TIDAL drops Samsung TV support and its music streaming app will no longer be available on Samsung TVs. The change will affect TVs running Tizen OS starting from 8th July 2024. Users have been informed of upcoming alterations via email. The message from TIDAL reads, ‘After July 8, 2024, Tidal will no longer be available on Samsung SmartTVs. To keep listening to your favourite tunes, log in to Tidal from your computer, download the mobile app, or […]
Travel broadens your musical mind according to a recent study by Deezer and researchers from NYU and Princeton have shed light on how disruptions in personal routines, including travel, can impact musical exploration and cause changes in people’s tastes and listening habits. The recent study analysed over 100 million music streams from tens of thousands of Deezer users in nine countries (France, Germany, UK, Brazil, Australia, Russia, South Africa, Morocco, and Mexico). It uncovered a striking […]
Get 5 months of Amazon Music Unlimited for free for Prime members (3 months free for non-Prime members) as part of their early Prime Day offers. 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 […]
BBC Sounds got over 5 million weekly users in Q1 2024 with a weekly audience of 4.97 million users across the app, website and voice activated devices, and for the first time, a peak of 5.1m. The RAJAR figures for the same period highlight how audiences value BBC Radio with 31.3m people tuning in each week for live output across the stations, with a share of 43.4% of all radio listening in the UK. Podcast […]
Spotify launches a cheaper US subscription plan which is a Premium plan less Audiobook access and will cost $1 less per month than a Premium subscription. There is currently no information regarding whether this subscription model will be rolled out to other countries but given Spotify’s history of trialling new innovations we can expect to see this extended to other countries fairly soon. Despite constant rumours there is no information regarding the availability or cost […]
New Apple Music features with iOS 18 have been announced and will become available to download from this autumn. New Apple Music features with iOS 18 Collaborative Listening with SharePlay With updates to SharePlay with Apple Music, even more users can share control of music playing from HomePod, Apple TV, or any Bluetooth-enabled speaker, making listening together even more fun and rewarding. Participants do not need to have an Apple Music subscription to contribute to what’s playing. […]
TIDAL dumps MQA and 360 Reality Audio effective from the 24th July and will replace all its MQA content with FLAC format files for all its streaming apps. In a statement released yesterday the streamer said, “For stereo sound, FLAC was chosen as the format we’ll support going forward because it is open source—meaning any artist can deliver their music in high quality directly to TIDAL without the involvement of a third party. This makes […]
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