Subscriptions have become big business in the UK, with 78% now paying for one. New research from Zuora and YouGov surveyed more than 2,000 British adults about their use of subscriptions. A shift toward experience over ownership emerged as a key takeaway. Continue Reading
J.D. Power conducted its first customer satisfaction survey for paid music streaming services. The results showed generally close rankings, but it did have some notable exclusions. Continue Reading
Jacobs Media has released its eighth annual public radio tech survey. The results are compiled from more than 29,000 respondents delivered via 69 public radio stations, and they offer a profile of listening behavior and digital adoption among public radio listeners. Continue Reading
The podcast category is developing into a mature business market. Money is flowing in. Media buyers are increasingly interested in the podcast opportunity, with its distinctive qualities. But there are over 300,000 podcasts. It’s a long tail of content. Two revenue paths are opening up for indie podcasts. Continue Reading
Webcast listening in July slipped downward by 4% month-over-month, compared to June’s numbers in Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics monthly report. with that, there is strong year-over-year listening growth. Click through for historical charts. Continue Reading
A new study by research company GfK has surveyed over 1,000 Australian teenagers and adults (10 years and older) in five major cities, via a diary system, to determine what they listen to across all audio sources. The study was apparently commissioned by the Australian record industry, and unveiled at the National Radio Conference in Melbourne. With commentary by Kurt Hanson. Continue Reading
In France, the Syndicat National de l’Edition Phonographique (SNEP) is the trade body which advocates for the French record industry and compiles music charts. This year SNEP changed its chart calculations to factor streaming. There is a twist here. Continue Reading
Nielsen released its Total Audience Report for the second quarter of 2016 and got into the nitty gritty of choice in the media space. It acknowledges that consumers now expect options in content, but noted that they don’t engage with all those choices all the time. Continue Reading
Streaming is projected as the source of nearly all mobile music by 2022, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The latest report pegged streaming as 76% of the mobile music market in 2015, and estimated that the share would grow to 95% by 2022. Continue Reading
Ever since first getting wind of it, we have gotten a kick out of the name collision occurring between this column’s title and the new collaborative research project of DMR/Interactive and Texas A&M University: The Download on Podcasting. We also learned more about what the year-long research project is hoping to achieve. Continue Reading
Playlists are beating out albums for listenership, according to the latest study from the Music Business Association and LOOP. The survey results found that playlists account for 31% of total listening time across all demographics. Continue Reading
A new survey from MusicWatch broke out the most popular streaming services by hours listened. Its Audiocensus found that Pandora and YouTube dominate weekly time spent listening, each with a 27% share of hours in the second quarter of 2016. Continue Reading