Germany Archives

RTL+ gets entertainment upgrade

10/08/2023

RTL+ gets entertainment upgrade making it an all-inclusive multimedia app with Deezer continuing to provide it with music streaming. The new service from RTL Germany will include TV series, reality TV, live sports, films, music, audio books and podcasts. The package includes over 55,000 hours of video and TV entertainment, over 120 million music titles, more than 100,000 audio books and radio plays from top publishers and authors, as well as several thousand podcast formats, […]

German music streaming sales grew 9.7% in first half of 2023

18/07/2023

German music streaming sales grew 9.7% in first half of 2023 according to the BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association. Total sales were €1.056 Bn, an increase of 6.6% compared to the same period last year (H1 2022: €990 million according to the 2022 full-year accounts). Physical sales were at a similar level as in the same period of the previous year and thus remained stable (-0.8%). CDs continued to decline (-4.1%) but still contributed […]

German music sales top €2 Bn in 2022

09/03/2023

German music sales top €2 Bn in 2022 again for the first time in 20 years according to the BVMI in recently released figures. Turnover was €2.07 Bn in 2022 from sales of CDs, vinyl LPs and downloads as well as revenues from the streaming business. It is for the first time in 20 years that the €2 Bn mark has been surpassed; the last time this was the case was in 2002 (€2.21 Bn). Compared […]

440Hz Radio

23/02/2023

440Hz Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting an eclectic range of pop hits from the 60s to the current day including electronic music mix sets. It used to offer a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream but now it only has a 256kbps MP3, a 192kbps AAC and a 56kbps Opus stream. There is also some news and information programming and the schedule can be found here. The station has been around in one form […]

No German language titles in Top 100 Radio plays in 2022

09/02/2023

There were no German language titles in Top 100 Radio play charts in 2022 according to the BVMI in a recent blog post. The result of this is that various section of both the music industry and the general public are likely to demand cultural mandates as part of the debate about the future of public broadcasting. People in Germany listened to a lot of music via streaming services last year. Recently published figures showed that […]

Punkrockers Radio

04/02/2023

Punkrockers Radio is a ‘Punkrock’ music radio station founded in Braunschweig, Germany in 2002 which has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, a 64kbps Opus stream, a 192kbps MP3 stream and a 192kbps Vorbis stream. A webplayer is available on their website and there are links to radio aggregators such as InternetRadio, Online Radio Box and more. There are also links to their social media and MixCloud site as well as an IRC Chat function […]

Absolutely Top

04/02/2023

Absolutely Top is one of 7 channels from Absolut Radio which plays ‘The top hits of the last 20 years’. The station broadcasts in DAB+ in Germany and has an internet radio presence, Android and iOS apps, smart device support and can also be found on the Radioplayer app. The other channels are Absolut Hot, Absolut Bella, Absolut Relax, Absolut Germany, Absolut Goldie Classics and Absolut Radio and full programme details are carried on their […]