Today, the 13th February is UNESCO’s World Radio Day which this year celebrates’ Radio: A century informing, entertaining and educating’. Proclaimed in 2011 by the member states of UNESCO it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as a UN International Day and the 13th February became World Radio Day (WRD). On 13th May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi sent the world’s first radio message across open water but it took until 1906 for […]
Deezer releases Apple TV app allowing users to directly access Deezer on their Apple TV without having to AirPlay the app or website from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store here. The Apple TV app joins its Android companion app which can be found here on the Google Play Store. Deezer is fast becoming a serious alternative to Spotify with over 120 million tracks available in lossless […]
Deezer adds a new couples subscription plan called Deezer Duo that allows two people to have premium accounts at a third discount. A Duo account will cost £15.99/month compared to a single account which costs £11.99/month. For those who can or want to pay by annual subscription (£174.99) a further discount can be had which reduces the subscription to an equivalent of £14.58/month. Duo accounts have all the benefits of Deezer Premium including listening offline […]
Americans still listen to AM/FM radio for 36% of their daily audio time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. Using their Share of Ear survey that measures the full audio space and how much the audio average American consumes in a typical day using a nationally representative sample of those aged 13+. The chart above shows the Q4 2023 data for the Share of Ear Audio Dial, which shows the percentage of daily listening that […]
BBC Sounds streams 617 million plays in Q4 2023 with on-demand plays up 16.8% year on year according to recent figures released by the BBC. On-demand listening of the BBC’s audio content grew between October and December with BBC Sounds achieving a record 231 million plays for on-demand radio programmes, podcasts and music mixes. Christmas music contributed to a record 6.2 million plays for music mixes on BBC Sounds, up 32% from last year. Key […]
Spotify subscribers hit 236 million in Q4 2023, a 15% increase year on year, according to its recently released Q4 2023 financial results. Monthly Active Users (MAU) increased 23% to 602 million. Key financial results in Q4 2023 Monthly Active Users grew 23% year on year to 602 million and 1 million ahead of guidance. Net additions of 28 million represented the second largest Q4 net addition performance in our history. Subscribers grew 15% year on year to […]
Napster creates ChatGPT powered playlists in a new beta website showcasing PlaylistGPT, a new tool enabling users to create their ideal playlist. With PlaylistGPT, users can ‘put their ideas’ into a ChatGPT prompt and then Napster will deliver an AI-generated title, playlist, description and custom artwork. The launch marks the first time a music streamer has integrated ChatGPT and its text-to-image DALL.E model into its platform. Subscribers can save their playlists while those who aren’t can […]
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