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Spotify Premium gets streamlined navigation, personalised search and endless artist radio

30/10/2018

Spotify has announced three new features for its Spotify Premium apps which the streamer has started to roll out globally. The new features are: Streamlined navigation Spotify have refined the navigation to help people quickly find what they’re looking for. Subscribers can get great recommendations on Home, discover something new with Search, and access favourite songs, artists, playlists, and podcasts in Your Library. Personalised Search The redesigned Search page is the new one-stop destination for artists, […]

Global streaming subscriptions will reach 235m by end 2018

Global paid music streaming subs will reach 235 million by end 2018

29/10/2018

Music streaming continues to grow, with the number of paid streaming subscriptions on track to reach 235 million worldwide by the end of 2018, according to a new music market report from Futuresource Consulting. “Streaming subscriptions accounted for over half of all global spend on music last year, a segment which includes packaged music, pay-per-download singles and albums, and streaming music subscriptions,” says David Sidebottom, Principal Analyst at Futuresource Consulting. “In the first half of […]

DJs will be able to live mix SoundCloud streams

28/10/2018

SoundCloud is to partner with Native Instruments, Serato, Virtual DJ, DEX3, Mixvibes and Hercules, to integrate SoundCloud’s music catalogue into their leading DJ performance software. The integrations will enable able DJs to live mix SoundCloud streams of original tracks, DJ sets, mixes, and more in high quality using a SoundCloud Go+ subscription and professional DJ performance software. To support the integrations, SoundCloud has added higher quality audio streaming to SoundCloud Go+, its premium content subscription […]

DEEZER to be streaming partner for SSE Hydro, Glasgow

27/10/2018

DEEZER is to be the streaming partner for the SSE Hydro venue in Glasgow to provide playlists and content to concert goers to enhance their pre and post-concert experience. The SSE Hydro is the largest purpose-built entertainment venue in Scotland and ranks as a Top 10 global venue attracting an audience of more than a million visitors each year. Online visitors can head to the SSE Hydro website to access a large range of artist-focused […]

Amazon Australia launches Prime Music

26/10/2018

Amazon Australia has launched Prime Music bringing a catalogue of more than two million songs and hundreds of hand-curated playlists and stations, ad-free and on-demand with unlimited skips by today’s best-selling artists to Prime members. Prime Music is included in every new and existing Prime membership at no additional cost. Prime Music has been customised for the Australian market and offers numerous hand-curated playlists and stations built specifically for the Australian music fan, including the […]

Spotify app for Wear OS smartwatches

25/10/2018

Spotify is rolling out a new app for smartwatches on Wear OS by Google leaving you free to run, dance, shop, socialize and control your music at the same time. The streamer has partnered with Fossil Group to bring the Spotify experience in a standalone app for Wear OS by Google smartwatches to even more users. Starting in November, Spotify will be auto-installed on all Fossil Gen 4 Smartwatches and Michael Kors Access Runway Smartwatches. […]

US Latin music market grows 15% in first half of 2018

24/10/2018

The Latin music market continued its remarkable transformation in the first half of 2018 with revenues growing 15% to $135 million driven by paid streaming formats, according to a recent report from the RIAA, the US recording industry association. Streaming represented a remarkable 91% of the entire market. Latin music has become a worldwide phenomenon, driven by a diverse streaming market and Latin labels making smart investments to support their artists’ global ambitions. Similar to […]