Streaming Archives

Apple Music Classical is now on CarPlay

13/11/2024

Apple Music Classical is now on CarPlay giving users access to their library, playlists, and other recommendations from the Apple Music Classical app directly in CarPlay. Search is also now Siri enabled allowing you to search for composers, artists, works, and instruments within Apple Music Classical, across a variety of languages. In the past year, Apple Music Classical has added 50,000 album booklets to its classical music app, seen its expansion into Asia and the launch of […]

BBC Radio 3 Unwind launches on BBC Sounds

12/11/2024

BBC Radio 3 Unwind launches on BBC Sounds showcasing a broad and eclectic range of calming classical music available to stream 24×7. The channel which launched on Monday 4th November is carefully curated to provide listeners with the best restorative classical music, with selections spanning the centuries from the medieval to the present day. In addition to a diverse range of music, the stream will also include content promoting focus and relaxation, and contributions from […]

Get 3 months of Amazon Music for free

12/11/2024

Get 3 months of Amazon Music for free as part of a trial offer valid from 11/11/2024 until 10/1/2025. The offer is available for new subscribers only and after the free period will revert to the normal subscription rate of £10.99 per month in the UK, $10.99 in the US (£9.99 per month in the UK for Prime Members, $9.99 in the US). Amazon’s deal is available in most territories where there is Amazon Music […]

TikTok launches ‘Share to TikTok’ feature

12/11/2024

TikTok launches ‘Share to TikTok’ feature which allows users to share their favourite music, podcasts and audiobooks from Apple Music and Spotify to TikTok directly from their streamer’s share menus. Users can choose to share their favourite content in two different ways: Users can post to the TikTok Feed (FYP and Stories) by sharing tracks, albums, playlists and other content using the popular green screen feature or Photo Mode. DMs via TikTok Messages allow users to send […]

Qobuz hosts The Metallica Report podcast in HiRes

01/11/2024

Qobuz hosts The Metallica Report podcast in HiRes, Pantheon Media’s audio podcast series. Every Wednesday, new episodes can be found in Qobuz’ dedicated “Metallica Report” playlist in full 24-bit resolution not available anywhere else. Metallica fans can listen in to get insider access to the group’s latest news, tour updates, and behind-the-scenes stories straight from the band’s Northern California headquarters. The podcast partnership with Pantheon represents the streaming service’s “boutique in a superstore world” approach […]

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q3 2024

29/10/2024

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q3 2024 with 622 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes. There were over 622 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes in this quarter (July – Sept 2024). This is up 14 million plays on the previous quarter and an increase of more than 3% from the same period last year, as digital listening continues to grow. The busiest week of […]

Create custom cover art for Spotify playlists

27/10/2024

Create custom cover art for Spotify playlists with a beta rollout on the mobile app in English in 65 countries. Currently listeners have created over 8 Bn playlists covering every kind of musical mood and milestone in their life. The new feature offers both Free and Premium users the ability to create their own cover art with unique images, colours and text effects, graphic elements, and more, allowing them to make their music playlists more […]