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DEEZER adds Latin American Podcasts

14/12/2018

DEEZER adds Latin American podcasts from Spreaker, Voxnest’s platform for podcast creation, distribution and monetization. The partnership between DEEZER and Voxnest will significantly increase the streaming platform’s catalogue of international podcast content. Users in Colombia and Brazil will now be able to enjoy podcasts on a wide range of popular and niche topics, which will support Deezer’s ongoing growth in Latin America. Spreaker has a particularly large library of Spanish-language content from creators in Spain, […]

SoundCloud releases its 2018 Playback

13/12/2018

SoundCloud releases its 2018 Playback playlist containing the Top Tracks listened to by the SoundCloud community in a blog article this week. For the second year in a row, Two Friends released SoundCloud’s favourite DJ set – and ‘synthwave’ and ‘phonk’ continue to be the top tagged genres. SoundCloud has also produced a 2019 Artists to Watch playlist containing 19 artists who they believe will be ‘storming the scene next year and beyond’. An infographic […]

Spotify users rise to 5.2 million in Netherlands

12/12/2018

Spotify users rise to 5.2 million in Netherlands according to a new report from research firm GfK. In October 2018, Spotify had added an extra 1 million users in the last year achieving a monthly reach of 36.2% (5,243,000 people aged 13 and older) – an increase of 22% year on year. The use of Spotify amongst young people (13-24 years old) was the highest reaching 64% of the population up from 46% a year […]

Amazon Music app for Android TV

11/12/2018

Amazon Music app for Android TV has been made available in the Google Play Store. In addition to the usual Amazon Music features the app has added: Explicit Language Filter Block songs with explicit lyrics anywhere you listen to Amazon Music With the Amazon Music app for Android TV you get access to millions of songs, ad-free, with unlimited skips. Amazon Music Unlimited gives you unlimited access to 50 million songs, with new releases and […]

Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo speakers

10/12/2018

Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo speakers with the rollout scheduled for the week of the 17th December 2018. The integration will allow Apple Music subscribers to access 50 million songs on Echo devices by asking Alexa to play their favourite songs, artists, and albums or Apple Music’s curated playlists from around the world, covering many activities and moods. Customers will also be able to ask Alexa to stream expert-made radio stations centred on popular […]

Plex adds TIDAL streaming service

09/12/2018

Plex adds TIDAL streaming service to its media server platform to make available 60 million high quality tracks. Plex media server brings together music and video streaming into one customisable app. Subscribers to Plex will now have access to TIDAL’s catalogue of 60 million tracks, 244,000+ videos and unique editorial content with an exclusive deal that gives Plex and TIDAL plans starting at $9.99/month and $8.99/month for Plex Pass subscribers. Users can seamlessly combine TIDAL’s […]

Control Spotify on Xbox One with Cortana

08/12/2018

You can now control Spotify on Xbox One with Cortana which is one of the new features introduced with an improved user interface and a new design. In a blog posting on the Xbox Wire news site, Isabelle Forslund, Spotify Product Marketing Manager describes the new features which have been introduced: an improved user interface making it easier to find the perfect soundtrack recommended music based on your listening integration to Cortana voice commands for […]