February 2024

BBC Sounds streams 617 million plays in Q4 2023

08/02/2024

BBC Sounds streams 617 million plays in Q4 2023 with on-demand plays up 16.8% 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 231 million plays for on-demand radio programmes, podcasts and music mixes. Christmas music contributed to a record 6.2 million plays for music mixes on BBC Sounds, up 32% from last year. Key […]

EnTranced Music

07/02/2024

EnTranced Music is an internet radio station with a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, 6 AAC streams at different bitrates, a 320kbps Opus stream and 3 MP3 streams at different bitrates. Although their streaming server is up, unfortunately their website has been down for a few weeks and they have not responded to my request for further information. If anyone knows any more about this station, please let me know via the Contact Us form. […]

Spotify subscribers hit 236 million in Q4 2023

06/02/2024

Spotify subscribers hit 236 million in Q4 2023, a 15% increase year on year, according to its recently released Q4 2023 financial results. Monthly Active Users (MAU) increased 23% to 602 million. Key financial results in Q4 2023 Monthly Active Users grew 23% year on year to 602 million and 1 million ahead of guidance. Net additions of 28 million represented the second largest Q4 net addition performance in our history. Subscribers grew 15% year on year to […]

Napster creates ChatGPT powered playlists

06/02/2024

Napster creates ChatGPT powered playlists in a new beta website showcasing PlaylistGPT, a new tool enabling users to create their ideal playlist. With PlaylistGPT, users can ‘put their ideas’ into a ChatGPT prompt and then Napster will deliver an AI-generated title, playlist, description and custom artwork. The launch marks the first time a music streamer has integrated ChatGPT and its text-to-image DALL.E model into its platform. Subscribers can save their playlists while those who aren’t can […]

Spotify launches Snapchat Sharing Lens

03/02/2024

Spotify launches Snapchat Sharing Lens giving users an easier way to share tracks with friends. Snapchat’s augmented reality Lenses let users transform their appearances and backgrounds. When sharing tracks from Spotify to Snapchat, you can now put you and your friends in the spotlight. The new “Share Track Lens” lets you capture the world around you on camera and easily share a track you’re loving. The lens will overlay the song title, artist name, cover […]