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Create custom cover art for Spotify playlists

27/10/2024

Create custom cover art for Spotify playlists with a beta rollout on the mobile app in English in 65 countries. Currently listeners have created over 8 Bn playlists covering every kind of musical mood and milestone in their life. The new feature offers both Free and Premium users the ability to create their own cover art with unique images, colours and text effects, graphic elements, and more, allowing them to make their music playlists more […]

CD Quality Internet Radio

27/10/2024

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, […]

Music revenues in Europe are 39% below 2001 levels

25/10/2024

Music revenues in Europe are 39% below 2001 levels according to a recent report by IFPI, the organisation representing record companies worldwide, which looked at recorded music in the European Union. The report, Music in the EU: A Global Opportunity, explores the ways in which the work and investment of record companies is helping to drive the success of European music and artists, both domestically and internationally, whilst providing insight into the challenges and opportunities […]

BBC commissions new shows for BBC Sounds

25/10/2024

BBC commissions new shows for BBC Sounds music streams, Radio 1 Anthems and Radio 3 Unwind. Following highly competitive commissioning rounds, a raft of production teams across the audio sector and different parts of the UK have secured shows on the new music streams for BBC Sounds, launching in early November. Lorna Clarke, Director of Music, BBC says, “Our new music extensions provide invaluable creative opportunities for the audio sector to win more commissions, and […]

YouTube is the preferred podcast listening service in US

24/10/2024

YouTube is the preferred podcast listening service in the US according to a recent report by Edison Research. According to Edison Podcast Metrics, 31% of weekly podcast listeners age 13 and up choose YouTube as the service they use most to listen to podcasts, surpassing Spotify (27%) and Apple Podcasts (15%). Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures listening, not downloads, across all networks, shows, and platforms. As the world of podcasting evolves, many […]

Qobuz expands its streaming service into Japan

24/10/2024

Qobuz expands its streaming service into Japan its twenty-sixth country and since its launch in the US in 2019, the company has opened in 15 new countries in the last four years. The company’s move into Japan follows the acquisition of e-onkyo music in 2021. While streaming dominates the global music market with over 67% of revenue, Japan presents a unique landscape where the physical market still accounts for over 50% of sales. Paid streaming, […]

Agape’s JPop/Anisong Radio

24/10/2024

Agape’s JPop/Anisong Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting JPop/Anisong music with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC and a MP3 128kbps stream. It went ‘off-air’ in early March of this year, returned later in the month, stopped broadcasting in June but has now restarted broadcasting. There was also a Song History, a Playlist and a feature to ‘Request a Song’. Website: http://nas.agapec.fun:81/public/agapes_anisong_radio Webplayer: http://nas.agapec.fun:81/public/agapes_anisong_radio CD Quality Lossless FLAC: http://nas.agapec.fun:38000/flac MP3 128kbps: http://nas.agapec.fun:38000/mp3 To find […]