Streaming Archives

What are the best music streaming deals for couples?

25/04/2024

High Resolution Audio’s guide to getting the best couples deals for your musical entertainment. What are the best music streaming deals for couples? Updated 25/04/2024 to reflect recent Spotify subscription increases. Deezer, Qobuz and Spotify have realised that not every one is a singleton or has a family and have come up with ‘Duo’ deals for couples. The pricing for these plans comes about half way between an individual and family subscription. In the UK […]

What is the best music streaming family plan?

23/04/2024

High Resolution Audio’s guide to getting the best family plan for your musical entertainment. What is the best music streaming family plan? Updated 23/04/2024 to reflect recent TIDAL and Spotify price plan changes. The top contenders for best music streaming deals for families all of which offer up to 6 individual accounts are Amazon Music, Apple Music, Qobuz and TIDAL. Amazon Music when combined with an Amazon Prime subscription will also give you video streaming, […]

TIDAL’s HiRes plan now cheaper than Spotify

14/04/2024

TIDAL’s HiRes plan is now cheaper than Spotify coming in at £10.99/month compared to the recently increased Spotify Premium plan costing £11.99/month. Introduced on the 10th April, a TIDAL subscription is now the same price as Amazon Music and Apple Music. TIDAL subscription plans Individual – £10.99/month 110M+ tracks in lossless, HiRes FLAC and Dolby Atmos Ad-free, offline listening Personalized mixes, editorial playlists, and Live sessions Family (up to 6 members) – £16.99/month 110M+ tracks […]

Spotify gets a Desktop Miniplayer

08/04/2024

Spotify gets a Desktop Miniplayer allowing users to change settings without switching between windows. Currently only available to Premium subscribers on PCs, it will allow you to adjust volume or change the Repeat mode without interrupting whatever else you are doing. Desktop Miniplayer features Supports all content types including music, podcast and video. Video podcasts display in a picture-in-picture mode with controls and the image ca be made larger or smaller as required. Float over […]

Spotify Audiobooks adds 3 more countries

04/04/2024

Spotify Audiobooks adds 3 more countries – Canada, Ireland and New Zealand – to its growing list of countries that Spotify Premium subscribers can access audiobooks. From the 9th April Spotify Premium users in these markets will have access to up to 15 hours of audiobooks per month, seamlessly integrated alongside music and podcasts, on a single platform through a unified subscription. Spotify’s Premium audiobook catalogue, already available in the US, UK, and Australia, is […]

US music revenues grew for 8th consecutive year

26/03/2024

US music revenues grew for 8th consecutive year in 2023 up 8% to a record high of $17.1 Bn according to figures released by the RIAA. Streaming continued to be the biggest driver of growth with record levels of paid subscriptions, continued growth in ad-supported revenues and growing contributions from new platforms and services. Paid subscriptions continue to drive streaming growth Streaming continued to account for the great majority of recorded music revenues in 2023. Paid subscriptions, […]

Streaming now makes up 88% of Swiss music sales

11/03/2024

Streaming now makes up 88% of Swiss music sales with total sales of CHF 233.9 million in 2023, 5% more than in the previous year according to IFPI Switzerland. Music streaming services such as YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify grew to CHF 206.1 million (+8%) and now accounts for 88% of the overall market. Sales of downloads and physical recordings continue to decline. The moderate growth in vinyl that has continued since 2010 fell slightly […]