Engadget reports: “Stability AI just unveiled Stable Audio 2.0, an upgraded version of its music-generation platform. This system lets users create up to three minutes of audio via text prompt. That’s around the length of an actual song, so it’ll also whip up an intro, a full chord progression and an outro.”
CNET reports: “Facebook is taking a page out of TikTok’s playbook. The social media giant is launching an updated video player that incorporates all video lengths and formats, including Reels, longer videos and live videos. As part of the update, horizontal videos can be opened up in full-screen mode, and a slider will appear to let you skip ahead in longer videos.”
TechCrunch reports: “Five months ago, Rooms, a 3D design platform made by ex-Google employees, launched its beta version on the App Store. Today, the free iOS app is getting a big update that will bring a wave of new discovery-first features, including an activity feed, an explore page, the ability to browse by category, and more. Rooms is an interior decorating app that falls under the cozy game category.”
IMDb reports: “YouTube’s first season with NFL Sunday Ticket is leading to big changes in how the streaming giant plans to stream this year’s Coachella music festival, which will kick off on April 12 at 4 p.m. Pst. YouTube will be streaming the festival for the 12th year, but in a big change, it will bring “Multiview” to its streams, letting users watch up to four different Coachella stages at the same time on their connected TV sets (YouTube will stream six stages total).”
Variety reports: “TikTok is returning as the official entertainment partner for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. This marks the social media platform’s third year teaming up with Eurovision, the world’s largest music event. This year’s Song Contest is taking place in Malmö, Sweden, where 37 countries will put their best musical representatives forward in a worldwide song competition.”
NFT Plazas reports: “Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, widely known as a16z, is now at the forefront of gaming innovation with its latest accelerator program, ‘SPEEDRUN’. Through this initiative, forty startups in web3, AI, and VR gaming will receive $750,000 each from a $30 million capital pool to boost their stance in the gaming realm. By carefully selecting only the most promising ventures, a16z ensures that only top-tier projects join its ecosystem, which impressively includes the likes of Roblox, The Sandbox, and Sky Mavis.”
Next TV reports: “With the playoffs approaching, Roku and the National Basketball Association said they are launching the first NBA free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel. For a limited time,the NBA FAST channel will be available exclusively through The Roku Channel. The NBA FAST channel will be part of the NBA Zone, an area where streamers can find NBA games, highlights, documentaries, series and other programming.”
GamesBeat reports: “Grin has unveiled its Activation Benchmarking tool, empowering brands to launch measurable and scalable influencer marketing programs. Sacramento, California-based Grin has built a creator management platform. And today it announced the launch of Activation Benchmarking, its data-driven tool that takes the guesswork out of evaluating influencer marketing performance.”
Music Business Worldwide reports: “Silver Lake has offered to take Endeavor private in partnership with the Endeavor management team and additional anchor investors, according to a press release on Tuesday (April 2). Endeavor stockholders will see a substantial payout, receiving $27.50 per share in cash.”
Business Wire reports: “Storiaverse, the mobile entertainment platform connecting talented writers and animators from around the world to create immersive, animated content in a patent-pending “read-watch” format, launched today on iOS and Android. Storiaverse is a first-of-its-kind app that enhances the reading experience for digital native adults.”
