April 2019

Streaming price war hots up in India

09/04/2019

Streaming price war hots up in India as Apple Music is the latest streamer to reduce its prices to ₹99/month (£1.10) from ₹120/month following price cuts by local music streaming services, JioSaavn and Gaana. JioSaavn and Gaana are well established and currently account for about half of India’s music streaming market. India has the world’s second largest smartphone market and the potential market for music streaming is huge. The country has seen both Spotify and […]

Deezer launches new K-Pop channel

08/04/2019

Deezer launches new K-Pop channel with exclusive playlists from artists like iKON, Stray Kids and Day6. South Korean boy band, iKON will provide fans with an exclusive Hip Hop playlist filled with their own personal inspirations. iKON commented, “Get ready? Showtime! Hello, Deezer K-Pop Channel fans! This is iKON, thank you for listening to our music in the K-Pop channel. We love iKONIC! Enjoy our music!” Deezer’s new channel will also feature editorial playlists focused on K-Pop and its subgenres. […]

SOURCE: ARIA - Australian Music Industry figures 2016-2018

Over two thirds of music in Australia is streamed

07/04/2019

Over two thirds of music in Australia is streamed accounting for 70% of recorded music in 2018 according to ARIA, the Australian Record Industry Association. In their annual report they report a 12.6% growth in wholesale figures to AUS$526 million driven by a 41.2% growth in streaming during the year. The streaming category includes revenues from subscription services (such as Apple Music, Deezer, Google Play and Spotify) and other non-subscription on-demand streaming services (such as […]

Google Play to shut Artist Hub

07/04/2019

Google Play to shut Artist Hub at the end of April 2019 and is redirecting new users to YouTube for Artists. They are also suggesting they use YouTube’s preferred partners DistroKid, TuneCore and CD Baby If they would like to make their music available for purchase/download. Google said the closure of Artist Hub won’t impact Google Play Music users and confirmed the move is part of its plan to replace Google Play Music with YouTube Music. […]

Apple Music now on Alexa in UK

06/04/2019

Apple Music now on Alexa in UK and Ireland after its initial launch in the US in March 2019. Apple Music subscribers will be able to stream over 50 million songs ad-free from Apple Music on an Amazon Echo or Fire TV. Apple Music on Alexa Features Play your own playlists which can include music from your iCloud Music Library Get Apple Music mixes inspired by the songs you listen to most Tune in to […]

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BBC pulls its podcasts from Google

06/04/2019

BBC pulls its podcasts from Google as part of a change of policy on third-party apps which it outlines in a blog posting. These are no longer available on the Google Podcast app and Google Assistant. Kieran Clifton, Director, BBC Distribution & Business Development explained in the post that since Google launched its own podcast app for Android users it, ‘since begun to direct people who search for a BBC podcast into its own podcast […]

India’s recorded music industry grows by a quarter in 2018

05/04/2019

India’s recorded music industry grows by a quarter in 2018 making it the 15th largest music market in the world, according to IFPI figures released by IMI (The Indian Music Industry). The global recorded music market grew by 9.7% in 2018, the fourth consecutive year of growth, according to IFPI, the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Figures released in IFPI’s Global Music Report 2019 show total revenues for 2018 were US$19.1 billion […]