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German music sales continued to grow in 2023

07/03/2024

German music sales continued to grow in 2023 with revenue reaching €2.21 Bn – up 6.3% on 2022 according to the BVMI in recently released figures. The majority of sales, 81.5%, were generated from the digital business, which grew by 7.9%, driven by audio streaming (+8.4%), which now has a market share of 74.8%. The physical market (18.5%) remained stable (+0.1%) due to renewed significant vinyl growth of 12.6%. CD sales fell by 5.9% but still remains the second strongest […]

TIDAL cuts the cost of HiRes streaming

07/03/2024

TIDAL cuts the cost of HiRes streaming by combining its HiFi Plus and HiFi tiers into a single subscription tier called TIDAL. Available from the 10th April, the streamer is updating the pricing across all of its 61 countries giving subscribers access to the complete 110 million track catalogue. The US pricing is as follows which essentially reduces its combined price to the same as its existing HiFi tier: The TIDAL Individual plan for $10.99 […]

Mother Earth Radio

07/03/2024

Mother Earth Radio is an internet radio station which now broadcasts 4 channels of free HiRes 24-bit/192kHz Lossless FLAC streams. In December 2021 the station added two new premium channels – Klassik and Instrumental – to its original channel but now has decided to make all 4 channels ‘free to air’ and is hoping for support from its listeners via a Donate page here. All four channels have a web player with FLAC, MP3 and […]

Sveriges Radio

06/03/2024

Sveriges Radio is Sweden’s national broadcaster which has four main radio channels plus a number of specialist channels catering to children and Finnish speakers amongst others. In addition to a terrestrial transmitter network they also have an internet presence with iOS and Android apps, webplayers and direct stream links. Their impressive website includes news and programme details together with links to a wide range of podcasts. The classical music channel, P2, has recently introduced a […]

Spotify adds a new Audiobook Access subscription plan

06/03/2024

Spotify adds a new Audiobook Access subscription plan giving booklovers 15 hours of listening for $9.99/month. Available only in the US it grants access to over 200,000 titles. According to Spotify, ‘this plan and in one app experience, listeners can continue to tune into music and podcasts on our free, ad-supported service, offering a great option for literary enthusiasts who are looking for more audiobook-specific content.’Given that Spotify Premium is $10.99/month in the US and […]

Progressieve Rock

27/02/2024

Progressieve Rock is a Dutch internet radio station dedicated to Progressive Rock (Prog Rock) with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, MP3 and Opus streams in varying bitrates with the option of a secure SSL (https://) or ‘insecure’ (http://) stream at all bitrates. There is a webplayer on its website together with links to their social media and programme details. Founded in January 2020, the station says, “We are a group of radio program makers […]

TrancePulse

27/02/2024

TrancePulse is an Irish internet radio station based in Dublin dedicated to Trance music with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and 64kpbs and 129kpbs AAC streams. There is a webplayer on its website together with links to their social media and a number of radio aggregators such as TuneIn, Radio Garden, Online Radio Box and more. Website: https://trancepulsefm.ie/ Webplayer: https://trancepulsefm.ie/ CD Quality Lossless FLAC: http://stream.trance.ie:8000/tpmixes AAC 64kbps: http://stream.trance.ie:8000/mobile AAC 128kbps: http://stream.trance.ie:8000/stream To find […]