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Amazon Music app arrives on Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q

17/02/2023

Amazon Music app arrives on Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q with all three tiers available giving access to 100 million songs. To install the app you will need to sync the app to your Amazon account which is a fairly straightforward process and you are stepped through the stages within a few minutes. The Amazon Music app joins Spotify, BBC Sounds, Radioplayer, Xite, Vevo and ROXi as well as around 50 digital radio […]

BBC Sounds streams 417 million plays in Q4 2022

04/02/2023

BBC Sounds streams 417 million plays in Q4 2022 with on-demand plays up 18.2% year on year according to recent figures released by the BBC. On-demand listening of the BBC’s audio content grew between October and December with BBC Sounds achieving a record 197.7 million plays for on-demand radio programmes, podcasts and music mixes. Topping the charts was Newscast, and the BBC’s Football titles, including Football Daily and Match of the Day: Top 10, which […]

Amazon Music to increase subscription plan prices

21/01/2023

Amazon Music to increase subscription plan prices in both the UK and the US with effect from the 21st February 2023 for both Individual and Student Plans. The Amazon Music Unlimited Individual Plan is changing from £9.99 to £10.99 per month and the Amazon Music Unlimited Student Plan is changing from £4.99 to £5.99 per month. You will begin seeing the new price on your first bill after that date. If you are in a […]

UK music consumption increases for 8th year running

15/01/2023

UK music consumption increases for 8th year running up by 4.3% in 2022 according to figures released by the BPI. The figures based on Official Charts Company data showed that 166.1 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed or purchased in 2022. The UK consumption total was made up primarily of streams, comprising 159.3 Bn streams, up 8.2% on 2021 and more than double the volume achieved in 2017, when the market had 68.1 Bn audio […]

UK entertainment sales reach record £11.1Bn in 2022

13/01/2023

UK entertainment sales reached a record £11.1Bn in 2022 – an all-time record for music, video and games sales, according to preliminary figures from digital entertainment and retail association ERA. The total was 6.9% up on 2021 and a dramatic 39% up on the last pre-pandemic year of 2019. The main driver of growth continues to be streaming and digital formats which reached £10.1 Bn up 8.4% on 2021. The fastest growing sector in 2022 […]

Smart speakers can combat loneliness

14/12/2022

Smart speakers can combat loneliness according to a recent report by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator. Smart Speaker Research conducted in depth interviews with 100 smart speaker owners and 15 non-owners who tested one, to find out how people use and feel about them. By far the largest use was to listen to music via a streaming service like Spotify, Apple Music or Deezer closely followed by getting weather forecasts, using the speaker to act […]

UK competition watchdog publishes music streaming report

11/12/2022

UK competition watchdog publishes music streaming report and found that consumers have benefited from digitisation and competition between music streaming services. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that prices for consumers have fallen by more than 20% in real terms between 2009 and 2021 – with many services also offering music streaming for free with ads. The study found that there were around 39 million monthly listeners in the UK, streaming 138 Bn times […]