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Welcome to another week of our subscription roundup! The video-sharing platform race is certainly heating up as more established tech companies take on the mighty YouTube. Facebook-owned Instagram has now jumped into the race with its own IGTV app. Can this platform make waves in the space? Instagram’s parent company Facebook is also busy testing subscriptions for private groups, whilst another tech giant, Amazon, is expanding its…

Amazon’s subscription offering, Amazon Prime, has finally landed on Australian shores. Will this be a game changer for the Australian retail industry? Shashank Venkat finds out

Welcome to another edition of our Subscription Roundup. This week we look at Microsoft’s efforts to battle with Amazon over check-out free retail technology. Who will win this battle of technology between Amazon and Microsoft? Next, we look at Electronic Arts’ new subscription for PC games. And finally, we move on to another company that is pushing the subscription frontier by turning home Wi-Fi into a subscription service.

The automobile industry is dominating this week’s subscription roundup as we look into the new subscription plans offered by Mercedes Benz and Jeep. Can these companies make car ownership an obsolete concept? Our other story this week focuses on music streaming service Spotify’s new move to attract artists. 

Our ‘Beginner’s Guides’ are designed to help companies build their own successful subscription businesses. In the third and final part of the blog series, Shashank Venkat looks at some common pitfalls in subscription billing and suggests ways businesses can overcome them.

In this week’s subscription roundup, we feature music streaming service Pandora which has gone the way of its rivals, Spotify and Apple Music, and started offering family subscription plans. Can Pandora give other subscription streaming services a run for their money? Speaking of competition, we turn the spotlight towards Apple which is preparing for a showdown with Netflix. Lastly, we examine the state of the increasingly crowded…

Netflix is on our minds again in this week’s subscription roundup. The subscription giant’s stock price reached an all-time high this week, making it more valuable than Comcast. What does the future hold for Netflix? In other news, now you can subscribe to tech support with Best Buy’s new subscription plan. Lastly, we look at a problem in the subscription industry which may affect its viability in the long term.

As more businesses adopt the subscription business model, it looks like the industry is in great shape. However, scratch the surface and it appears there may be an underlying problem which is affecting the sustainability of the subscription industry. What’s wrong, you ask? Shashank Venkat has the answers

In this week’s subscription roundup, we look at YouTube’s new music subscription service which is all set to compete against market leaders Spotify and Apple Music. Can it gain significant market share? Next, we examine whether the subscription business model can be the lifeline wearables need. Our final feature looks at the most popular subscriptions in the UK.

GDPR will have a long-standing impact on the regulatory environment in the European Union. As we approach the compliance deadline, we want to reassure our customers about our continued commitment towards data protection. Leonardo Hodgson, Cerillion Skyline product manager, talks through the steps that we have taken to help businesses become GDPR compliant.