June 2024

Travel broadens your musical mind

27/06/2024

Travel broadens your musical mind according to a recent study by Deezer and researchers from NYU and Princeton have shed light on how disruptions in personal routines, including travel, can impact musical exploration and cause changes in people’s tastes and listening habits. The recent study analysed over 100 million music streams from tens of thousands of Deezer users in nine countries (France, Germany, UK, Brazil, Australia, Russia, South Africa, Morocco, and Mexico). It uncovered a striking […]

Podcast listening among UK adults hits all time high

27/06/2024

Podcast listening among UK adults hits all time high with listeners spending an average of five and a half hours per week according to The UK Podcast Consumer 2024 report produced by Edison Research. The UK Podcast Consumer 2024 includes data from Edison Podcast Metrics UK. Edison Podcast Metrics UK is the only all-inclusive measurement of weekly reach of podcasts in the UK. Launched in the UK in the third quarter of 2023, Edison Research […]

Get 5 months of Amazon Music for free

27/06/2024

Get 5 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for free for Prime members (3 months free for non-Prime members) as part of their early Prime Day offers. The offer is available for new subscribers only and after the free period will revert to the normal subscription rate of £10.99 per month in the UK, $10.99 in the US (£9.99 per month in the UK for Prime Members, $9.99 in the US). Amazon’s deal is available in most territories […]

BBC Sounds got over 5 million weekly users in Q1 2024

24/06/2024

BBC Sounds got over 5 million weekly users in Q1 2024 with a weekly audience of 4.97 million users across the app, website and voice activated devices, and for the first time, a peak of 5.1m. The RAJAR figures for the same period highlight how audiences value BBC Radio with 31.3m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 43.4% of all radio listening in the UK. Podcast […]

Spotify launches a cheaper US subscription plan

24/06/2024

Spotify launches a cheaper US subscription plan which is a Premium plan less Audiobook access and will cost $1 less per month than a Premium subscription. There is currently no information regarding whether this subscription model will be rolled out to other countries but given Spotify’s history of trialling new innovations we can expect to see this extended to other countries fairly soon. Despite constant rumours there is no information regarding the availability or cost […]

Lenbrook and HDTracks to create HiRes streaming service

24/06/2024

Lenbrook and HDTracks are to create a HiRes streaming service which will support both FLAC and MQA formats. The service is aimed squarely at discerning music fans according to the two companies and will be the first subscription service using the AIRIA (MQA) codec. David Chesky, HDtracks co-founder said, “We have wanted to launch an HDtracks streaming service for some time. In Lenbrook we have a partner with global reach to help us launch a […]

CD Quality Internet Radio

23/06/2024

Back in the day, no self-respecting hi-fi enthusiast would have been without an FM tuner to receive quality stereo broadcasts. When internet radio was introduced traditional radio stations were quick to make their broadcasts available although the initial quality was often poor. These days there can hardly be a broadcast radio station of any note in the world that does not have a high quality internet presence opening up an almost unimaginable wealth of news, […]