Apple Music launches Windows apps to replace iTunes
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Apple Music launches Windows apps to replace iTunes

Apple Music launches Windows apps to replace iTunes for Windows 10 and later so you can access your music, video content, and Apple devices in their own dedicated apps. There are three apps – Apple Music app, Apple TV app and Apple Devices app and if your PC doesn’t support these apps you can continue to use iTunes for Windows. All three apps are available from the Microsoft Store and once installed you will have […]

World Radio Day 2024
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World Radio Day 2024

Today, the 13th February is UNESCO’s World Radio Day which this year celebrates’ Radio: A century informing, entertaining and educating’. Proclaimed in 2011 by the member states of UNESCO it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as a UN International Day and the 13th February became World Radio Day (WRD). On 13th May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi sent the world’s first radio message across open water but it took until 1906 for […]

Deezer releases Apple TV app
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Deezer releases Apple TV app

Deezer releases Apple TV app allowing users to directly access Deezer on their Apple TV without having to AirPlay the app or website from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store here. The Apple TV app joins its Android companion app which can be found here on the Google Play Store. Deezer is fast becoming a serious alternative to Spotify with over 120 million tracks available in lossless […]

Brillux Radio
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Brillux Radio

Brillux Radio is a German radio station broadcasting with a terrestrial DAB+ transmitter and an internet presence which includes a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. The station is owned by paint manufacturer Brillux GmbH & Co with programming aimed at construction companies and DIYers. For 12 hours during the day, they focus on topics relevant to their target audience and outside of this they broadcast a mix of pop, rock and electronic music. Their website […]

Deezer adds a new couples subscription plan
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Deezer adds a new couples subscription plan

Deezer adds a new couples subscription plan called Deezer Duo that allows two people to have premium accounts at a third discount. A Duo account will cost £15.99/month compared to a single account which costs £11.99/month. For those who can or want to pay by annual subscription (£174.99) a further discount can be had which reduces the subscription to an equivalent of £14.58/month. Duo accounts have all the benefits of Deezer Premium including listening offline […]

Americans still listen to AM/FM radio
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Americans still listen to AM/FM radio

Americans still listen to AM/FM radio for 36% of their daily audio time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. Using their Share of Ear survey that measures the full audio space and how much the audio average American consumes in a typical day using a nationally representative sample of those aged 13+. The chart above shows the Q4 2023 data for the Share of Ear Audio Dial, which shows the percentage of daily listening that […]

BBC Sounds streams 617 million plays in Q4 2023
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BBC Sounds streams 617 million plays in Q4 2023

BBC Sounds streams 617 million plays in Q4 2023 with on-demand plays up 16.8% year on year according to recent figures released by the BBC. On-demand listening of the BBC’s audio content grew between October and December with BBC Sounds achieving a record 231 million plays for on-demand radio programmes, podcasts and music mixes. Christmas music contributed to a record 6.2 million plays for music mixes on BBC Sounds, up 32% from last year. Key […]