October 2024

Music sales in Spain grew by 16.6% in first half of 2024

14/10/2024

Music sales in Spain grew by 16.6% in first half of 2024 with vinyl LPs continuing to outsell CDs according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. Spaniards spent €249.8 million on music consumption, both in digital and physical formats that represents a 16.6% growth for the Spanish music industry, compared to the same period of 2023 (€214.3 million). Total music sales for the period were €224.15 million euros with digital consumption making up 89.7% of […]

Podcast listening by US Latinos is booming

14/10/2024

Podcast listening by US Latinos is booming with over a third more time spent than the non-Latino population according to a recent report by Edison Research. According to their Share of Ear research, persons 13 or older who identify as Hispanic or Latino spend an average of nearly five hours listening to audio each day, while the non-Latino population consumes 3 hours and 55 minutes — more than a one-hour difference. In 2014, podcasting was just […]

US Latin music grew 7% in first half of 2024

14/10/2024

The US Latin music market grew 7% in first half of 2024 with 98.7% being digital according to the RIAA, the US recording industry association. During this period revenues from Latin music in the US grew to a record high of $685 million and represents 7.9% of the total US music market up from 7.5% in the first half of 2023. Paid streaming subscriptions contributed more than two-thirds of total revenues and added more value than […]

Qobuz adds DSD and DXD download catalogue

12/10/2024

Qobuz adds DSD and DXD download catalogue sourced from original studio files not SACDs to its hifi download store. Listeners can download more than 22,500 tracks mainly in DSD format, adding to the more than 100 million songs already available. Offering a unique approach to sound reproduction, DSD and DXD are high-resolution audio formats that are distinct from the traditional PCM system used in formats like WAV, FLAC, ALAC, and AIFF. DSD is used as […]

Starter FM

12/10/2024

Starter FM is an Australian internet radio station playing a range of electronic dance music. The station has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream plus AAC, MP3 and Vorbis streams at various resolutions. In addition to their main channel, they broadcast two other channels of electronic music – Chill with Start and Starter Bangaz. They also act as a hub for half a dozen other radio Australian radio stations under the banner Starter Plus. The […]

SoundCloud introduces Mood and Genre Filters

08/10/2024

SoundCloud introduces Mood and Genre Filters allowing users to filter tracks based on what you’re feeling in the moment. Navigate to your Liked tracks from the Library, select your mood or genre and your entire collection will be filtered by AI, serving up a perfect playlist to match it. Depending on the types of tracks you have liked, you will see different mood and genre filters. You can easily tap on any filter which will […]

Zack FM

08/10/2024

Zack FM is a local radio station based in the Forest Heath area of Suffolk. They have a terrestrial presence on 105.3 FM and DAB and also on the internet. The FM transmitter covers the three RAF bases of Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Feltwell which are home to a large community of stationed American listeners and UK civilian staff. Their DAB transmitter covers the area around Norwich and Cambridgeshire. On the internet they have AAC, Vorbis […]