Christmas, Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle, Marrying Father Christmas, When Calls the Heart, Meet the Peetes, Ride and Chesapeake Shores.
Peacock is also home to hit originals and NBC and Bravo shows such as Based on a True Story, Poker Face, Bel-Air, Mr. Throwback, Fight Night The Million Dollar Heist, The Office, Parks & Recreation, St. Denis Medical, 30 Rock, Vanderpump Rules, The Real Housewives of Orange County and Queen’s Court.
How to Stream Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story Without Cable for Free
You can also watch Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story online without cable for free through live TV streaming platforms. Current promos and offers can score you free trials and discounts that’ll save you major cash. ShopBillboard rounded up the best offers below for you to take advantage of.
DirecTV Stream
You can livestream Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story on DirecTV Stream for free through their five day free trial for new users who sign up. All four packages include the Hallmark Channel, but for a limited time you can save $60 when you sign up for DirecTV Stream’s Choice package. For your first three months, you’ll get $20 off dropping the monthly price to only $95/month (reg. $115/month). Once the free trial and promo are over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription price.
In addition to getting more than 125 live channels to watch, you’ll also get three months of Max, Paramount+ with Showtime, MGM+ and Cinemark for free. All plans also include unlimited DVR storage, local channels and the ability to stream on as many devices as you want.
Philo
Philo is the most budget-friendly offering a seven day free trial and plans starting at just $28/month. You’ll get 70 channels including Hallmark to livestream Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story. Philo also includes AMC and AMC+ for even more content and channels like Lifetime, MTV, Comedy Central and HGTV. Once your free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription price based on the plan you choose at checkout.
FuboTV
Fubo is another cheap live TV streaming option that lets you watch Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story for free on the Hallmark Channel. New subscribers will get a seven day free trial and access to more than 100 live TV channels (including Hallmark). Fubo is also offering a promo that gets you $30 off the first month giving you access to the platform for as low as $50 (reg. $80).
After the free trial and promo is complete, the cheapest plan is Fubo’s Pro Plan for $79.99/month. It comes with 202 channels, unlimited DVR storage and the ability to watch content on up to 10 screens at once. Sports fans may want to upgrade to the Elite with Sports Plus Plan for $99.99/month that includes 306 channels and NFL RedZone all in 4K definition. For the most options, can upgrade to the Deluxe Plan for $109.99/month, which includes everything in the Elite Plan with 13 additional channels, international Sports Plus and MGM+.
Hulu + Live TV
For the most content options, you can sign up for Hulu + Live TV and get access to all of the Hulu library as well as more than 95 live channels including Hallmark for only $82.99/month. Hulu + Live TV also includes Disney+ and ESPN+ for no extra cost giving you even more content offerings including exclusive offerings only available on Disney+.
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Football and shopping: Black Friday is finally here! The Kansas City Chiefs will host the Las Vegas Raiders for the second-annual Black Friday game streaming live on Prime Video on Friday (Nov. 29).
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The post-Thanksgiving matchup will feature Black Friday deals that viewers can shop while watching the game including toys, tech and more from brands such as LEGO, Google, Ralph Lauren fragrances and Amazon devices. The in-game deals include custom NFL merch from the wives and girlfriends of NFL players (WAGS) and influencers such as Olivia Culpo, Tayshia Addams, Rachel Crosby, Brittany Mahomes and Darcy McQueeny.
Keep reading for details on how to watch today’s Black Friday game.
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Black Friday Game Livestream: How to Watch from Any Device
Prime Video‘s coverage of the Black Friday game starts 1:30 p.m. ET/10:30 a.m. PT. The coverage will include an extended pregame show celebrating football, food and shopping.
The Chiefs vs. Raiders game kicks off at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
Want to watch the Black Friday game for free? Sign up for a free free trial to Amazon Prime here to get access to Prime Video.
Prime members get access to Prime Video and tons of other benefits including exclusive deals, free Grubhub+, Amazon Music, Prime Reading, Amazon Photos and Prime Gaming. Prime memberships start at $6.99/month for students, young adults and qualifying governments assistance recipients. If you don’t qualify for the 50% off deal, you can join Prime for just $14.99 per month or $134 per year.
Traveling for the holidays? You can stream the Raiders vs. Chiefs and other Prime Video content on a smart TV, computer, tablet or another compatible devices via the Prime Video app.
Prime Video’s library of exclusive programs includes Cross, The Boys, Cruel Intentions, Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words, Invincible, Coach Prime, The Money Game: LSU, Riches, Them, Wheel of Time, and sports such as Thursday Night Football, boxing, basketball and soccer.
Read on to find out more about Black Friday deals.
How to Score Black Friday Deals During the Chiefs vs. Raiders Game
Viewers can scan the QR code on their TVs to shop Amazon Black Friday deals during the Chiefs vs. Raiders game.
Save up to 35% off Lego, Magna-Tiles and Playmobi for Black Friday. Up to 55% off Amazon devices, up to 50% off Ralph Lauren fragrances, up to 50% off YETI tumblers, up to 20% off Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, up to 20% off designer fashion and beauty, up to 29% off Microsoft Surface Copilot+ PC, along with major discounts on select Google Pixel 9 Phones, Tablets and other tech must-haves.
Additionally, football fans can shop licensed NFL merch such as the Brittany Mahomes x Kansas City Chiefs NFL 4x Champions FOCO Premium T-Shirt, Olivia Culpo x NFL Go Sports In It to Win It FOCO Premium T-Shirt, FOCO Women’s Olivia Culpo x San Francisco 49ers Winning Play Windbreaker Jacket, Tayshia Adams x Las Vegas Raiders NFL FOCO Premium T-Shirt, Tayshia Adams x NFL Game Day Social Club FOCO Premium T-Shirt, Rachel Crosby x Las Vegas Welcome to Vegas FOCO Premium T-Shirt and the Darcy x McQueeny x Los Angeles Rams NFL FOCO Premium T-Shirt.
Amazon’s Black Friday week will feature must-shop deals dropping daily including up to 50% off select Amazon Haul items and up to 50% off on Christmas wreaths, wrapping paper ornaments and other holiday essentials. Plus, holiday pajamas for the family starting at $6 and stocking stuffers under $10.