Streaming Archives

Apple Music expands song lyrics support

19/01/2019

Apple Music expands song lyrics support adding seven additional countries to the existing supported list. Apple Music went into partnership with Genius in October 2018 to use its lyrics database and the initial rollout was to Australia, Canada, US and UK. As part of the agreement between the two companies Apple Music became the official Genius web-based music player. The additional seven countries which now have song lyrics functionality are France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New […]

Spotify achieves 200 million users

18/01/2019

Spotify achieves 200 million users in 2018 a 26% increase from the 159 million users in 2017. In 2018 Spotify launched in seventeen new markets including Israel, Romania, South Africa, and Vietnam, plus thirteen in the Middle East and North Africa complete with a fully localized Arabic platform for its Arabic-speaking listeners. Spotify in numbers Number of active users 200 million Number of subscribers (at 30th September 2018) 87 million Revenue paid to rightsholders (at […]

Classical music ends 2018 on a high note

17/01/2019

Classical music ends 2018 on a high note with music sales and streams rising by 10.2% according to figures released by the BPI, based on Official Charts Company data. 2.23 million Classical albums or their equivalent were either purchased, downloaded or streamed in 2018 outperforming the strong overall 5.7% rise in UK music consumption as a whole. Collectible CDs and box sets continue to appeal to classical music buyers in contrast the general trend in UK […]

Sunderland AFC sign up with Apple Music

16/01/2019

Sunderland AFC sign up with Apple Music who become the club’s exclusive music streaming partner. The global music streaming service will enable supporters, wherever they are in the world, to get even closer to the club, with playlists curated personally by the players and made available exclusively on Apple Music. There is also an introductory offer of Apple Music free for three months for supporters. Sunderland AFC playlists will be available through the club’s website […]

Streaming drives UK entertainment sales 9.4% higher in 2018

14/01/2019

Streaming drives UK entertainment sales 9.4% higher in 2018 according to the end of year report from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). This represents the sixth consecutive year of growth. Although the entertainment market is now three quarters digital physical formats have dominated this year’s biggest hits. According to preliminary data compiled by the ERA the entertainment market reached another all-time high of £7.537 Bn in 2018. After a sixth successive year of growth driven […]

Neil Young Archives becomes subscription service

13/01/2019

Neil Young Archives becomes subscription service with the launch of a free ‘introduction’ service and a paid for unlimited subscription at $1.99/month or $19.99/year. As part of the launch there is a new iOS app which can be downloaded here and the promise of an Android app, both capable of streaming HiRes audio using ‘Xstream by NYA’ – a custom version of Orastream technology. The original archive site was made available free in February 2018 […]

TIDAL Masters now on mobile

12/01/2019

TIDAL Masters now on mobile with an Android app with built-in MQA decoder to allow HiRes streaming on the move. TIDAL and MQA announced the new app at CES 2019 and it is available to download now. MQA technology is already incorporated into the TIDAL desktop app and an iOS version is in development. Mike Jbara, MQA CEO, stated, “We know that most music fans are choosing to stream on their phones. MQA’s view is […]