UK’s National Album Day returns in October on Saturday the 14th and this year it will be themed around The 90s, following previous celebrations that included The 80s, Women in Music, and, just last year, Debut Albums. It will also help to honour 75 years of the album LP format. Now in its sixth edition, this year’s National Album Day will look to shine a light on a decade that skipped between Britpop, Trip Hop and Hip Hop; gave […]
BBC Radio to stop Shoutcast streaming from mid-2023 and will focus on HLS and DASH as its preferred audio streaming technologies. According to the broadcaster ‘This will allow us to understand more about how and where our content is consumed and will help us improve the services we offer to our listeners.’ It continues ‘Shoutcast is an older streaming technology and many connected radio devices in the UK no longer use it for BBC streams. […]
UK recorded music revenues up 4.7% in 2022 reaching £1.32 Bn according to a recent report by the BPI. This marked the sector’s eighth consecutive year of revenue growth, led by streaming. However, when adjusted for inflation, the figure falls hundreds of millions of pounds below the total reported in 2006. Growth in 2022 was again fuelled by climbing streaming revenues, which rose 6.3% year-on-year to £885 million and which now account for 67.2% of industry revenue – up from […]
Amazon Music app arrives on Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q with all three tiers available giving access to 100 million songs. To install the app you will need to sync the app to your Amazon account which is a fairly straightforward process and you are stepped through the stages within a few minutes. The Amazon Music app joins Spotify, BBC Sounds, Radioplayer, Xite, Vevo and ROXi as well as around 50 digital radio […]
BBC Sounds streams 417 million plays in Q4 2022 with on-demand plays up 18.2% year on year according to recent figures released by the BBC. On-demand listening of the BBC’s audio content grew between October and December with BBC Sounds achieving a record 197.7 million plays for on-demand radio programmes, podcasts and music mixes. Topping the charts was Newscast, and the BBC’s Football titles, including Football Daily and Match of the Day: Top 10, which […]
Amazon Music to increase subscription plan prices in both the UK and the US with effect from the 21st February 2023 for both Individual and Student Plans. The Amazon Music Unlimited Individual Plan is changing from £9.99 to £10.99 per month and the Amazon Music Unlimited Student Plan is changing from £4.99 to £5.99 per month. You will begin seeing the new price on your first bill after that date. If you are in a […]
UK music consumption increases for 8th year running up by 4.3% in 2022 according to figures released by the BPI. The figures based on Official Charts Company data showed that 166.1 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed or purchased in 2022. The UK consumption total was made up primarily of streams, comprising 159.3 Bn streams, up 8.2% on 2021 and more than double the volume achieved in 2017, when the market had 68.1 Bn audio […]
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