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Netflix Dominance Now Challenged By Bell Media

The turf war between cable access and cable-cutters with subscriptions to dominant streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video takes a new twist starting next week.

Netflix Dominance Now Challenged By Bell Media

By David Farrell

Bell Media is tackling Netflix and Amazon Prime Video head-on next week with an OTT package that combines The Movie Network, HBO Canada and CraveTV into one streaming service called Crave.ca

In doing so, the dominant media player in the country is about to open the gates to 11,000+ hours of content previously only available to cable subscribers of The Movie Network and HBO Canada and offers a serious challenge to foreign services now dominating the market sector.

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LyricFind Sues Rival Musixmatch in Antitrust Suit Over ‘Unprecedented’ Warner Licensing Deal

The lawsuit claims that a "first-of-its-kind" agreement between Musixmatch and Warner Chappell means streamers like Spotify will have "no choice" about where to get lyrics.

LyricFind is suing Musixmatch over allegations that its rival struck an exclusive licensing deal with Warner Music Group (WMG) that’s “unprecedented in the music industry” and is aimed at securing an illegal monopoly for providing lyrics to streamers like Spotify.

In a complaint filed Wednesday (March 6) in San Francisco federal court, the Canadian-founded company LyricFind accuses Musixmatch and private equity owner TPG Global of violating federal antitrust laws by signing the deal with Warner Chappell Music (WCM), the publishing division of WMG, claiming it was designed to crush competition.

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