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German stream manipulator shut down

05/03/2020

German stream manipulator, Followerschmiede.de, is shut down following the granting of a court injunction to IFPI and BVMI. The injunction is part of a broader effort to prevent ‘fake streams’. The injunction orders Germany-based Followerschmiede.de, which creates ‘plays’ on a digital service provider that do not represent the actual consumption of music by a genuine consumer, to discontinue that activity. This action is the latest development in the global recording industry’s ongoing strategy to tackle […]

SOURCE: BVMI - Composition of German market 2019

Germany increased streaming by 27% in 2019

27/02/2020

Germany increased streaming by 27% in 2019 with an overall increase in revenue for the year of 8.2% according to figures released by the BVMI, the German record industry association. Total revenue for the year came to €1.623 Bn. After two years of minimal decline in 2017 and 2018, the fourth largest music market in the world followed the positive global trend of the past few years in 2019. Several factors contributed to this growth […]

Album listening declines in Germany

21/02/2020

Album listening declines in Germany with 45% listening to fewer albums than five years ago according to a recent survey by Deezer. The survey in January 2020 of 8,000 adults from respondents in the US, Germany, France and Brazil included 2000 from Germany. The streamer has released further information about listening in Germany: 9% of music listening time is used for albums Almost a third of the time (31%) is spent on various playlists Individual […]

TV and radio are favourite activities of Germans

07/02/2020

TV and radio are favourite activities of Germans consuming more than 9 hours of audiovisual (AV) media each day according to German media association VAUNET. The report entitled Media Usage Analysis 2019 is a compilation of research by a number of research organisations who surveyed Germans aged 14 years and older. The consumption of television and radio programming as well as other AV media remains by far the most popular activity with Germans aged 14 […]

Germans stream 107 Bn tracks in 2019

10/01/2020

Germans stream 107 Bn tracks in 2019, a 36% increase over the 79.5 Bn streams in 2018 and nearly double the 56.4 Bn streams in 2017 according to BVMI, the German music industry association. The figures compiled in association with GfK Entertainment also revealed that Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day produced record breaking streaming numbers. Dr. Florian Drücke, Chairman of BVMI, said, “More than one hundred billion audio streams in Germany in 2019 – […]

Spotify launches Daily Drive in Germany

15/10/2019

Spotify launches Daily Drive in Germany with drive time music playlists, news and podcasts following on from the successful launch of Your Daily Drive in the US earlier in the year. Spotify’s Daily Drive playlist combines the best of news talk shows, including the relevancy and personality of the hosts, with the best of audio streaming (on demand, personalized playing and discovery). It combines your favourite music with relevant, timely world updates from reputable sources […]

Paid for music listening is increasing in Germany

07/10/2019

Paid for music listening is increasing in Germany with users increasingly willing to pay for both live and recorded music according to a recent long-term study, Music Usage in Germany. According to the study respondents are willing to spend more money on a physical album (+4%) or a digital album (+12%) of an artist than a year ago. The appreciation of live concerts has also increased (+9%) and this is especially true for people with musical […]