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Lenbrook and HDTracks to create HiRes streaming service

24/06/2024

Lenbrook and HDTracks are to create a HiRes streaming service which will support both FLAC and MQA formats. The service is aimed squarely at discerning music fans according to the two companies and will be the first subscription service using the AIRIA (MQA) codec. David Chesky, HDtracks co-founder said, “We have wanted to launch an HDtracks streaming service for some time. In Lenbrook we have a partner with global reach to help us launch a […]

New Apple Music features with iOS 18

19/06/2024

New Apple Music features with iOS 18 have been announced and will become available to download from this autumn. New Apple Music features with iOS 18 Collaborative Listening with SharePlay With updates to SharePlay with Apple Music, even more users can share control of music playing from HomePod, Apple TV, or any Bluetooth-enabled speaker, making listening together even more fun and rewarding. Participants do not need to have an Apple Music subscription to contribute to what’s playing. […]

MQA relaunched as MQA Labs

19/06/2024

MQA relaunched as MQA Labs by Lenbrook Media Group (LMG) is focussing on a suite of products that bring audio processing enhancements across the music supply chain. AIRIA by MQA Labs formerly branded as MQair is claimed to deliver high resolution audio while seamlessly scaling from full lossless to very lossy rates. FOQUS represents an innovative approach for analogue to digital conversion and QRONO brings a variety of audio processing enhancements within playback devices. These […]

TIDAL dumps MQA and 360 Reality Audio

19/06/2024

TIDAL dumps MQA and 360 Reality Audio effective from the 24th July and will replace all its MQA content with FLAC format files for all its streaming apps. In a statement released yesterday the streamer said, “For stereo sound, FLAC was chosen as the format we’ll support going forward because it is open source—meaning any artist can deliver their music in high quality directly to TIDAL without the involvement of a third party. This makes […]

SuperStereo to launch new Latin channel

18/06/2024

SuperStereo Radio Chile is to launch a new Latin channel on Saturday 29th at 2am in the UK (Friday 28th June at 9pm New York time). The channel will be called SuperStereo Four Plus and according to Erik Jegó, CEO SuperStereo Network will be the last one to be launched because of the amount of effort required to digitise the content. He explains, “Most of the music recorded in the 80’s in the Latin market was […]

Shazam launches Radio Spins

14/05/2024

Shazam launches Radio Spins which monitors more than 40,000 radio stations from over 200 countries and regions to produce a Top 200 Global radio chart. For Shazam and Apple Music users you can either listen to the whole Global Radio Chart on Apple Music or filter by genre. Genres available are Alternative, Country, Dance, Electronic, French Pop, Hip-Hop/Rap, House, Latin, Musica Mexicana, Pop, R&B/Soul, Reggae/Dancehall, Rock, Singer/Songwriter and Worldwide. The Top 200 Global radio chart […]

SuperStereo 1+ goes Disco

13/05/2024

SuperStereo 1+ goes Disco with a dedicated programme of Disco, Soul and Funk making it the Chilean network’s eighth channel. Their website can be found at http://www.superstereohires.com/ which has a webplayer for all their channels at all streaming resolutions. Direct links to SuperStereo 1+ can be found below: HiRes 24bit/96khz: http://icecast.centaury.cl:7570/SuperStereoHiRes1Plus CD Quality Lossless FLAC (No metadata): http://icecast.centaury.cl:7560/SuperStereoNoData1plus AAC 224kbps: http://icecast.centaury.cl:7550/SuperStereo1Plus SuperStereo Network SuperStereo 1 – Yacht Rock SuperStereo 1+ – Disco, Soul & Funk […]