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TIDAL now streaming to Samsung TVs

12/10/2018

Two months after Samsung announced its partnership with Spotify, the electronics giant has brought TIDAL streaming to its range of TVs. The Samsung TV TIDAL app is ‘just the beginning of the partnership,’ according to TIDAL, and the aim is that the app will enhance the streaming service’s visual content. This follows on from its recently launched apps for the Amazon Fire TV App and Android Auto service in March this year. To set up […]

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IDAGIO’s classical streaming now available in the US and Canada

11/10/2018

IDAGIO, the classical music streamer is now available in the US and Canada following an additional €10 million investment by its existing investors bringing the total investment to over €20 million since its foundation in 2015. IDAGIO has licensing rights to all the major labels and more than a thousand independent labels and rightsholders offering more than a million classical tracks. It is continuing to grow its catalogue with the addition of 20,000 new tracks […]

Upload your music in Spotify for Artists beta

09/10/2018

Spotify has announced a new beta feature that enables independent artists to upload their music to Spotify – directly from Spotify for Artists. One of the top requested features since Spotify for Artists was launched is the ability to upload music directly onto Spotify. The company has been testing an upload tool within Spotify for Artists and is now inviting more artists to participate in a public beta. Spotify has worked with a handful of […]

US music sales up on continued streaming growth

05/10/2018

Latest figures from the US recorded music industry association, the RIAA, show continued growth in the first half of 2018 with retail sales up 10% to $4.6 billion. Streaming continued to be the engine for growth increasing 28% year on year to $3.4 billion and representing 75% of all revenues. Physical sales and downloads continued to decline with CD unit sales dropping a whopping 46.9% from 35 million to 18.6 million units. Vinyl sales continued […]

Bollywood and film music are top Indian genres

03/10/2018

Bollywood is still the most preferred music genre followed closely by other Indian film music according a recent study by the market research firm Nielsen. The Nielsen Music 360: India Study is an online study of consumer interaction with music in India. Data for this study was collected from the 14th June to the 4th July 2018 via online surveys using third-party panels. A total of 1,570 interviews were conducted among ‘Online Consumers’ 16-45 years […]

Global Streaming Market Share for the first half of 2018

Streaming music subscribers reach 230 million worldwide

29/09/2018

Music subscribers grew by 16% in the first half of 2018 to reach 229.5 million, up from 198.6 million at the end of 2017 according to media and technology analysts, MIDiA Research. Year-on-year the global subscriber base increased by 38%, adding 62.8 million subscribers compared to 60.8 million net new subscribers added between H1 2016 and H1 2017. Continued growth is expected in the relatively undeveloped markets of Japan, Germany, Brazil, Mexico and Russia with […]

DEEZER updates Latin channels for ‘Music Meets AI’ campaign

22/09/2018

DEEZER is launching a ‘Music Meets AI’ marketing campaign in the US spotlighting its FLOW feature by tapping into the Latin market’s passion for music and introducing a competitive free trial. Some 60 million people of Hispanic origin live in the US and DEEZER aims to provide audiences with relevant local music and to work closely with the local artists that matter. The streamer has added a new free trial so that new users can discover […]