October 2018

News

IDAGIO’s classical streaming now available in the US and Canada

11/10/2018

IDAGIO, the classical music streamer is now available in the US and Canada following an additional €10 million investment by its existing investors bringing the total investment to over €20 million since its foundation in 2015. IDAGIO has licensing rights to all the major labels and more than a thousand independent labels and rightsholders offering more than a million classical tracks. It is continuing to grow its catalogue with the addition of 20,000 new tracks […]

Capital Audiofest 2018 announces exhibitor lineup

10/10/2018

Capital Audiofest, the US East Coast’s premier audio show, announces its exhibitor lineup which will include Qobuz’s US HiRes offering. The show has been expanded to include more listening rooms on the 5th floor of the Rockville Hilton. The Capital Audiofest is now in its 8th year and will have a full schedule of seminars, guest presentations and live music on Friday and Saturday nights in the bar and in the Washington auditorium. The Atrium […]

Upload your music in Spotify for Artists beta

09/10/2018

Spotify has announced a new beta feature that enables independent artists to upload their music to Spotify – directly from Spotify for Artists. One of the top requested features since Spotify for Artists was launched is the ability to upload music directly onto Spotify. The company has been testing an upload tool within Spotify for Artists and is now inviting more artists to participate in a public beta. Spotify has worked with a handful of […]

Marshall adds Smart Speakers to its loudspeaker range

07/10/2018

Marshall, famous for its stage amps and loudspeakers, is launching a range of Smart Speakers with Marshall Voice combining the ‘legendary sound of Marshall’ with voice control of music, scheduling reminders and controlling smart home devices. Marshall Voice will initially come with Amazon Alexa followed by Google Assistant later this year. The first two Marshall Voice speakers launching are Acton II Voice with Amazon Alexa available from 2nd October and Stanmore II Voice with Amazon […]

US music sales up on continued streaming growth

05/10/2018

Latest figures from the US recorded music industry association, the RIAA, show continued growth in the first half of 2018 with retail sales up 10% to $4.6 billion. Streaming continued to be the engine for growth increasing 28% year on year to $3.4 billion and representing 75% of all revenues. Physical sales and downloads continued to decline with CD unit sales dropping a whopping 46.9% from 35 million to 18.6 million units. Vinyl sales continued […]

Bollywood and film music are top Indian genres

03/10/2018

Bollywood is still the most preferred music genre followed closely by other Indian film music according a recent study by the market research firm Nielsen. The Nielsen Music 360: India Study is an online study of consumer interaction with music in India. Data for this study was collected from the 14th June to the 4th July 2018 via online surveys using third-party panels. A total of 1,570 interviews were conducted among ‘Online Consumers’ 16-45 years […]

If This Then Sonos

01/10/2018

Sonos have launched the beta of a new platform integration with If This Then That (IFTTT) using their new open API – the Sonos Sound Platform which will connect your Sonos sound system to other home devices. IFTTT has integrated hundreds of different smart home products, websites and content providers and with this beta launch, users can trigger their favourite songs and sounds on Sonos from millions of different IFTTT events. Sonos can start your […]