February 2023

Deezer and Sonos enter long-term partnership

17/02/2023

Deezer and Sonos enter long-term partnership to power the brand’s streaming radio service Sonos Radio and its subscription service Sonos Radio HD. The collaboration will provide a catalogue of music that is curated for Sonos customers and furthers Deezer’s strategy of focusing on partnership-led expansion to deliver growth opportunities in the US and other markets globally. Deezer now has more than 45 partners and 80 hardware integrations worldwide. Beginning April 2023, Deezer will deliver key […]

CN’O

13/02/2023

CN’O is a French local radio station broadcasting from Valenciennes in the North East corner of France. It broadcasts in the districts of Valenciennes and Avesnes-sur-Helpe in DAB+ and 128kbps AAC streams. The station had a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream in early February 2023 but this now gone off-air. The station has ambitions to expand its broadcasting area towards Cambrésis, Thiérache and South Avesnois. Their website contains a webplayer (AAC stream), local news, podcasts […]

How to exclude playlists on Spotify

10/02/2023

Spotify have introduced a new feature to improve personalization by excluding playlists from Your Taste Profile. This is useful for people who have specific playlists for specific activities, such as sleeping, working out, or parenting as their recommendations can sometimes over-index on songs and artists that don’t fit with their general listening habits. Your Taste Profile is Spotify’s interpretation of your taste based on what you listen to and how you listen to it. It […]

No German language titles in Top 100 Radio plays in 2022

09/02/2023

There were no German language titles in Top 100 Radio play charts in 2022 according to the BVMI in a recent blog post. The result of this is that various section of both the music industry and the general public are likely to demand cultural mandates as part of the debate about the future of public broadcasting. People in Germany listened to a lot of music via streaming services last year. Recently published figures showed that […]

Americans listen to music on mobiles in their home

08/02/2023

Americans listen to music on mobiles in their home for 35% of their daily audio time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. Using their Share of Ear survey which utilizes a nationally representative sample of those age 13+ the data obtained gives an insight into what types of audio devices Americans currently are using to consume audio at home. When consuming audio at home, those in the US age 13+ spend over one-third […]

Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 2022

07/02/2023

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q3 2022 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks in the US. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 50 Podcasts of Q3 2022 list is derived from data collected continuously Q4 2021 – Q3 2022, from surveying weekly podcast consumers aged 18 and older in the […]

Local music tops the album charts again in France

07/02/2023

Local music tops the album charts again in France with the Top 10 best selling albums of 2022 being sung in French according to figures released by SNEP, the French music industry association. In an analysis of the top 200 albums of 2022: 17 of the top 20 albums are French productions 154 French productions are ranked in the 200 best sellers of 2022 (77%) 32 first albums rank in the TOP 200 – including […]