February 2024

Top 50 US podcasts for Q4 2023

16/02/2024

The Top 50 US podcasts for Q4 2023 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks in the US. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 50 Podcasts of Q4 2023 list is derived from data collected from 9th October 2023 to 23rd December 2023 December 23, 2023 and is based on surveys of 5,356 weekly podcast […]

Apple Music launches Windows apps to replace iTunes

16/02/2024

Apple Music launches Windows apps to replace iTunes for Windows 10 and later so you can access your music, video content, and Apple devices in their own dedicated apps. There are three apps – Apple Music app, Apple TV app and Apple Devices app and if your PC doesn’t support these apps you can continue to use iTunes for Windows. All three apps are available from the Microsoft Store and once installed you will have […]

World Radio Day 2024

13/02/2024

Today, the 13th February is UNESCO’s World Radio Day which this year celebrates’ Radio: A century informing, entertaining and educating’. Proclaimed in 2011 by the member states of UNESCO it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as a UN International Day and the 13th February became World Radio Day (WRD). On 13th May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi sent the world’s first radio message across open water but it took until 1906 for […]

Deezer releases Apple TV app

11/02/2024

Deezer releases Apple TV app allowing users to directly access Deezer on their Apple TV without having to AirPlay the app or website from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store here. The Apple TV app joins its Android companion app which can be found here on the Google Play Store. Deezer is fast becoming a serious alternative to Spotify with over 120 million tracks available in lossless […]

Brillux Radio

10/02/2024

Brillux Radio is a German radio station broadcasting with a terrestrial DAB+ transmitter and an internet presence which includes a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. The station is owned by paint manufacturer Brillux GmbH & Co with programming aimed at construction companies and DIYers. For 12 hours during the day, they focus on topics relevant to their target audience and outside of this they broadcast a mix of pop, rock and electronic music. Their website […]

Deezer adds a new couples subscription plan

08/02/2024

Deezer adds a new couples subscription plan called Deezer Duo that allows two people to have premium accounts at a third discount. A Duo account will cost £15.99/month compared to a single account which costs £11.99/month. For those who can or want to pay by annual subscription (£174.99) a further discount can be had which reduces the subscription to an equivalent of £14.58/month. Duo accounts have all the benefits of Deezer Premium including listening offline […]

Americans still listen to AM/FM radio

08/02/2024

Americans still listen to AM/FM radio for 36% of their daily audio time according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. Using their Share of Ear survey that measures the full audio space and how much the audio average American consumes in a typical day using a nationally representative sample of those aged 13+. The chart above shows the Q4 2023 data for the Share of Ear Audio Dial, which shows the percentage of daily listening that […]