Sony’s PlayStation consoles rolled out a new music feature, powered by Spotify, last March. The partnership kicked off strong, with an impressive 785 million tracks streamed on the PlayStation 4, the company’s latest gaming hardware, in less than three months. Continue Reading
Indonesia has launched its first DAB+ digital radio. The broadcasts, the first DAB+ services for a market Asia Pacific market, are being operated by Radio Republik Indonesia. Continue Reading
RAIN Summit West, the leading knowledge and networking conference of the online audio industry, is this Sunday at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas. Co-located with the NAB Show, many people attend both. Save money and reserve your place now for a full day of insights and networking. Continue Reading
Panasonic’s Aupeo division announced a partnership with Triton Digital for use of the Tap OnDemand ad platform. Through this deal, Triton’s technology will be used for targeted ad insertion into the personalized audio messages played by the company’s personal radio service in cars. The arrangement will give both car manufacturers and brand partners the opportunity to deliver personalized audio messages to drivers through the OneConnect system. Continue Reading
RAIN Summit West is days away — this Sunday, April 17, at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas. RSW is the must-attend knowledge and networking event of the online audio industry — 126 companies can’t be wrong! See which ones are attending. Continue Reading
CÜR Media has raised $2 million in financing led by Intuitive Venture Partners and Katalyst Securities. This funding will go toward paying the company’s content providers. “I’m pleased to have completed this financing and to move our company one step closer toward the launch of CÜR Music,” Founder and CEO Tom Brophy said. Continue Reading
With the recent wave of music industry organizations worldwide releasing their data for 2015, two distinct trends have emerged. One of them is a growing dissatisfaction with the flow of money through ad-supported streaming services. Some reports just imply frustration, while others have centered on YouTube as the symbolic scapegoat for their anger about the amount of revenue generated by that type of media platform. Continue Reading
Milk Music has launched in China. The Samsung-owned streaming service will include a library of 1 million tracks in addition to multiple Chinese radio stations. Samsung and its streaming platform have been the source of some industry speculation of late. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Radio defense from down under. Tech catches up to high-res audio. Continue Reading
A new survey reveals that Canadian podcast listening in cars has continued to rise. The results showed notably more podcast consumption among the 18-34 age group at 17%, compared with 8% for ages 35-54 and just 2% for the over 55 group. It was also most popular among university graduates compared with other education levels. Continue Reading
After some early rumblings of label licensing drama for YouTube, the video platform has successfully inked a deal with at least one publisher. The company has expanded its licensing agreement with Downtown Music Publishing to include performance rights for streaming its tracks in the U.S. Continue Reading
NVPI, the Netherlands’ industry organization, announced the figures for the Dutch music sector’s performance in 2015. The music industry grew 12.5% to €136.9 million last year. All digital revenue totaled €72.2 million. Continue Reading