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UK consumers want streamers to offer group deals

19/10/2020

UK consumers want streamers to offer group deals with families more likely to want a group deal according to a recent survey by research and analytics company, YouGov. Brits were asked whether they think streaming services should better cater to groups by offering subscription deals for groups. Overall, 55% of the general public agree that streaming service providers could do more to offer group subscriptions, with 28% saying they neither agree nor disagree and 18% […]

UK MPs launch inquiry into music streaming

18/10/2020

UK MPs launch inquiry into music streaming which will examine what economic impact music streaming is having on artists, record labels and the sustainability of the wider music industry. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK Parliament is now accepting evidence from interested parties and the wider public. With streaming currently accounting for more than half of the global music industry’s revenue, the inquiry will look at the business models operated by […]

UK stream ripping increases 1390% in 3 years

19/09/2020

UK stream ripping increases 1390% in 3 years with stream ripping sites now accounting for 80.2% of the 50 most popular music only infringing piracy sites. PRS for Music commissioned a study, ‘Stream-ripping: its role in the UK music piracy landscape three years on’, to look at trends in this particular form of music piracy. The study was conducted by INCOPRO who estimated use in the UK of a sample of 100 of the most […]

jazzed to get HD lossless audio service

26/08/2020

jazzed to get HD lossless audio service supplied by 7digital a global leader in B2B end-to-end digital music solutions for its jazzed premium subscription plan. 7digital’s Music Platform-as-a-Service will also support jazzed – the world’s first dedicated audio-visual streaming service for jazz and jazz-influenced music – to launch globally in new territories. jazzed is a multi-tier jazz streaming subscription service which has been developed by ETA Productions Ltd, a specialist in creating new digital media platforms […]

National Album Day 2020 returns on 10th October

25/08/2020

National Album Day 2020 returns on 10th October celebrating the Eighties arguably music’s greatest decade. This year’s 80s theme is a first in a series of musical themes for National Album Day that will be rolled out annually and coincides with the current resurgence of 80s popular culture that is loved by audiences both young and old. The Eighties has been voted the UK’s favourite music decade and gave us artists like Madonna, Eurythmics, Culture […]

Younger listeners in UK turn to Classical music

19/08/2020

Younger listeners in UK turn to Classical music with 37% of UK Classical music fans on Deezer under 35 years old and global streams from this age group rising by 17% in the last year. This is according to a joint report The Classical Revival in 2020 from the BPI, Deezer and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) using official streaming data and market research. Research showed that 18-25 year olds accounted for a third (34%) […]

Coronavirus lockdown produced a boom in subscriptions to video, music and games services

16/08/2020

The coronavirus lockdown produced a boom in subscriptions to video, music and games services according a guide from the Entertainment Retailers’ Association (ERA) about how the UK entertained itself in the first half of 2020. The data comes from ERA’s tracking study which has measured the entertainment choices of a representative panel of up to 2,000 consumers each quarter for the past seven years. The latest 28th wave of the research commenced on 25th May 2020, […]