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Entertainment technology usage differs across the generations

07/12/2019

Entertainment technology usage differs across the generations according to a UK survey conducted by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) which shows a move to mobile and smart devices amongst the young. The consumer panel-based research showed that over-55s love their radios, but smartphones and laptops oust radio and TV for the under-25s The results of a survey of 2000 UK consumers published on the ERA website, show that for under-25s the smartphone and laptop are […]

Pandora’s top songs of the year and decade

06/12/2019

Pandora’s top songs of the year and decade have been compiled from listeners’ ‘thumbs up’ into two playlists – The Top Thumb Hundred Songs of 2019 and The Top Thumb Hundred Songs of 2010-2019. According to Pandora listeners, the King and Queen of 2019 was Post Malone and Cardi B, respectively, who both racked up five tracks. Other honorable mentions include Ariana Grande, DaBaby, Bad Bunny, Drake and Lil Bunny with four tracks each. Pandora’s […]

Deezer releases Christmas playlist

06/12/2019

Deezer releases Christmas playlist with exclusive recordings from Gavin James, Thalía and Ella Henderson according to a recent blog posting. Deezer’s ‘Big Christmas’ compilation is an 18-track compilation of original covers of Christmas favourites. The line-up has artists from all over the world, including Australia, France, Norway, the UK and the Philippines. This includes singer Gavin James, ‘Queen of Latin Pop’ Thalía and rising Scandinavian pop star Aurora. Each act recorded their own original Christmas […]

Improving streaming services could gain more subscribers

05/12/2019

Improving streaming services could gain more subscribers according to a recent survey* of US adults conducted by YouGov on behalf of specialist classical music streamer, Primephonic. The survey’s main findings showed dissatisfaction with all the mainstream streaming services: 73% cannot always easily find what they are looking for 85% do not frequently listen to playlists recommended by their streaming services 74% do not believe streaming services do an adequate job at introducing them to new […]

Spotify reveals its top tracks of 2019

04/12/2019

Spotify reveals its top tracks of 2019 and charts the Top Songs, Artists, Playlists and Podcasts of this year and the last decade in a recent blog posting. This year, Post Malone was the most-streamed artist with over 6.5 Bn streams worldwide. It’s the rapper-singer-songwriter’s first time topping Spotify’s Wrapped list, and he did it just 12 weeks after dropping his album Hollywood’s Bleeding (which also happens to be the second most-streamed album globally this […]

TIDAL adds jazz classics to its 360 Reality Audio catalogue

03/12/2019

TIDAL adds jazz classics to its 360 Reality Audio catalogue including torch songs to cool jazz to fusion as part of its rollout of Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format. TIDAL introduced the new immersive format at the end of October this year and has been gradually adding content which is available through its mobile apps. Jazz classics such as Holiday’s Lady in Satin (1958), Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue (1959) and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out […]

Smart speakers and 4K TVs on the rise in UK

02/12/2019

Smart speakers and ultra-high definition TVs are booming in popularity in the UK gears according to recently published Ofcom research. Ofcom’s latest Tech Tracker data shows that ownership of smart speakers has grown significantly over the past year. In 2018, 13% of households owned a smart speaker, such as an Amazon Alexa or Google Home but this year, that figure has grown to 20%. Meanwhile, ownership of ultra-high definition (‘4K’) televisions has more than doubled […]