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Local music and Bollywood are Spotify favourites in India

02/03/2020

Local music and Bollywood are Spotify favourites in India according to a recent blog posting celebrating the first 12 months since their launch. There are now more than 6,400 Indian creators using Spotify for Artists and there are listeners from over 2,300 cities tuning into more than 350 curated Indian playlists like New Music Hindi and Punjabi 101. The top three music genres streamed across India are pop, filmi (music from popular Indian movies) and […]

1 in 5 Brits listen to pirated music

01/03/2020

1 in 5 Brits listen to pirated music according to a new report from the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) entitled Online Copyright Infringement Tracker. The report is the ninth in a series of reports originally commissioned by Ofcom in 2012 to ‘monitor the impact of new online platforms on infringement behaviours.’ The overall summary reported that ‘For all categories, consumption (i.e. downloading, streaming/accessing content online) remained consistent or increased since the previous wave’ with […]

French music industry grows 5.4% in 2019

01/03/2020

French music industry grows 5.4% in 2019 with streaming now making up 59% of sales according to a recent report by SNEP, the French music industry association. After 3 years of modest growth an 18.5% increase in streaming subscriptions helped the industry grow to €772 million in 2019. The number of subscriptions increased significantly (+1.7 million) and crossed the 10% mark for the first time in 2019. Helped by family subscription offers, 9.4 million French people […]

Streaming up 23% in the Netherlands

29/02/2020

Streaming was up 23% in the Netherlands for 2019 contributing to the strongest growth in the Dutch music industry in five years according to NVPI, the Dutch music industry association. With a total turnover of more than €206.8 million in 2019, the Dutch music industry saw an increase of 13.2% – the strongest revenue growth in five years. In 2015, half of the revenue came from streaming, which has now grown to almost 80% making up […]

Deezer launches more DJ mixes

29/02/2020

Deezer launches more DJ mixes from four big name DJs including Above & Beyond and Oliver Heldens with ten 1 hour sets. Deezer is ensuring that all the artists involved receive their fair share of revenues in these exclusive sets and continues the streamer’s commitment to making streaming fair. Each artist has created an hour-long set with a full tracklist straight after the mix in a playlist format so it’s easy to favoorite the individual […]

BMW Music service ‘Powered by Napster’

28/02/2020

BMW Music service ‘Powered by Napster’ will be providing European BMW car owners a premium music audio experience which is integrated into their vehicle with no setup, login or extra devices required. BMW Music will bring its on-demand music and audio service to BMW owners in Germany, France, UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Spain. Drivers and passengers now have easy one-click access to more than 60 million songs and 20,000 audiobooks through the […]

Spotify refreshes its mobile app

28/02/2020

Spotify refreshes its mobile app with 3 new icons to aid usability according to a new blog posting from the streamer. Available initially to iOS users with the Android version ‘promised soon’ both Free and Premium subscribers will benefit from a more streamlined, easy-to-use interface with fresh designs to actionable icons that will make playing your favourite song or playlist as simple as the tap of a button. Simpler and more universal Shuffle Play button […]