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Smart speakers and 4K TVs on the rise in UK

02/12/2019

Smart speakers and ultra-high definition TVs are booming in popularity in the UK gears according to recently published Ofcom research. Ofcom’s latest Tech Tracker data shows that ownership of smart speakers has grown significantly over the past year. In 2018, 13% of households owned a smart speaker, such as an Amazon Alexa or Google Home but this year, that figure has grown to 20%. Meanwhile, ownership of ultra-high definition (‘4K’) televisions has more than doubled […]

Music industry contributes £5.2 Bn to UK economy

30/11/2019

Music industry contributes £5.2 Bn to UK economy with over half of music industry output exported according to a new report by UK Music. The Music By Numbers 2019 report contains details of the contribution of the live and recorded music sectors of the British music industry to the economy. Recent reports by IFPI show that the UK was the third largest recorded music market in the world last year and the second biggest in […]

UK music streaming could double by 2023

23/11/2019

UK music streaming could double by 2023 by adding new services and innovations targeting different music fans more specifically according to research commissioned by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). The report prepared by consultants OC&C, highlights of which are published in a recent ERA blog, suggest that the already booming streaming market could double to £1.6 Bn annually in as little as four years. Key to the growth forecast, say OC&C experts, is increasing streaming […]

Half of UK employees listen to music at work

20/11/2019

Half of UK employees listen to music at work according to a recent survey conducted by OnePoll and commissioned by UK Classical Music radio station, Scala Radio. The poll of 2000 employed Brits showed that more than a quarter of us use music to block out fellow employee’s noise, while in contrast a tenth listen to avoid silence if their colleagues aren’t in. With an estimated 32.75 million UK workers currently in employment (Office for […]

Consumers spend 4.5 hours a day on digital entertainment

03/11/2019

Consumers spend 4.5 hours per day on digital entertainment with a total of 30.73 hours in a full week according to media and technology analysts, MIDiA Research. Their research published in a recent blog posting allocated eight hours of work and seven hours of sleep leaving consumers about 4.5 hours per day left to do things like eat, commute, socialise, run errands, and conduct general life admin. Watching TV/streaming was found to be the most […]

BBC launches interactive voice news service

02/11/2019

BBC launches interactive voice news service in the UK for users with smart speakers according to a recent blog by the corporation. The BBC is reinventing the way it delivers news on voice devices giving listeners who use smart speakers the ability to skip ahead to the stories they have time for and find out more about the stories that grab their attention by saying ‘Give me BBC News’ to an Alexa-enabled device. BBC Voice […]

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album

12/10/2019

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album was one of the surprise findings of a survey into the UK’s music listening habits conducted by Deezer. The survey timed to coincide with the run up to National Album Day found that despite Brits listening to fewer full albums than 3-5 years ago (49%), nostalgia and fandom are increasing the nation’s desire to enjoy more albums. Over a quarter of people (28%) say […]