April 2024

Create personalized playlists with Spotify’s AI Playlist

28/04/2024

Create personalized playlists with Spotify’s AI Playlist which has been released in Beta on Android and iOS devices in the UK and Australia. Available on Spotify Premium creating a new playlist with AI Playlist is as simple as typing a unique prompt into the chat. The AI Playlist pairs Spotify’s personalization technology with AI to deliver a personalized mix that can reference places, animals, activities, movie characters, colours and even emojis. The most successful playlists […]

Eirewave Radio

28/04/2024

Eirewave is a UK-based pop and rock music radio station with terrestrial DAB transmitters in Belfast and Derry plus an internet radio presence with availability on the UK Radioplayer, smart speakers and devices, various radio aggregators and via direct streaming links. There are also iOS and Android apps. The station has reinstated its CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream plus a 128kbps MP3 and 64kbps AAC (although foobar measures it at 320kbps?) direct stream link. Their […]

Global recorded music revenues grew 10.2% in 2023

27/04/2024

Global recorded music revenues grew 10.2% in 2023 driven largely by growth in paid subscription streaming according to IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Figures released recently in IFPI’s Global Music Report show total revenues for 2023 were US$28.6 Bn. Subscription streaming revenues alone grew by 11.2% and made up almost half (48.9%) of the global market. In 2023 the number of paid subscriptions to music streaming services passed 500 million for the first […]

Antena Zadar – 97.2 FM

25/04/2024

Antena Zadar – 97.2 FM is a Croatian Local Radio station with several FM transmitters in the Zadar County area of Dalmatia in Croatia. It also has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, cable TV channels and a MixCloud site. The website also has a 320kbps MP3 webplayer and there are links to a web Portal with local news and information about the Zadar area. There is also the opportunity to catch up on past programmes […]

The US Latin music market continued to grow in 2023

23/04/2024

The US Latin music market grew 16% over 2022, 14% above the previous peak in 2005, according to the RIAA, the American recorded music industry association. Total revenues of $1.4 Bn represented an all-time high share of overall US recorded music revenues of 7.9%, up from 7.3% in 2022. Streaming Streaming is the dominant choice of Latin music fans today, delivering more than 98% of total Latin music revenues. Overall, streaming revenue grew to $1.3 Bn, up […]

Podcast listening hits all-time high in US

14/04/2024

Podcast listening hits all-time high in US up 12% year on year according to The Infinite Dial 2024. The Infinite Dial is produced by Edison Research with support from Audacy, Cumulus Media, and SiriusXM Media and is America’s longest-running survey of digital media consumer behaviour in the US, published annually since 1998. It provides survey data on a number of important media channels, including streaming audio, podcasting, and social media from a representative sample of the US […]

TIDAL’s HiRes plan now cheaper than Spotify

14/04/2024

TIDAL’s HiRes plan is now cheaper than Spotify coming in at £10.99/month compared to the recently increased Spotify Premium plan costing £11.99/month. Introduced on the 10th April, a TIDAL subscription is now the same price as Amazon Music and Apple Music. TIDAL subscription plans Individual – £10.99/month 110M+ tracks in lossless, HiRes FLAC and Dolby Atmos Ad-free, offline listening Personalized mixes, editorial playlists, and Live sessions Family (up to 6 members) – £16.99/month 110M+ tracks […]