December 2022

US women want more female oriented podcasts

17/12/2022

US women want more female oriented podcasts according to a recent report from Edison Research and SXM Media. The Women’s Podcast Report is based on a survey of 1,567 nationally representative people age 18+ in the US who self-identify as women/female who were interviewed in online surveys in August 2022. Over half of women podcast listeners in the US say they would listen to more podcasts if there were more that focused on female stories and perspectives or […]

Radio West Norfolk

14/12/2022

Radio West Norfolk is a local radio station broadcasting from Kings Lynn offering a Small-scale DAB+ on-air transmission in the local area and an internet radio presence. There is a lossless CD Quality FLAC stream, 32kbps and 64kbps AAC+ streams and 192kbps and 320kbps MP3 streams. The website has a webplayer and links to both iOS and Android mobile apps. The station is also available on Radioplayer and myTuner and Smart Speakers – say “Alexa […]

Smart speakers can combat loneliness

14/12/2022

Smart speakers can combat loneliness according to a recent report by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator. Smart Speaker Research conducted in depth interviews with 100 smart speaker owners and 15 non-owners who tested one, to find out how people use and feel about them. By far the largest use was to listen to music via a streaming service like Spotify, Apple Music or Deezer closely followed by getting weather forecasts, using the speaker to act […]

Deezer adds music quizzes to its app

13/12/2022

Deezer adds music quizzes to its app with over a hundred available in its app letting fans challenge themselves to see how much of an expert they really are, based on artists, genres, fun themes and seasonal topics. Deezer has added this feature in the global music streaming app and users can test their skills and share their high score on social media to see how they match up with their friends. There will be quizzes […]

UK competition watchdog publishes music streaming report

11/12/2022

UK competition watchdog publishes music streaming report and found that consumers have benefited from digitisation and competition between music streaming services. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that prices for consumers have fallen by more than 20% in real terms between 2009 and 2021 – with many services also offering music streaming for free with ads. The study found that there were around 39 million monthly listeners in the UK, streaming 138 Bn times […]

Spotify reveals its 2022 Wrapped podcasts

09/12/2022

Spotify reveals its 2022 Wrapped podcasts as part of its annual review of what’s popular with you and the rest of the world. This year Spotify expanded its podcast offerings in new countries providing more listeners around the world with new shows to binge. With more than four million podcasts, the platform offers something for every type of podcast listener. Globally, the most popular podcast for the third year running is The Joe Rogan Experience. Call Her […]

Apple introduces Apple Music Sing

09/12/2022

Apple introduces Apple Music Sing, a new feature that allows users to sing along to their favourite songs with adjustable vocals and real-time lyrics. This is achieved by using a vocal slider which adjusts vocal volume, but does not fully remove vocals. Apple Music Sing also offers multiple lyric views to help fans take the lead, perform duets, sing backup and more. The new feature will be available later this month to Apple Music subscribers worldwide (except Voice […]