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YouTube Music continues its European expansion

20/05/2019

YouTube Music continues its European expansion adding 7 new countries bring its total list of countries to 50. The new YouTube Music and YouTube Premium countries are: Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic – https://czechrepublic.googleblog.com/ Hungary North Macedonia Poland – https://polska.googleblog.com/ Romania Google’s marketing policy has been to set local pricing for its subscriptions so in Poland a YouTube Music subscription will cost 19.99 złoty (about £4.07) and in the Czech Republic it will cost 149 Czech […]

Spotify takes Car Thing for a test drive

19/05/2019

Spotify takes Car Thing for a test drive to learn more about people’s in car listening habits and preferences. In a blog posting they have announced the trial of a voice-controlled music and podcast device called ‘Car Thing’. The trial which is limited at the moment to the US is for a small group of invited Spotify Premium users with the promise that “We might do similar voice-specific tests in the future, so don’t be […]

SoundCloud integrates with Pioneer DJ

17/05/2019

SoundCloud integrates with Pioneer DJ to provide creator tools and resources for an easy to use beginners DJ app. SoundCloud has recently partnered with Serato, Virtual DJ and DEX 3 to bring streaming to a range of DJ applications. Pioneer DJ’s easy-to-use WeDJ app simplifies things so that users can start mixing SoundCloud’s millions of tracks within their DJ app using a SoundCloud Go+ subscription. How to use Pioneer DJ with SoundCloud On iOS, download […]

Spotify launches Soundtrap for Storytellers

16/05/2019

Spotify launches Soundtrap for Storytellers a cloud-based one-stop shop for podcast creation designed to make podcast production easy. Soundtrap for Storytellers is a comprehensive podcast creation tool that offers recording, remote multi-track interviewing with video chat, smart editing of audio as a text document, full audio production, direct-to-Spotify publishing of the podcast, and transcript publishing to optimize SEO all in one service. In a blog posting Spotify describes how it gathered together the hosts of […]

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Beatport launches streaming service for DJs

15/05/2019

Beatport launches streaming service for DJs together with integrations to Beatport CLOUD and Pioneer WeDJ software. Beatport LINK is a new subscription service for DJs launched in beta version giving access to Beatport’s extensive music catalogue of seven million tracks available to stream directly into performance software. Beatport LINK also includes the beta release of Beatport CLOUD, a suite of features which includes full track previews via Beatport’s proprietary Needle Drop Player, unlimited re-downloads of […]

Deezer Free gets Alexa voice control

13/05/2019

Deezer Free gets Alexa voice control giving users who use the ad-supported free service instant access to their music through voice control on Amazon Alexa enabled devices. Deezer Free users will be able to enjoy music from requested artists, genres and editorial playlists. Users can set Deezer as their preferred music streaming service in the Alexa app setting and give commands such as “Alexa, play music on Deezer” or “Alexa, play my Flow”. Deezer Free […]

Powered by Napster adds MQA Studio Quality Audio

10/05/2019

Powered by Napster adds MQA Studio Quality Audio to its platform service in a global deal signed by its parent company, Rhapsody International. MQA offers an innovative way to deliver authenticated master quality music in a file small enough to stream and the partnership will allow Rhapsody’s Powered by Napster service to offer the option of high-resolution and studio quality audio for customers who select MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) as their format of choice. Powered […]