Crunchyroll was once just another well-watched YouTube channel you could watch without spending a dime. Now, it costs $6,95 a month and it's gained one million subscribers, even though the for-free Crunchyroll continues.

With the help of Accuweather, Spotify just launched Climatune -- a site that generates playlists based on the weather in one’s location. “The playlist-generator follows a yearlong research project that compared music streamed on Spotify to data compiled at 1,000 weather stations,” Mashable writes. “Turns out, the weather seems to play a factor in the music you stream.”

YouTube is letting creators with at least 10,000 subscribers live-stream mobile video. Also it just launched Super Chat that lets people watching live videos pay to purchase chat messages

The Verge and Recode parent Vox Media is planning to devote far more energy and resources to video and native ads, Bloomberg reports. The effort is being led by Trei Brundrett an staffer since 2006 who will take on the new title of chief operating officer. “Vox has grown into a ‘very large and complex operation’ with more than 800 employees,” Bloomberg reports, citing comments by CEO Jim Bankoff.

Spotify might delay its IPO until 2018, sources tell TechCrunch. “The delay would give Spotify more time to build up a better balance sheet and work on shifting its business model to improve its margins, one source said,” it writes. “Part of this would include a change to Spotify’s licensing relationship with labels.”

GoPro js still struggling,  reports Recode. For the fourth quarter, GoPro reported profit of 29 cents a share on sales of $541 million. The camera maker beat Wall Street’s profit estimate of 22 cents a share, but missed on the sales target of $574 million.The stock plummeted 13 percent in after-market trading.

 BBC Three is offering up its own parody of digital culture,. "Pls Like," a series written by and starring comedian Liam Williams, but it won't feature any actual YouTube stars. 

Major eSports producer ESL has inked a partnership with David Hill's production company Hilly to give its video games television-style production values.  Hill is the former longtime Fox TV exec who launched Fox Sports. He tells Variety he will be training ESL production teams on TV best practices and recruiting and grooming star-caliber eSports announcers. 'We’re going to find gaming’s answer to Joe Buck and Terry Bradshaw, " Hill told the trade pub's Todd Spangler.

Walter Presents, a UK-based SVOD service that specializes in international drama, has announced its plan to launch in the U.S. It obviously isn't banking on its sexy name.  Walter is, in reality, Walter Iuzzolino, an Italian TV producer who curates the library. It's been a surprise hit in Britain since its debut a year ago.  Walter Presents will want $6.99 from you when it starts here next month.

Subscribers to Playstation Vue and DirecTV Now can get broadcast networks only in places where networks own the local station because networks, affiliates haven't hammered out a deal. It is hurting everybody.