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Xiami brings MQA HiRes streaming to China

19/07/2019

Xiami brings MQA HiRes streaming to China making it the first music streaming service in China to adopt MQA studio quality audio. Xiami Music, a wholly-owned entity of the Alibaba Group, will become the audio quality leader in China, sending a clear signal to artists and creators that Xiami’s service is the best way to connect with their fans. MQA technology which delivers master-quality music in a file small enough to stream, will be introduced […]

Capital Audiofest 2019 dates announced

18/07/2019

Capital Audiofest 2019 dates announced as 1st to 3rd November 2019 at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center. Billed as the ‘the East Coast’s Favorite Audio Show!’ CAF started out in 2010 as a very casual, DIY show which has evolved into a well-organized and well-attended event. The organisers promote the show as ‘a fun, friendly and family-oriented show, where you often see parents with children strolling from room to room listening […]

RIAJ calls on Apple to crack down on unauthorised music apps

17/07/2019

The Recording Industry Association of Japan – RIAJ calls on Apple to crack down on unauthorised music apps as part of a request by four music industry associations and four music streaming providers for Apple to act more decisively. It suggests that this should be done through stricter pre-screening and faster takedowns and is aimed at ‘Unauthorized Music Apps’ which stream music in ways that flout copyright and other legitimate rights. The organisations that have […]

Deezer launches new ‘Asian Music’ channel

16/07/2019

Deezer launches new ‘Asian Music’ channel with playlists for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Japan. Asian music is conquering the hearts of fans around the world with the help of bands like BTS and Perfume and the new channel builds on Deezer’s recently launched ‘K-Pop Channel’, which has driven a 157% boom in streams of the genre. The brand new Asian Music channel is now available worldwide and features exclusive and personal playlists from the […]

Music piracy collapses in Italy

15/07/2019

Music piracy collapses in Italy with a 35% reduction in one year according to the latest data collected by the company Similarweb for IFPI and FIMI. The figures show a sharp decline in piracy in Italy with digital counterfeiting and the illegal distribution of online music via web and mobile dropping by 35% in the year from March 2018 and by over 50% compared to March 2017. In the first three months of 2019 the […]

Deezer SongCatcher song recognition now on iOS

Deezer SongCatcher now on iOS

14/07/2019

Deezer SongCatcher now on iOS enabling mobile users to identify unknown tracks. Deezer’s proprietary audio recognition feature, SongCatcher, that identifies songs users don’t know or can’t remember was previously only available on Android devices. Music fans who hear a song on TV, in a cafe, on the radio or anywhere within hearing range of SongCatcher, can immediately discover the name of an unknown song. Users can launch SongCatcher by using the search bar function in […]

SOURCE: BVMI - German Music Industry Market Shares in the first half of 2019

German music industry grew by 7.9% in first half of 2019

13/07/2019

The German music industry grew by 7.9% in first half of 2019 according the BVMI, the German record industry association in its Half Year Report. In the first six months of the year, the industry generated a total of €783.21 million from audio streams and the sale of CDs, downloads and vinyl. This is 7.9% more than in the same period of the previous year (H1 2018: €725.9 m) and marks the highest growth rate […]