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AIDA Radio

10/05/2024

AIDA Radio is a German radio station broadcasting with a terrestrial DAB+ transmitter and an internet presence which includes a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. The station is owned by cruise operator AIDA Cruises with programming to ‘put you in the holiday mood’. Their website includes programme details, how to receive the station via Alexa, podcasts and a variety of competitions. Website: https://aidaradio.de/ Webplayer: https://aidaradio.de/ CD Quality Lossless FLAC: https://cdn05.radio.cloud:8128/AIDA-OMNIA-GAI MP3 128kbps: http://frontend.streamonkey.net/aidaradio-meergefuehl/stream/mp3 AAC 64kbps: […]

German music sales continued to grow in 2023

07/03/2024

German music sales continued to grow in 2023 with revenue reaching €2.21 Bn – up 6.3% on 2022 according to the BVMI in recently released figures. The majority of sales, 81.5%, were generated from the digital business, which grew by 7.9%, driven by audio streaming (+8.4%), which now has a market share of 74.8%. The physical market (18.5%) remained stable (+0.1%) due to renewed significant vinyl growth of 12.6%. CD sales fell by 5.9% but still remains the second strongest […]

Mother Earth Radio

07/03/2024

Mother Earth Radio is an internet radio station which now broadcasts 4 channels of free HiRes 24-bit/192kHz Lossless FLAC streams. In December 2021 the station added two new premium channels – Klassik and Instrumental – to its original channel but now has decided to make all 4 channels ‘free to air’ and is hoping for support from its listeners via a Donate page here. All four channels have a web player with FLAC, MP3 and […]

Germany had 213 Bn streams in 2023

18/01/2024

Germany had 213 Bn streams in 2023 according to figures by the BVMI from data compiled by GfK Entertainment. This was 12% more than 2022 when 191 billion streams were achieved. Within five years the number has almost doubled; In 2019 there were 108 billion views. If you add up all the data since the start of recording in 2013, the streams now add up to over a trillion. According to the released figures, current music is the most popular era of […]

Mother Earth Radio adds a Jazz channel

05/10/2023

Mother Earth Radio adds a Jazz channel offering a Lossless FLAC stream plus AAC and MP3 streams with both direct streaming links and a webplayer. For jazz aficionados the links at the bottom of this post are jazz internet radio stations offering CD Quality Lossless FLAC programming. Additionally, the station made the switch to 192kHz for its Instrumental channel in July this year. In a blog posting the station’s founder Florian Reiterer said that the […]

RTL+ gets entertainment upgrade

10/08/2023

RTL+ gets entertainment upgrade making it an all-inclusive multimedia app with Deezer continuing to provide it with music streaming. The new service from RTL Germany will include TV series, reality TV, live sports, films, music, audio books and podcasts. The package includes over 55,000 hours of video and TV entertainment, over 120 million music titles, more than 100,000 audio books and radio plays from top publishers and authors, as well as several thousand podcast formats, […]

German music streaming sales grew 9.7% in first half of 2023

18/07/2023

German music streaming sales grew 9.7% in first half of 2023 according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. Total sales were €1.056 Bn, an increase of 6.6% compared to the same period last year (H1 2022: €990 million according to the 2022 full-year accounts). Physical sales were at a similar level as in the same period of the previous year and thus remained stable (-0.8%). CDs continued to decline (-4.1%) but still contributed […]