September 2018

EU approves Apple’s acquisition of Shazam

07/09/2018

The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission concluded that the merger would not adversely affect competition in the European Economic Area or any substantial part of it. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: ‘Data is key in the digital economy. We must therefore carefully review transactions which lead to the acquisition of important sets of data, including potentially commercially sensitive […]

UK students can try Amazon Music Unlimited for 3 months free

07/09/2018

Amazon have announced a special offer for UK students who can try Amazon Music Unlimited for 3 months free after which the usual student price of £4.99 will apply with the option to cancel anytime. The offer is good till 18th October 2018. Amazon Music Unlimited offers over 50 million tracks with thousands of expert-programmed playlists and stations on any device. Best music streaming deals for students Amazon Music Review Recently added albums […]

Streaming hits 74% of music sales in Spain

07/09/2018

Streaming music hits 74% of music sales in Spain during the first half of 2018 according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. Sales of all music generated revenues of Euro 107.6 million during this period up only 0.4% on the same period in 2017. In common with the US and most western European countries, the growth in streaming has been accompanied by a growth in paid for subscription services which have increased by 53%. […]

Spotify upgrades Premium deal for US students

02/09/2018

Spotify has upgraded its Premium deal for US students by offering unrestricted and on-demand access to all its music and podcasts for $4.99/month, as well as a subscription to Hulu’s streaming library of current and fan-favourite TV and movie hits. And if that wasn’t a must have deal the streamer has added SHOWTIME to the plan. SHOWTIME’s premium entertainment content includes Emmy® nominated Shameless, seven-season strong Homeland, Sacha Baron-Cohen’s Who Is America, Lena Waithe’s much […]