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Deutsche Grammophon launches online classical platform

20/05/2020

Deutsche Grammophon launches online classical platform branded DG Premium which offers video and audio classical music content. DG Premium will offer exclusive content to classical music fans and is focused on concert-length productions. Evolving from the popular bonus content site myDG, it will provide access to a compelling basic package of video and audio recordings – free of charge until at least the end of this year – for new subscribers and those already registered […]

BBC Together offers shared watching and listening experience

20/05/2020

BBC Together offers shared watching and listening experience enabling friends to watch audio and video content together from iPlayer, Sounds or Bitesize, BBC News and Sport websites. The BBC has created an experimental app which provides a way you can watch or listen to BBC programmes with friends at exactly the same time. To use it, find the link of a programme or piece of video you want to watch with others – from BBC […]

Get 3 months of SoundCloud Go+ for £0.99

19/05/2020

Get 3 months of SoundCloud Go+ for £0.99 in a time limited offer which expires on 1st June 2020. The offer can be taken up everywhere Go+ is available and local pricing is similar i.e. £/$/€0.99. After 3 months your subscription will automatically renew at the current regular price of £9.99/month for Go+ unless you cancel. Students can also take up this 3 month offer and are then eligible for a discounted subscription of £4.99/month. […]

How to move your library from Google Play Music to YouTube Music

17/05/2020

Google have announced that Google Play Music will close during 2020 and users will be able to move their music library and playlists to YouTube Music and continue listening at no additional cost. The process has been made pretty straightforward but unless you, the user, move your content it will get lost when Google Play Music shuts down. The migration process is available now and how much notice Google will give on the shutdown in […]

Spotify offers new users 3 months of Premium for free

16/05/2020

Spotify offers new users 3 months of its Premium subscription plan for free and users who let their subscription lapse can get 3 months of Spotify Premium for $9.99. Beginning today, Spotify Premium is offering three months free across all plans to eligible first-time users, and three months for $9.99 (or local market equivalent) for eligible users who have cancelled and want to return. New users Individual Premium, Student accounts, Duo or Family package are […]

View history and block content on Spotify Kids

13/05/2020

Spotify now has two new features with allow parents to view history and block content on Spotify Kids to let you review and customise what your children listen to. Spotify Kids was created to provide a way for young listeners to enjoy a playground of sound which also provides parents with peace of mind. From day one of the beta app rollout to today’s launch in Japan and Germany, the Kids experience has prioritised safety […]

Google Play Music is to close this year – Official

13/05/2020

Google Play Music is to close later this year and users are being urged to transfer their music to YouTube Music according to a recent blog posting by the streamer. This has been some time in coming when it announced in 2017 that Google Play Music would be merged into YouTube Red, the predecessor of YouTube Music. When launched YouTube Music was a pale imitation of Google Play Music (GPM) but the upgrades which have […]