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Save up to £119 on Apple iPad Pros

Save up to £119 on Apple iPad Pros where Amazon is holding an Apple sponsored sale. Discounts ranging from a few percent to £119 on an Apple iPad Pro (10.5 Inch, Wi-Fi, 512 GB – Space Grey). Apple don’t usually discount their products so this is definitely one to snap up while stocks last. The sale is available in most Amazon regions but here are some of the models and links to the Amazon UK […]

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Streaming continues to grow in Germany

Streaming continues to grow in Germany during 2018 according to preliminary sales figures released by BVMI, the German record industry association. The number of audio streams in 2018 grew year on year by just over 40% to a record total of 79.5 Bn. While the number of CDs sold, 48.2 million, represented a 23% drop compared to 2017, the compact disc is now in its 36th year following its launch and is still the second […]

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Radio by Deezer app launches in UK

Radio by Deezer app launches in UK giving users access to 30,000 radio stations on a stand-alone Android app. Radio by Deezer can be used without registering but in order to play saved tracks users will need to sign up for a Deezer account and download the Deezer app. Radio by Deezer features include: 30,000 popular radio stations in one place No sign-up required for radio streaming Identify the songs you hear directly in the […]

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Apple Music expands song lyrics support

Apple Music expands song lyrics support adding seven additional countries to the existing supported list. Apple Music went into partnership with Genius in October 2018 to use its lyrics database and the initial rollout was to Australia, Canada, US and UK. As part of the agreement between the two companies Apple Music became the official Genius web-based music player. The additional seven countries which now have song lyrics functionality are France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New […]

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Spotify achieves 200 million users

Spotify achieves 200 million users in 2018 a 26% increase from the 159 million users in 2017. In 2018 Spotify launched in seventeen new markets including Israel, Romania, South Africa, and Vietnam, plus thirteen in the Middle East and North Africa complete with a fully localized Arabic platform for its Arabic-speaking listeners. Spotify in numbers Number of active users 200 million Number of subscribers (at 30th September 2018) 87 million Revenue paid to rightsholders (at […]

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Classical music ends 2018 on a high note

Classical music ends 2018 on a high note with music sales and streams rising by 10.2% according to figures released by the BPI, based on Official Charts Company data. 2.23 million Classical albums or their equivalent were either purchased, downloaded or streamed in 2018 outperforming the strong overall 5.7% rise in UK music consumption as a whole. Collectible CDs and box sets continue to appeal to classical music buyers in contrast the general trend in UK […]

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Sunderland AFC sign up with Apple Music

Sunderland AFC sign up with Apple Music who become the club’s exclusive music streaming partner. The global music streaming service will enable supporters, wherever they are in the world, to get even closer to the club, with playlists curated personally by the players and made available exclusively on Apple Music. There is also an introductory offer of Apple Music free for three months for supporters. Sunderland AFC playlists will be available through the club’s website […]