TIDAL’s HiRes plan now cheaper than Spotify
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TIDAL’s HiRes plan now cheaper than Spotify

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 […]

Radio Jeunes Reims
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Radio Jeunes Rheims

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
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Spotify gets a Desktop Miniplayer

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
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LinuxRadio.Tools V2301

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
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Spotify Audiobooks adds 3 more countries

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 […]

US music revenues grew for 8th consecutive year
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US music revenues grew for 8th consecutive year

US music revenues grew for 8th consecutive year in 2023 up 8% to a record high of $17.1 Bn according to figures released by the RIAA. Streaming continued to be the biggest driver of growth with record levels of paid subscriptions, continued growth in ad-supported revenues and growing contributions from new platforms and services. Paid subscriptions continue to drive streaming growth Streaming continued to account for the great majority of recorded music revenues in 2023. Paid subscriptions, […]

SuperStereo Chile back on the air
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SuperStereo Chile back on the air

SuperStereo Chile is back ‘on the air’ after recovering from last week’s devastating flood which completely ruined its studio and servers. The station has changed its location and reestablished its streaming servers which went live on the 23rd March at 5am New York time. As part of the server rebuilds they have added 96kpbs AAC streams which are labelled Opus but are AAC. SuperStereo 1 and 1+ are Yacht Rock; SuperStereo 2 – 50’s,60’s and […]