April 2024

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 […]

PirateKanon.FM

12/04/2024

PirateKanon.FM is a German internet radio station playing pop music hits with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and two MP3 streams – 48kbps and 320kbps. Their website is multi-lingual (German and English) and has a webplayer, programme guide, links to radio aggregators as well as links for all the popular media players. According to the station, “Piratenkanon.FM is a transparent station with vertical programming. You can enjoy 24/7 music here. Both Live and the […]

Radio Jeunes Rheims

08/04/2024

Radio Jeunes Rheims is a local community radio station aimed mainly at students and young adults in Reims, France providing information on studies, professional integration as well as musical, cultural and sporting news from Reims and the Greater Reims area. You can listen to RJR in Reims on 106.1FM and on DAB+ on the Reims local multiplex. It also has an internet presence with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, MP3 and AAC streams. There is […]

Spotify gets a Desktop Miniplayer

08/04/2024

Spotify gets a Desktop Miniplayer allowing users to change settings without switching between windows. Currently only available to Premium subscribers on PCs, it will allow you to adjust volume or change the Repeat mode without interrupting whatever else you are doing. Desktop Miniplayer features Supports all content types including music, podcast and video. Video podcasts display in a picture-in-picture mode with controls and the image ca be made larger or smaller as required. Float over […]

LinuxRadio.Tools V2301

08/04/2024

LinuxRadio.Tools V2301 was a Dutch internet radio station broadcasting a test CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream on both a secure SSL (https://) and an ‘insecure’ (http://) stream. There was a webplayer on its website together with a music request function. The links do not work and have been kept here for historical interest only. Website: https://linuxradio.tools/ Webplayer: https://linuxradio.tools/ CD Quality Lossless FLAC (SSL): https://linuxradio.tools:2014/flac CD Quality Lossless FLAC: http://linuxradio.tools:1994/flac To find out more about […]

Spotify Audiobooks adds 3 more countries

04/04/2024

Spotify Audiobooks adds 3 more countries – Canada, Ireland and New Zealand – to its growing list of countries that Spotify Premium subscribers can access audiobooks. From the 9th April Spotify Premium users in these markets will have access to up to 15 hours of audiobooks per month, seamlessly integrated alongside music and podcasts, on a single platform through a unified subscription. Spotify’s Premium audiobook catalogue, already available in the US, UK, and Australia, is […]