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Safaricom’s Songa streaming service now data free

26/08/2018

Safaricom’s has relaunched its Songa streaming service with data free packages and a reduced tariff of 5 Kenya Shillings per day. Safaricom is Kenya’s largest mobile operator with 29.5 million users (2018) but Songa has not attracted the numbers of subscribers its owners expected since its launch in February 2018. As part of its relaunch Songa is reducing its basic service to 5 Kenya Shillings per day and making it data free for Safaricom subscribers. […]

Digital audio in Chile

24/08/2018

Audio.Ad, a company specializing in digital audio advertising solutions for brands and content producers, together with market researchers Qriously have published State of digital audio in Chile 2018, a report on the digital audio consumption habits of Chileans. This is the second report produced by Audio.ad on digital audio in Chile and follows on from an earlier survey in 2015. Main conclusions Digital audio consumption 70% of respondents listen to digital audio, be it Internet radio, […]

Humbolt launches Indie Music streaming service

24/08/2018

Humbolt launches an Indie Music streaming service providing a platform for independent artists and labels allowing music lovers to discover and support music from around the world. For $2.99 a month fans can subscribe to their favourite band, artist, or label and immediately unlock the label’s entire catalogue, providing a curated experience. Humbolt aims to be an ethical music streaming service and according to its website ‘the lion’s share of the subscription fee goes to […]

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TIDAL starts African rollout starting with MTN in Uganda

23/08/2018

TIDAL has partnered with Telecoms provider MTN to rollout its streaming service in Africa starting with Uganda. The partnership provides MTN Uganda customers a variety of options for a data-inclusive TIDAL membership as part of their mobile plan to gain access to exclusive high-quality streaming music, videos, concerts and more. The partnership, launched in Uganda but set to be rolled out in other MTN operations across Africa, comes with an array of membership options where […]

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UKRD to launch pop-up digital radio stations for Christmas

23/08/2018

Commercial radio operator, UKRD Group, has announced that it will be launching ten digital pop-up Christmas radio stations this year. The in-App, Online and Smart Speaker enabled digital radio stations will launch in November and broadcast until the 31st December 2018. Playing nothing but Christmas songs, each radio station, though centrally delivered, will be locally branded for each of the ten markets in which the group owns and operates a local radio station. Peter Gordon, […]

BluOS HiRes multi-room audio to come to Monitor Audio and Roksan

22/08/2018

Lenbrook International, the developers of BluOS, have announced an agreement that will bring their high-resolution multi-room platform to Monitor Audio’s range of hifi speakers. The agreement will bring the BluOS streaming platform to upcoming products from Monitor Audio and its sister company Roksan. The technology partnership enables Monitor Audio and Roksan to enter the growing multi room streaming market. Andrew Flatt, Monitor Audio’s Chairman and CEO stated, ‘Our development team explored all of the available […]

Sony releases Prince legacy recordings and a new anthology

20/08/2018

Sony Music Entertainment releases Prince legacy recordings and a new anthology in digital formats which are available for streaming and download. Scheduled to be the first of many, Sony have made available 23 back catalogue titles (including rare and out-of-print recordings) plus a newly curated 37 track compilation – Prince Anthology: 1995-2010. The first wave of Prince back catalogue titles focuses on 1995-2010, a crucial time in Prince’s history and adds more than 300 essential Prince […]