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Spotify rolls out Audiobooks to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

16/04/2025

Spotify rolls out Audiobooks to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein allowing Premium listeners access to 350,000 audiobooks, including titles in German, French, and Italian. Eligible Premium subscribers will receive 12 hours of audiobook listening each month, and additional 10-hour allocations can be purchased as needed from €9.99. Listeners without an eligible Premium subscription will be able to pay to unlock access to individual audiobook titles a la carte. In Germany, there’s a rich tradition of […]

Austrian music market up 15.5% in first half of 2023

29/08/2023

Austrian music market up 15.5% in first half of 2023 with fans spending €98.3 million on streaming subscriptions, CDs, downloads and vinyl records according to IFPI Austria. Revenue from music streamers Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube and Co. increased by 20% to almost €82 million and thus dominates the Austrian music market with an 83% market share. There were 8.6 Bn songs streamed in the first half of the year – an 18% increase compared to last year. […]

Streaming in Austria up 22.5% in 2022

21/02/2023

Streaming in Austria up 22.5% in 2022 with a record 14.8 Bn songs streamed with sales reaching €143.8 million according to IFPI Austria. Total sales revenue for the year for all recorded music formats was up 13% on 2021 reaching €215.2. Vinyl sales continued to grow – up 4.3% year on year with a turnover of €10.6 million with CD and downloads continuing to decline with -17% and -18% respectively. Music fans in Austria spent […]

Austrian music market grew 11% in 2021

28/02/2022

Austrian music market grew 11% in 2021 with total sales of €190.4 million according to IFPI Austria, the Association of the Austrian Music Industry. Streaming was up 26.5% to €117.4 million with 12.7 Bn songs streamed. The vinyl boom continues with turnover exceeding €10 million. The second year of the pandemic was characterized by strong growth in streaming sales, an ongoing vinyl boom and a renewed increase in music consumption. While concerts, festivals, clubs and live music […]

Deezer launches audiobook channel in Austria

13/03/2021

Deezer launches audiobook channel in Austria with an editorially maintained service of audiobooks and radio plays. Last year, the streaming service started in Germany with Audiobooks by Deezer, a standalone app for audiobooks, as well as a curated audiobook offering in the Netherlands. From bestsellers to novelties to non-fiction books, crime novels and radio plays, audiobook fans can now browse through more than 15 different genres and categories in the new channel. Among them are editorial recommendations […]

A1 Telekom Austria and Deezer form music partnership

07/12/2020

A1 Telekom Austria and Deezer form music partnership to give unlimited music and podcast access to A1 customers across Eastern Europe and Austria. The new co-branded music service called A1 Xplore Music by Deezer will allow 8.5 million A1 customers in Austria, Slovenia and Bulgaria access to Deezer’s 56 million music tracks and podcasts from around the world. The launch is the first step in a partnership between the two companies and A1 Xplore Music […]

SoundCloud Go+ launches in Austria

06/10/2019

SoundCloud Go+ launches in Austria giving listeners in that country access to SoundCloud’s premium subscription service giving them full access to SoundCloud’s catalogue, offline sync, no advertising and better quality audio streaming. Subscriptions are €9.99 (Web/Android) or €12.99 (iOS) per month and users can sign up via SoundCloud’s apps in the iOS App Store and Google Play Store, or by visiting soundcloud.com/go. Anthony Gabriele, Senior Vice President, Subscriptions & Marketing, SoundCloud, said “SoundCloud is the […]