Ireland Archives

TrancePulse

27/02/2024

TrancePulse is an Irish internet radio station based in Dublin dedicated to Trance music with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream and 64kpbs and 129kpbs AAC streams. There is a webplayer on its website together with links to their social media and a number of radio aggregators such as TuneIn, Radio Garden, Online Radio Box and more. Website: https://trancepulsefm.ie/ Webplayer: https://trancepulsefm.ie/ CD Quality Lossless FLAC: http://stream.trance.ie:8000/tpmixes AAC 64kbps: http://stream.trance.ie:8000/mobile AAC 128kbps: http://stream.trance.ie:8000/stream To find […]

Spotify launches Audiobooks in US

27/11/2022

Update: 27/11/2022 – On Tuesday 22nd November, Spotify announced that audiobooks are also now available for purchase in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Spotify launches Audiobooks in US where Spotify listeners will be able to purchase and listen to more than 300,000 audiobook titles. The new service comes with a brand-new user interface that’s geared specifically for listening to audiobooks and fits them seamlessly alongside the music and podcasts available in the apps. […]

New streaming platform for independent artists launched

13/01/2022

New streaming platform for independent artists launched which has adopted a user centric payout model. Built by a team of two, Luke Lau and Daniel Cosgrove, in Belfast and Dublin, Minm was launched in late 2021 and was built alongside local artists and independent labels with the aim of making streaming more sustainable. Instead of paying royalties per stream, listeners can subscribe for €5 a month and listen to the growing catalogue of great independent artists. Then […]

Ireland sees 17% increase in premium streaming in 2021

11/01/2022

Ireland sees 17% increase in premium streaming in 2021 with the singles sector enjoying 15.5% year on year growth to 81.2 million chart sales across all formats according to IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association) and the Official Charts Company. Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits is officially the biggest single released in Ireland in 2021 with 11 weeks at the top of the Irish Singles Chart, as well as 140,000 combined chart sales and 18.8 million streams. […]

79% of Irish people listen to live radio everyday

07/09/2021

79% of Irish people listen to live radio everyday compared to 25% who stream music and 5% who listen to podcasts daily. This is according to the JNLR Radio and the Irish Audio Market report compiled by Ipsos/MRBI. The JNLR (Joint National Listenership Research) is a joint industry research project conducted on behalf of the Irish radio industry from a national sample of 3100 interviews of 15+ individuals between Q4 2020 and Q2 2021. Key […]

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 […]

Spotify tests Kids app in Ireland

07/11/2019

Spotify tests Kids app in Ireland, a new standalone app designed with safety in mind specifically for kids and families. Spotify Kids will be available exclusively for Premium Family subscribers and is intended for kids ages 3+. The content within Kids is hand-picked by a team of editors who have had experience at Nickelodeon, Disney, Discovery Kids, and Universal Pictures, as well as Public Service in Sweden and BookBeat, which is a family- and kids-oriented […]