Streaming Archives

YouTube Music is now available on Apple Watch

25/10/2020

YouTube Music is now available on Apple Watch enabling users to browse music collections, control playback and select casting options directly from their watch. YouTube Music has been playing catchup to match the functionality of the soon to be switched off Google Play Music and to be a serious competitor to the other streamers such as Apple Music and Spotify. YouTube Music Premium users can now browse music collections, control playback and select casting options […]

Spotify launches Weekly Music Charts

25/10/2020

Spotify launches Weekly Music Charts to include Weekly Top 50 and US and Global album and song charts. Listeners have long been able to view the top daily songs on Spotify, but this new weekly offering expands its charts to allow fans and artists alike to better share and enjoy pivotal music moments, as well as get a definitive snapshot of what music is having the most global impact—from new album releases to new hit singles. […]

YouTube Music improves TV experience

24/10/2020

YouTube Music improves TV experience having recently launched several new YouTube Music integrations for listening wherever you are (smart displays, Google Maps and Waze, Google Home and Nest speakers). The initial launch of YouTube Music in the YouTube app on TVs was in July 2019 and this represents the first major upgrade to YouTube Music for listeners using their TV. New features include: Music Library – Easily access your saved playlists and liked songs in […]

iOS 14 widgets for Deezer SongCatcher and Flow

24/10/2020

iOS 14 widgets for Deezer Songcatcher and Flow have been introduced to provide quick and convenient shortcuts to two of Deezer’s signature features without having to first open the Deezer app. The Flow widget provides a mix of old favourites and new tunes tailored to your personal listening tastes. SongCatcher is Deezer’s built-in song recognition feature which can identify musical tracks playing near you and lets you add them straight to your favourites and playlists. […]

Neil Young Archives now available globally on BluOS

23/10/2020

Neil Young Archives now available globally on BluOS offering HiRes streaming of the legendary Canadian rocker’s fan-focussed service on leading HiFi brand kit. The BluOS HiRes wireless distributed audio and management platform has extended its integration of Neil Yong Archives (NYA) previously only available to North American customers to a worldwide audience. The launch is timed to be available for the 20th November 2020 release of a 131-track multi-album collection ARCHIVES VOL. II: 1972-1976, which will […]

SoundCloud launches DJ Plan

22/10/2020

SoundCloud launches DJ Plan gives unlimited offline access to SoundCloud’s catalogue of open-format hip-hop and electronic hits, remixes and deep cuts through select DJ applications. The streamer introduced its first DJ integration at the Amsterdam Dance Event in October 2018. Continuous access to WiFi is not required as you can save unlimited tracks locally in select DJ apps so you’re ready to spin wherever inspiration strikes. SoundCloud DJ can be used with Virtual DJ today […]

Japanese TV broadcaster livestreams using MQA

20/10/2020

Japanese TV broadcaster livestreams using MQA technology delivering a 24-bit/192kHz audio stream in conjunction with HD video. WOWOW, Japan’s leading premium pay TV broadcaster, livestreamed a musical performance in real time using MQA audio with HD video establishing WOWOW as the leader in sound quality for its live OTT (over the top) broadcasting. Virtuoso marimba player, Makoto Nakura, performed a selection of Bach repertoire in Tokyo’s Hakuju Hall. The audio was captured at 24-bit/192kHz, encoded in MQA in […]