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It seems you can subscribe to almost anything these days! In this week’s subscription roundup, we bring you an interesting development from the automobile sector. Swedish multinational Volvo has launched a new compact sports utility (SUV) vehicle along with a new subscription service. Our second story features video-sharing platform YouTube that has also jumped into subscriptions with a brand new service. In addition, we feature…

This week's subscription roundup features MoviePass, a US-based subscription movie ticket service provider, which has witnessed an explosion in subscriber growth after it slashed prices. In other developments from the subscription space, Google has decided to end its ‘first click free’ policy which will be a huge relief for publishers. In addition, we also explore how this year’s iPhone event may give a boost to…

In this week's subscription roundup, we explore the role of the cloud in enabling smooth billing solutions for subscription businesses. We also feature T-Mobile’s efforts to stand out in the competitive mobile phone carrier space by offering free Netflix subscriptions. In addition, we also focus on popular US-based delivery startup Postmates’ expansion of its subscription service.  

This week's subscription roundup features two interesting developments in the retail war currently being fought by Amazon and Walmart. This was the first week of Amazon’s complete takeover of Whole Foods. Our first feature explores the Amazon imprint on Whole Foods in its very first week. The second big development comes from the Walmart stables as the retail giant has entered into a partnership with Google to beat Amazon at its…

Just like Facebook, Google is also building tools for news publishers that will help them boost subscriptions. Will the efforts taken by these tech platforms give a new lease of life to news media companies? Shashank Venkat finds out 

In this week’s subscription roundup, we feature two stories from the Google stables. The company has launched a new enterprise subscription service for organisations that want to adopt Chrome OS devices. We also feature a story about Google’s efforts towards building new subscription tools for news publishers. In addition, we feature popular writing app Ulysses’ move to a subscription model. 

The ‘future of telecoms’ blog series continues with this blog that studies the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on BSS. Saleh Bari builds a compelling case for AI and argues that the technology will become the key driver for BSS of the future

The gloves are off as Disney’s announcement of a new streaming service puts it in direct competition with Netflix. Will subscription giant Netflix survive the onslaught? Shashank Venkat explores the angles

After Disney’s foray into the video streaming space last week, tech-giant Apple has decided to take the plunge. In this week’s subscription roundup, Apple’s $1 billion investment towards its new video streaming service is our main feature. Our second story is about Cisco’s steady rise with subscriptions. In addition, we feature an interesting article that explores the popularity of subscriptions.

Everybody anticipated this, but no one was quite sure when Disney will take the plunge. In this week’s subscription roundup, our main feature revolves around Disney’s announcement to launch its own streaming services and the impact it will have on its distribution partners such as Netflix. In addition, we feature two in-house stories covering Netflix’s first acquisition and Amazon’s Australia launch.