Streaming Archives

Spotify Discover Weekly playlists reach 2.3 Bn streaming hours

14/07/2020

Spotify Discover Weekly playlists reach 2.3 Bn streaming hours since launching in 2015 according to a recent blog posting to celebrate its fifth anniversary. The playlist initially started as an idea at Spotify’s annual Hack Week. Since then, it’s become one of Spotify’s flagship offerings, and has introduced Spotify users to some of their new favourite artists. In the five years since its launch, listeners have also streamed over 2.3 Bn hours between July 2015 and […]

Listening to a good book

14/07/2020

Listening to a good book has been made easier as International Booker Prize (IBP) and Deezer have produced playlists to accompany your reading. IBP have worked on playlists for the 2020 shortlist and some great summer reads to create pairing menus like no other. The ‘Sounds of…’ series matches the shortlisted books with complementary music. To folk who think that listening to music is distracting while reading, recent research proves that music can be an effective aid […]

COVID-19 accelerates music streaming growth

13/07/2020

COVID-19 accelerates music streaming growth with global subscriptions reaching 394 million in Q1 2020 according to global research firm, Counterpoint Technology Market Research. This was driven by increased usage of the OTT platforms as people stayed at home amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Promotional offers like free trials and subscription price cuts in emerging markets added to the growth. Increase in podcast genres on the music streaming platforms was another big factor for people to tune in. Research […]

Warner Classics launches 3D Classical Collection

11/07/2020

Warner Classics launches 3D Classical Collection exclusively on Amazon Music in Dolby Atmos format designed to be played on Amazon’s Echo Studio Device. The 3D Classical Collection is a playlist of 35 classical tracks recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir conducted by British conductor Ben Gernon. The 3D Classical Collection was recorded at Studio One, Abbey Road Studios where it was also mixed in Dolby Atmos. Listeners will be able to stream the […]

25% of Latinos in the US are monthly podcast listeners

05/07/2020

25% of Latinos in the US are monthly podcast listeners with 45% of US Latinos age 18+ having listened to a podcast at some point. These findings are from a Share of Ear report from Edison Research and show the results of a representative survey of 2500 Hispanic/Latino adults age 18+. conducted in May 2020. Although US Latinos (61%) overall are less likely to be familiar with the term ‘podcasting’ than the total US population (75%), there are […]

Primephonic launches digital CD booklets

04/07/2020

Primephonic launches digital CD booklets providing online musical information for its extensive catalogue of classical music. Liner notes and CD booklets were destined to become a thing of the past with the transition from physical media to the new world of streaming. The specialist classical music streamer has partnered with major labels such as Sony, Universal and Harmonia Mundi, as well as hundreds of other smaller labels to create readable digital CD booklets. Primephonic’s app […]

Spotify adds real time lyrics

01/07/2020

Spotify adds real time lyrics to its streaming apps using Musixmatch technology and rolling it out to 26 countries in Latin America, South-East Asia and India. So far there is no indication as to when or if this will be made available to North America, Europe and Africa but is likely to be an issue over licensing rather than a technology constraint. Lyrics are not usually supplied to streamers by the record company or music […]