TIDAL brings its streaming app to the Microsoft Store

French soccer giants AS Monaco sign a deal with French music and entertainment streaming service Playzer. As part of the agreement with the 2016/17 Ligue 1 champions, Playzer will become the official streamer of both the football teams and their esports team. The arrangement will see Playzer take charge of pre-match music at Monaco’s Stade Louis II stadium, while also benefiting from branding opportunities all around the venue on match days. Playzer will also be […]

Samsung subsidiary acquires Roon adding to Harman’s range of high-quality audio products which include JBL speakers and Harman Kardon hifi separates. Roon is a music player platform for music enthusiasts, which features a rich interface for browsing and discovering music, compatibility with almost any audio device, and a playback engine designed to deliver the best possible sound. Roon is available for all popular operating systems and manufactures a line of hardware server appliances called Nucleus. Dave Rogers, President, […]

US music revenues grew 18% in first half of 2019 driven by a 30% rise in streaming subscriptions, according to the RIAA, the US recording industry association. Paid subscriptions exceeded 60 million for the first time with total revenues growing 18% to $5.4 Bn. Streaming now accounts for 80% of music industry revenues. Streaming Revenues from streaming music grew 26% to $4.3 billion for the first half of 2019 with paid subscriptions continuing to be […]