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Improving streaming services could gain more subscribers

05/12/2019

Improving streaming services could gain more subscribers according to a recent survey* of US adults conducted by YouGov on behalf of specialist classical music streamer, Primephonic. The survey’s main findings showed dissatisfaction with all the mainstream streaming services: 73% cannot always easily find what they are looking for 85% do not frequently listen to playlists recommended by their streaming services 74% do not believe streaming services do an adequate job at introducing them to new […]

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Primephonic classical streaming goes global

23/10/2019

Primephonic classical streaming goes global and from August 2019 is now available in 154 countries after its launch in August last year to the US, UK and Netherlands. Primephonic are expecting to add China, Japan and Russia – ‘soon’. In addition to its worldwide availability the classical music streamer has upgraded its iOS app (v2.11.0),its Android app (v2.12.1) and its web player to add the following features: Chromecast support to connect your TV or HiFi […]

2019 State of Music Streaming report

22/08/2019

Primephonic have published the 2019 State of Music Streaming report which is an online study into the streaming experiences of users. Conducted by YouGov and sponsored by the classical music streamer they have published a summary of their findings in a recent blog posting. The survey asked US adults who had streamed music in the past six months about their experiences and found that 60% of music streamers were frustrated by their streaming experience. The […]

Offline listening comes to Primephonic Android app

Primephonic adds offline listening to Android

03/05/2019

Primephonic adds offline listening to Android app expanding its mobile offering to its recently launched iOS app upgrade. In a posting on a help page the company announced: ‘We are delighted to announce that offline streaming is now available on the Primephonic iOS and Android apps!’ ‘The implementation of this feature will be progressive and start with the possibility to download the playlists, albums and recordings of your choice and will then be shortly followed […]

Primephonic adds offline playlists to iOS app

10/04/2019

Primephonic adds offline playlists to iOS app as part of its v2.5 release on the 4th April 2019. This much requested enhancement became available to download once iOS 12.2 was installed. The iTunes store release notes are: ‘Our latest update enables you to download the playlists that you create to your device, so you can listen to your favourite works even when there’s no internet available. Listen to your very own curated playlists in high […]

Primephonic relaunches its classical music streaming service

13/09/2018

Primephonic which has been replatforming has announced the large scale launch of its classical music streaming service in the US, UK and the Netherlands. Primephonic’s catalogue contains over 1 million tracks from Warner Classics, Sony Classical, Universal Music Classical, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and EMI and another 400+ labels from around the world. The company believes that classical music lovers can finally stream and download nearly all classical music that has ever been recorded in CD-quality. […]

CD Quality Music Streaming

12/08/2018

For those of us who aspire to HiFi standards and have spent more money than we would like to admit to our significant others on that shiny bit of kit in the living room, streaming MP3 quality music seems a giant leap backwards. Sidestepping the arguments over whether vinyl discs or CDs are better music sources for true audiophiles, the CD has been the go to music source of choice for the vast majority of […]