December 2018

News

JioMusic and Saavn integrate to create South Asia’s largest music platform

17/12/2018

JioMusic and Saavn integrate to create South Asia’s largest music platform with a catalogue of more than 45 million songs and award-winning original content. The merged JioSaavn service integrates JioMusic, India’s most popular music app, and Saavn, India’s leading global over-the-top platform. This follows the recent purchase of Saavn by Reliance Industries Limited owners of JioMusic in March of this year. The new integrated JioSaavn app will be available across all App Stores including the […]

Echo Input turns any speaker into an Alexa smart speaker

16/12/2018

Amazon’s new accessory Echo Input turns any speaker into an Alexa smart speaker by connecting to it via a 3.5 mm audio cable or Bluetooth. Connected to any speaker or stereo system it adds far-field microphones as well as Alexa voice controls turning it into an Alexa smart speaker. The main features of the Echo Input are: Echo Input adds Alexa to an external speaker and connects via a 3.5 mm audio cable or Bluetooth. […]

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Rhapsody and Sony Music bring HiRes streaming to Japan

15/12/2018

Rhapsody and Sony Music bring HiRes streaming to Japan using Rhapsody’s ‘Powered by Napster’ platform. The new on demand music service christened ‘mora qualitas’ brings lossless FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) files at 24bit/44.1-96khz (HiRes) and 16bit/44.1khz (CD quality) music streaming to Japan for the first time. Rhapsody International is providing its complete ‘Powered By Napster’ platform including a unique set of systems, tools and APIs to allow Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SMEJ) to quickly […]

DEEZER adds Latin American Podcasts

14/12/2018

DEEZER adds Latin American podcasts from Spreaker, Voxnest’s platform for podcast creation, distribution and monetization. The partnership between DEEZER and Voxnest will significantly increase the streaming platform’s catalogue of international podcast content. Users in Colombia and Brazil will now be able to enjoy podcasts on a wide range of popular and niche topics, which will support Deezer’s ongoing growth in Latin America. Spreaker has a particularly large library of Spanish-language content from creators in Spain, […]

SoundCloud releases its 2018 Playback

13/12/2018

SoundCloud releases its 2018 Playback playlist containing the Top Tracks listened to by the SoundCloud community in a blog article this week. For the second year in a row, Two Friends released SoundCloud’s favourite DJ set – and ‘synthwave’ and ‘phonk’ continue to be the top tagged genres. SoundCloud has also produced a 2019 Artists to Watch playlist containing 19 artists who they believe will be ‘storming the scene next year and beyond’. An infographic […]

Spotify users rise to 5.2 million in Netherlands

12/12/2018

Spotify users rise to 5.2 million in Netherlands according to a new report from research firm GfK. In October 2018, Spotify had added an extra 1 million users in the last year achieving a monthly reach of 36.2% (5,243,000 people aged 13 and older) – an increase of 22% year on year. The use of Spotify amongst young people (13-24 years old) was the highest reaching 64% of the population up from 46% a year […]

Amazon Music app for Android TV

11/12/2018

Amazon Music app for Android TV has been made available in the Google Play Store. In addition to the usual Amazon Music features the app has added: Explicit Language Filter Block songs with explicit lyrics anywhere you listen to Amazon Music With the Amazon Music app for Android TV you get access to millions of songs, ad-free, with unlimited skips. Amazon Music Unlimited gives you unlimited access to 50 million songs, with new releases and […]