Italy has been dominating headlines as a center of the western world’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The country is expected to take major economic hits as a result of the outbreak, and the music industry will almost certain reverse the positive growth it saw last year. Continue Reading
Voxnest shared its latest statistics on podcast listening, offering a global snapshot of how COVID-19 has impacted audiences. The company noted that its Spreaker is the top hosting platform in Italy, which has been hardest hit by the pandemic in Europe. It also shared details from Spain, from across Europe, and some early figures from the U.S. as it prepares for the full force of the virus. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: This is the dawning of the age of the artist. A history of digital radio in Italy. The 2020 Ultimate Podcast Bracket. Continue Reading
Radioplayer is making a move into Italy. The platform plans to launch the Radioplayer Italia app in early 2020. The update is the result of an agreement between Radioplayer and the Player Editori Radio, a collection of Italian public, commercial, and local radio broadcasters collaborating on improving their digital presence. Continue Reading
RAI, Italy’s public broadcaster, will be making more investments in digital radio. It announced the plans at an event last week and the radio director shared some of the details. Continue Reading
In the first few months of every new year, trade bodies from all corners of the globe reflect on their successes of the previous 12 months. Those analyses offer a snapshot of the music industry and the trends that cross national borders. For 2016, the results generally reflected a continued increase to the share of revenue delivered by streaming. Continue Reading
The recorded music market for Italy edged up 0.4% in 2016 to post annual revenue of €149 million. Although the market as a whole moved little, the different segments showed big changes. Continue Reading
TuneCore has launched an outpost in Italy. The Italian website will have local content and cater specifically to independent artists in that nation. Continue Reading
The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana, Italy’s music trade body, released its 2015 report, which showed continued growth for both digital and physical formats. The industry posted 21% overall growth to €148 million ($169 million) for the year. Continue Reading
Italian industry organization Aeranti-Corallo has created two new network operators to encourage the spread of DAB+ in the nation. Each of the operators collected 12 local radio broadcasters and will request the right to use available frequencies to broadcast their members’ programming with DAB+ technology in the region. Continue Reading
Italy’s music sector grew 22% to €65.5 million in the first half of 2015, according to the Italian Music Industry Federation. Audio and video streaming secured 26% of the total market. Both types of streaming generated €17.3 million in the half, up 37% from the year-ago period. Continue Reading