March 2024

Dutch music industry grew 9% in 2023

08/03/2024

Dutch music industry grew 9% in 2023 with streaming being the main source of income according to NVPI Audio, the Dutch music industry association. In 2023, the total turnover of the Dutch music industry amounted to 299 million euros, an increase of 9% compared to 2022. Turnover from streaming music increased by 11% to almost 240 million euros. Sales of CDs and vinyl also grew, respectively 16.1 (+5%) and 38.2 (+3%) million euros. The growth is […]

Radio Paradise adds a podcast channel

08/03/2024

Radio Paradise has added a podcast channel called Radio 2050 which started in January 2024 and now has 24 episodes all of which are available in lossless FLAC. According to the station the channel is about “Our Future. Radio 2050 is a flow of music and conversation – exploring ideas, new perspectives and boots-on-the-ground efforts for a better future in the year 2050 and beyond. Be inspired.” Launched with 8 episodes, the aim of the […]

Apple introduces transcripts for Apple Podcasts

08/03/2024

Apple introduces transcripts for Apple Podcasts which provide a full-text display for each episode and is available for English, French, Spanish and German language podcasts. With transcripts, users can read the full text of an episode, search the episode for a specific word or phrase, and tap on the text to play the podcast from that point in the episode. As an episode plays, each word is highlighted, making it easy to follow along. Users will […]

German music sales continued to grow in 2023

07/03/2024

German music sales continued to grow in 2023 with revenue reaching €2.21 Bn – up 6.3% on 2022 according to the BVMI in recently released figures. The majority of sales, 81.5%, were generated from the digital business, which grew by 7.9%, driven by audio streaming (+8.4%), which now has a market share of 74.8%. The physical market (18.5%) remained stable (+0.1%) due to renewed significant vinyl growth of 12.6%. CD sales fell by 5.9% but still remains the second strongest […]

TIDAL cuts the cost of HiRes streaming

07/03/2024

TIDAL cuts the cost of HiRes streaming by combining its HiFi Plus and HiFi tiers into a single subscription tier called TIDAL. Available from the 10th April, the streamer is updating the pricing across all of its 61 countries giving subscribers access to the complete 110 million track catalogue. The US pricing is as follows which essentially reduces its combined price to the same as its existing HiFi tier: The TIDAL Individual plan for $10.99 […]

Mother Earth Radio

07/03/2024

Mother Earth Radio is an internet radio station which now broadcasts 4 channels of free HiRes 24-bit/192kHz Lossless FLAC streams. In December 2021 the station added two new premium channels – Klassik and Instrumental – to its original channel but now has decided to make all 4 channels ‘free to air’ and is hoping for support from its listeners via a Donate page here. All four channels have a web player with FLAC, MP3 and […]

Sveriges Radio

06/03/2024

Sveriges Radio is Sweden’s national broadcaster which has four main radio channels plus a number of specialist channels catering to children and Finnish speakers amongst others. In addition to a terrestrial transmitter network they also have an internet presence with iOS and Android apps, webplayers and direct stream links. Their impressive website includes news and programme details together with links to a wide range of podcasts. The classical music channel, P2, has recently introduced a […]