Condo Jamz Radio was created in 2018 as ‘a commercial internet radio station in Wilmington, Delaware, that’s licensed on the Live365 platform, broadcasting the best in Urban Adult Contemporary, Classic Soul, Hip-Hop, Smooth Jazz, and rarities from some of your favourite artists’. Their mission is “to provide quality music for all to enjoy and give back to the valued people of our community.” The station is available in the US, Canada and the UK at […]
Radio is the most common audio listening activity in UK in 2020 according to Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator. In Ofcom’s fourth annual Media Nations research report it reviews trends in the TV and online video sectors as well as radio and other audio sectors. Audio listening key findings The radio and audio sector continues to take advantage of DAB and online platforms to innovate. Live radio on a radio set remains the most common […]
UK MPs call for a ‘complete reset’ of music streaming to fairly reward performers and creators according to a report of the DCMS Committee into the Economics of Music Streaming. The inquiry was launched in October 2020 and received from than 300 pieces of written evidence from artists, songwriters, producers, record labels and streamers including Spotify, Amazon, Spotify and YouTube. The committee found that successful artists see ‘pitiful returns’ from streaming while some performers are frozen out […]
Over a quarter of UK music comes from independent labels according to figures released by the BPI and AIM. In addition, the data, which is drawn from the BPI’s yearbook All About The Music 2021 and based on Official Charts Company data, shows that: UK independent labels’ share of music consumption across streaming and physical formats combined rose for a third successive year in 2020 to reach just under 26% Independent music businesses’ share of Streaming Equivalent […]
UK music exports reach new high in 2020 to over half a billion pounds driven by streaming according to new figures released by the BPI. Earnings increased 6% on 2019 to £519.7 million which makes the UK the largest exporter of music in the world after the US. Around 1 in 10 of all tracks streamed globally are now by a British artist. A BPI report earlier this year, All Around The World, found that with […]
Subscription radio stations launched in UK with Bauer Media’s Scala Radio, Jazz FM, Planet Rock and Kerrang! Radio all offering live radio with no ad-breaks 24 x 7. Radio stations Scala Radio, Jazz FM, Planet Rock and Kerrang! Radio are extending their live radio experience by launching premium subscription online radio services. Subscribers will gain access to 20 exclusive online radio stations across genres and music moods, more than 30 on-demand shows, documentaries, artist interview content and special programming. These benefits are […]
UK record shops see 70% growth since reopening delivering a huge vote of confidence in physical products by music fans. Record shops have made a triumphant return to business after the lockdown with aggregate sales of physical albums up 70.7% across the two weeks compared with the same period last year. Vinyl has done particularly well with unit sales up an astonishing 91%. Figures come from Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) analysis of Official Charts Company data. The […]
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