On-demand audio streaming reaches a record high, up 62% 12 July 2017
Apple Music has enabled U.S audio streaming hit a record high of 7.5B weekly streams as per Nielsen’s mid-year report on the music industry as per March stats. On-demand audio streaming rose by 62.4% year-on-year. There have been 184.3 billion … Continue reading
Spotify researching on voice dictation and commands driven driving mode 10 July 2017
Spotify is conducting tests on a driving mode that hopes to make listening on the go safer. The mode is launched by clicking a little car icon on the bottom left of the normal Spotify song UI. A little intro … Continue reading
Music video streams fizzles out next to audio streaming 07 July 2017
Music consumption in the US rose by 9.9% in the first half of 2017 as per an analysis from BuzzAngle. As per its Mid Year 2017 report, the key trends include a 58.5% increase in audio streams, 29.5% growth in … Continue reading
Apple Music reduces its subscription price 04 July 2017
Apple Music has slashed it’s subscription down to $8.25 a month, nearly a $1.75 cheaper than the standard $9.99 monthly subscription which was the earlier pricing for Apple Music as well as it’s two main competitors namely Spotify and Pandora. … Continue reading
ABS Broadcast starts Afrobeats music channel for IROKO 30 June 2017
ABS Broadcast has previously launched iROKO music successfully on the French premium TV platform, Canal+ Afrobeats music channel includes latest popular Nigerian music videos and throwback tracks. French-speaking regions of Africa also broadcast Afrobeat music channel content. It is Afrobeats … Continue reading
Tesla to launch its own audio streaming service 26 June 2017
Tesla may venture out from the niche of its image as a successful proprietor of safe, green and increasingly autonomous electric vehicles to a more saturated market of audio streaming. According to sources, Tesla has been in talks with major … Continue reading
Spotify entering the realm of social media 26 June 2017
Ever since MySpace has been on a downfall, music has been mostly non existent in social media. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat don’t currently include easy ways to share music amongst friends like the way MySpace had it at … Continue reading
Pandora to get financial boost with Sirius investment of $480 million 12 June 2017
Sirius XM Holdings Inc, in an effort to get a better foothold in the internet music streaming business, will invest $480 million in Pandora Media Inc. Currently, Sirius XM has a solid presence in the auto industry where its channels are … Continue reading
Apple Music growing rapidly with number of subscribers at 27 million 09 June 2017
The total number of subscribers for Apple Music has increased from 20 million as reported in December to the latest estimate of 27 million. This figure was announced at the Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose. Spotify which is … Continue reading
Top players in music streaming compared – UK 08 June 2017
There are 4 music streaming services that are considered “big players” namely Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music and Amazon Music Unlimited. Even though all four offer similar large catalogues of music, each of them have their own set of … Continue reading
