COVID-19 Archives

Radio listening grew 33% in Ireland during the pandemic

11/09/2020

Radio listening grew 33% in Ireland during the pandemic with Smart speaker and Connected TV listening increasing over 60% after lockdown according to consultants Core Research. One third of people in Ireland have trialled a new way to listen to audio including music streaming, digital radio or podcasts since March 2020. The research looked at the evolution of music, radio and audio consumption, brought about as a result of people spending more time at home […]

SOURCE: RIAA - US streaming revenues H1 2020

Streaming grows to 85% of music revenue in US

10/09/2020

Streaming grows to 85% of music revenue in US growing 5.6% to $5.7 Bn in the first half of 2020 according to the RIAA’s 2020 Mid-Year Music Industry Revenue Report. Streaming music grew to 85% of the market by value, compared with 80% the prior year. There were differences in trends between Q1 and Q2 of 2020, as retail store closures, tour cancellations, and other impacts of COVID-19 affected the music industry in many significant […]

Increase in streaming overcomes pandemic slump in Spain

09/09/2020

Increase in streaming overcomes pandemic slump in Spain with an increase in music sales of 4% in the first half of 2020 according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. The Spanish music industry has managed a 3.99% upturn in global sales, despite of the pandemic impact on the physical market, losing almost 45% of revenues as a consequence of closing of shops during lockdown. Revenues, according to figures compiled by the association (representing […]

Entertainment and Subscription Market at end June 2020

Streaming subscriptions soar in Australia during pandemic

31/08/2020

Streaming subscriptions soar in Australia during pandemic adding 5.6 million new subscriptions to the end of June 2020, an increase of 18% from a year ago. This growth was across streaming video on demand (SVOD), streaming music and games related subscription services. The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted home entertainment subscription services in Australia according to new research from emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte. The Telsyte Australian Entertainment Subscriptions Study 2020 found SVOD and streaming music […]

German music industry continues to grow despite COVID-19

29/08/2020

German music industry continues to grow despite COVID-19 with a 4.8% increase in sales in the first half of 2020 according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. The industry generated a total of 783.7 million euros from audio streams as well as from the sale of CDs, downloads and vinyl in this period. This is 4.8% more than in the same period last year (H1 2019: 748.1 million euros sales after the full […]

Younger listeners in UK turn to Classical music

19/08/2020

Younger listeners in UK turn to Classical music with 37% of UK Classical music fans on Deezer under 35 years old and global streams from this age group rising by 17% in the last year. This is according to a joint report The Classical Revival in 2020 from the BPI, Deezer and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) using official streaming data and market research. Research showed that 18-25 year olds accounted for a third (34%) […]

Coronavirus lockdown produced a boom in subscriptions to video, music and games services

16/08/2020

The coronavirus lockdown produced a boom in subscriptions to video, music and games services according a guide from the Entertainment Retailers’ Association (ERA) about how the UK entertained itself in the first half of 2020. The data comes from ERA’s tracking study which has measured the entertainment choices of a representative panel of up to 2,000 consumers each quarter for the past seven years. The latest 28th wave of the research commenced on 25th May 2020, […]