August 2019

Ofcom publishes Media Nations: UK 2019

31/08/2019

UK’s broadcasting media regulator Ofcom publishes Media Nations: UK 2019 report containing statistics and trends in the television and online video sectors as well as the radio and other audio sectors. The 107-page report is Ofcom’s second annual Media Nations report and in addition to the UK has separate reports for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Media Nations: UK 2019 is a reference publication for industry, policy makers, academics and consumers and is broken down […]

Amazon Music is now available on Garmin smartwatches

30/08/2019

Amazon Music is now available on Garmin smartwatches joining Garmin’s existing iHeartRadio, Deezer and Spotify apps. Amazon Music subscribers can now download and play music from their libraries, including their favourite songs and playlists on compatible Garmin smartwatches. With Amazon Music, Prime members have access to more than two million songs and hundreds of hand-curated playlists and stations at no additional cost to their membership. With an Amazon Music Unlimited subscription, customers will have access […]

Spotify Family Plan adds parental controls

29/08/2019

Spotify Family Plan adds parental controls as part of an upgrade to its Spotify Premium Family subscription which is available in Ireland now and will roll out globally in autumn 2019. The upgraded plan gives subscribers on-demand access to 450,000 podcast titles and 50 million tracks of ad-free music. Parents will now be able to control the Explicit Content Filter setting of all other accounts on their plan (these parental controls are a long-requested feature). […]

BBC pulls live radio from TuneIn

28/08/2019

BBC pulls live radio from TuneIn with the changes being brought in on 30th August 2019 according to a recent blog posting from the Corporation. Not every TuneIn stream will be affected and some older devices and Sonos speakers will continue to get the feed. The reasons given for this are that TuneIn cannot provide data on its users and the BBC’s policy is not to give online access to ‘anonymous users’ wherever it can. […]

Pandora for Podcasters blog announcement

Submit shows on Pandora for Podcasters portal

27/08/2019

Creators can now sub submit shows on Pandora for Podcasters portal using Pandora’s new self-service hub in a recent blog posting. The launch of this dedicated hub for podcasters comes hot on the heels of Spotify’s launch of its Spotify for Podcasters platform. Podcasts on Pandora was launched in December 2018 with hundreds of shows and over 100,000 episodes, and in just months has grown to thousands of shows and over 500,000 episodes spanning Daily […]

Deezer rolls out Dark Mode to iOS and desktop app

26/08/2019

Deezer rolls out Dark Mode to iOS and desktop app joining the Android version launched in July 2019. According to the streamer, Dark Mode is the most sought-after feature from its users and the new feature gives users the freedom to switch from their normal light music player to a dark grey background. The claimed benefits are reduced eye strain and improved readability in low light conditions. Dark mode setting can be turned on or […]

Students can get 3 months of YouTube Music for free

25/08/2019

Students can get 3 months of YouTube Music for free and at the end of the trial they can continue their subscription at half price. In the UK this will be £4.99/month for YouTube Music Premium and in the US it will be $4.99. YouTube Premium student subscriptions are £6.99 and $6.99 for the UK and US respectively. Other countries pricing may vary but a similar offer is available in most of the countries where […]