BBC Sounds app updates include Chromecast support as well as an increased number of categories according to a recent BBC blog posting. This comes soon after Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support, Alexa support and live rewind and live restart. Google Home speakers are also included in the Chromecast support update. The number of categories in the app has been increased from 12 to 40. These can be accessed from the home screen or via […]
Apple launches Apple Music for Artists, a portal for artists and creators which provides ‘Everything you need to understand your music’s impact across Apple Music and iTunes’. Apple Music for Artists joins other streaming services such as Spotify (Spotify for Artists) and SoundCloud (SoundCloud Creators) providing a dedicated portal for its artists and creators Apple Music for Artists features Keep tabs on how your music is performing View a quick snapshot of your music’s overall […]
Primephonic have published the 2019 State of Music Streaming report which is an online study into the streaming experiences of users. Conducted by YouGov and sponsored by the classical music streamer they have published a summary of their findings in a recent blog posting. The survey asked US adults who had streamed music in the past six months about their experiences and found that 60% of music streamers were frustrated by their streaming experience. The […]
Amazon have introduced an Amazon Prime benefit for US students enabling them to get Amazon Music Unlimited for $0.99/month. College students can sign up for a six-month trial of Prime Student and enjoy fast, free delivery from Prime, thousands of movies and shows with Prime Video and ad-free music. Amazon have introduced a new music benefit for Prime Student members who can now subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited for an additional $0.99 per month. College […]
Deezer updates ‘Queue List’ feature which syncs your tracks across multiple devices no matter how often you switch. Premium users listening to a track on mobile, tablet or desktop can change devices and listen to the same track without having to look for it. Each user’s queue list is now stored in the cloud, making it effortless to switch between mobile, web, desktop, smart watches (Apple Watch and Android Watch), In Car (Carplay and Android […]
Spotify has launched its Spotify for Podcasters platform which at its heart is a discovery and analytics dashboard. The new platform which has come out of beta is built to empower the podcasting community allowing it to continue innovating and sharing their work with the world. On the platform a user can both submit a show to Spotify and dive deep into engagement and demographic data for their podcast, tracking things like average listening times, […]
Apple renames ‘Mastered for iTunes’ calling it ‘Apple Digital Masters’ and grouping all tracks that have been encoded in one place. Mastered for iTunes was launched in 2012 and is a set of tools and guidelines that encouraged record producers to use studio quality 24-bit 96 kHz originals to produce the 256 kbps AAC files that iTunes streams. Despite many press reports Apple Digital Masters are not HiRes and there are no publicly announced plans […]
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