November 2019

News

MQA brings HiRes audio to HD TV

04/11/2019

MQA brings HiRes audio to HD TV in a world first demo on Japan’s leading premium pay TV broadcaster WOWOW according to a recent MQA blog posting. WOWOW, Japan’s leading premium pay TV broadcaster, is using MQA’s audio technology to showcase HD video playback with the highest quality sound. The first demonstration took place at a press event hosted at WOWOW’s Tokyo offices on 24th October. This will be followed by a full demonstration at Inter BEE trade show […]

Consumers spend 4.5 hours a day on digital entertainment

03/11/2019

Consumers spend 4.5 hours per day on digital entertainment with a total of 30.73 hours in a full week according to media and technology analysts, MIDiA Research. Their research published in a recent blog posting allocated eight hours of work and seven hours of sleep leaving consumers about 4.5 hours per day left to do things like eat, commute, socialise, run errands, and conduct general life admin. Watching TV/streaming was found to be the most […]

Spotify sponsored favourite recommendations

Spotify tests sponsored album recommendations

03/11/2019

Spotify tests sponsored album recommendations on its Spotify mobile app with Spotify Premium subscribers able to turn these off. Spotify occasionally delivers full-screen recommendations in its Spotify mobile app, letting you know that one a favourite artist has a new album out. Based on interviews Spotify have conducted with Premium users, as well as Twitter feedback, listeners seem to like this feature. Spotify will personalize these new album recommendations based on listening taste, combined with […]

BBC launches interactive voice news service

02/11/2019

BBC launches interactive voice news service in the UK for users with smart speakers according to a recent blog by the corporation. The BBC is reinventing the way it delivers news on voice devices giving listeners who use smart speakers the ability to skip ahead to the stories they have time for and find out more about the stories that grab their attention by saying ‘Give me BBC News’ to an Alexa-enabled device. BBC Voice […]

Listen to classical music on the Apple Watch

01/11/2019

Listen to classical music on the Apple Watch with the launch of a free app enabling users easy one-click access to IDAGIO’s extensive specialist classical music catalogue. The app gives every user the ability to listen to classical music for free, offering remote streaming on the go, with no login or sign in required. The IDAGIO Apple Watch app is designed to simplify music selection by matching sets of playlists with moods and offering curated […]