Everything at Spotify seems to be getting bigger, including its losses. Spotify’s operating loss widened to between 300 million and 400 million euros last year, possibly more than doubling its loss from the previous year of 184 million euros, according to a report in The Information that cites two unnamed people familiar with the results. …

Vevo revamped its app for Apple TV with a design it plans to trickle out to other streaming boxes later this year, aimed at displacing music-only apps for TV like Pandora. “We wanted a flagship example of what we could do,” Vevo CEO Erik Huggers said at an unveiling. The app plays to a small but growing segment of how …

Google Assistant will start letting you order and buy things, thanks to an update to the tools Google makes available to developers. The search giant on Wednesday unveiled the new transaction features for its digital helper at Google I/O, its annual conference collecting the legion of developers who work in the far-flung corners of its empire. The three-day event is …

This year, the Tribeca Film Festival collected virtual reality that could reach out and hug you. Every year, the festival gathers a slate of interactive storytelling into a darkly lit, packed room, called Tribeca Immersive. In recent years, this program has featured an increasing amount of virtual reality — experiences that use a headset like Oculus Rift or HTC Vive …

Twitter is widening its streaming video campaign to Roku devices, one of the most-used boxes for watching online video on TVs. The expansion comes the same week Twitter unveiled a dozen partnerships with programmers, like a 24-hour news stream from Bloomberg, in a big video push. Twitter is joining a scrum of digital companies — Facebook and Google’s YouTube chief …

YouTube is diving into more original shows — but these you won’t have to pay for. At an event in New York, Google’s video service unveiled a slate of TV-like series for the free, ad-supported side of its site, stocking the lineup with traditional TV, movie and music superstars as well as digital celebs that rose to prominence on YouTube …

Hulu couldn’t have picked a better time to launch its live-TV streaming service. After promising one year ago to launch a service with live-streaming TV channels within a year, Hulu made good on its vow Wednesday, rolling out a $40-a-month “skinny bundle” that adds more than 50 live channels to its Netflix-like tier for on-demand shows and movies. It doesn’t …

YouTube said Tuesday it is previewing a revamp of its design for computers and laptops. The preview is available to “a small group of people from all around the world” so the company can get their feedback, according to a blog post by YouTube product manager Brian Marquardt. You can opt in to the preview at youtube.com/new, and you can …

Almost one out of three people who use a free trial to try out a streaming video service end up subscribing, researcher Parks Associates said Monday. That “sizeable portion” of trial users dwarfs the amount of people who abuse free try-outs, Parks senior analyst Glenn Hower said. “There is a potential for free trial abuse, but only roughly 1 percent …

Samsung is making Google the go-to source for music on its new phones, and it’s throwing in some free perks for new buyers. With the launch of the Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus Friday, Google’s Play Music streaming-tunes service will be the default player and service on new Samsung phones and tablets worldwide, Google said in a blog post. …