Zap! FM
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Zap! FM

Zap! FM is a, oldies, pop music internet radio station in the Netherlands broadcasting CD Quality Lossless FLAC, a 192kbps MP3 and 3 AAC+ (48, 96 and 192kbps) streams. The station’s website has a 192kbps MP3 web player and is switchable between Dutch and English languages. No further information is available on the website but its metadata title says “ZAP! FM – Non-stop the greatest hits from 5 decades of hit-history” and the content field […]

Riverside Radio
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Riverside Radio

Riverside Radio is a Pop and Rock Music internet radio station in the Netherlands which has resurfaced having stopped broadcasting for the last year or so. Their website is currently under construction but there is a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, a 320kbps MP3 stream and a 32kbps AAC+ stream available. The FLAC stream says it is 24-bit, 48kHz giving a bitrate of 2024kbps. At the time of writing it is not known what sources […]

Free Music Radio
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Free Music Radio

Free Music Radio is a new Top 40 hits internet radio station in the Netherlands broadcasting CD Quality Lossless FLAC, 256kbps MP3, 160kbps AAC and 128kbps Opus streams. According to the station announcement: “We are new, and also old! Free Music Radio started 6 years ago and after many good collaborations with other stations, we decided to stand on our own “feet”. Our website is not finished yet, but there is plenty of music! Free […]

YouTube Music grows share of Dutch app market in Q3 2021
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YouTube Music grows share of Dutch app market in Q3 2021

YouTube Music grows share of Dutch app market in Q3 2021 according to Telecompaper’s Dutch Apps Market report for Q3 2021. The research by Telecompaper, an independent research and publishing company focussed on the telecommunications industry was based on a poll of 5000 respondents aged between 16 and 80 years of age in Q3 2021. Spotify’s streaming music app was installed on 43% of all Dutch smartphones in Q3 making it the market leader in the […]

Streaming up 23% in the Netherlands
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Streaming up 23% in the Netherlands

Streaming was up 23% in the Netherlands for 2019 contributing to the strongest growth in the Dutch music industry in five years according to NVPI, the Dutch music industry association. With a total turnover of more than €206.8 million in 2019, the Dutch music industry saw an increase of 13.2% – the strongest revenue growth in five years. In 2015, half of the revenue came from streaming, which has now grown to almost 80% making up […]

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Dutch music industry increases 5.5% in 2018

Dutch music industry increases 5.5% in 2018 totalling €178 million according to NVPI Audio, the Dutch music industry association. Streaming dominates the market and now makes 71.5% of the total market compared to 63.7% in 2017. Once again there is a mix of national and international artists who dominate the charts and contribute to the result; Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa, Frenna & Lil Kleine, Bløf, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Children for Children, Josylvio, Post Malone and […]

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Spotify users rise to 5.2 million in Netherlands

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 […]