SiriusXM creates David Bowie Channel
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SiriusXM creates David Bowie Channel

SiriusXM creates David Bowie Channel to commemorated his 75th birthday and will feature generation transcending hits, alternative versions, a Top 75 countdown, and celebrity guest DJs. The limited engagement channel will launch today (4th January 2022) in time to celebrate what would have been the singer’s 75th birthday on the 8th January. Listeners can expect to hear music spanning Bowie’s entire catalogue–from timeless and beloved classics to recently unearthed rarities. The David Bowie Channel will […]

German music charts to include advertising financed streams
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German music charts to include advertising financed streams

German music charts to include advertising financed streams in addition to physical sales, downloads, premium music streams and radio plays according to the BVMI. The first single charts according to the new regulations cover the sales period 30th December 2021 to 6th January 2022 and will appear this Friday (7th January 2022). Another new feature for 2022 is that YouTube will now also contribute data to determine the single charts and this will apply to both […]

SOURCE: BPI - UK music consumption increases for 7th year running
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UK music consumption increases for 7th year running

UK music consumption increases for 7th year running up by 2.5% in 2021 according to figures released by the BPI. The figures based on Official Charts Company data showed that 159 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed or purchased in 2021. The UK consumption total was made up primarily of streams, comprising over 147 Bn individual audio streams, up 5.7% on 2020 and representing an equivalent of 132 million streamed albums (up 5.7%). […]

How to listen to lossless FLAC Internet Radio with your browser
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How to listen to lossless FLAC Internet Radio with your browser

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec a lossless audio format that supports both CD Quality and HiRes music whether it is for downloads, streaming or internet radio. It is an open source format that is maintained by Xiph.org – ‘a non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by private interests.’ Television has seen a revolution in picture quality in the past couple of decades going from 625-line PAL through HD, 4k […]

IDAGIO Streaming Review
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Idagio Review

History Launched in August 2015 the name ‘IDAGIO’ was formed from ‘I’ for tech start-ups, and ‘adagio’, the tempo marking in music that means ‘slowly, leisurely’ according to Till Janczukowicz, the services co-founder. In September 2018 the streamer claimed 250,000 registered users but the number of paying subscribers is unknown. IDAGIO has partnered with all the major classical music labels including Warner Classics and Deutsche Grammophon to provide classical music enthusiasts with access a wide […]