Page 4 - Music Streaming

Amazon adds free music videos from independent labels to Fire TV in US

Fire TV customers will get personalised recommendations based on their likes and viewing history or they can also create their own mixes

YouTube Music may soon allow users the ability to create custom radio

Google-owned music streaming platform YouTube Music might soon allow users the ability to create a custom radio

Music streaming app Spotify to bid farewell to several of its audio shows

In April, the Swedish audio service had integrated its live audio capabilities from its companion app, Spotify Greenroom, into its main app itself

Spotify adds audio enhancement feature for podcast creators: Details here

Users can simply record in the Anchor mobile app and tap 'Enhance' to significantly reduce background noise for a clearer-sounding episode

Pocket FM announces US foray, crosses $25 mn in annualised revenue run rate

According to Statista, audio OTT market in India is expected to be worth $2.5 billion by 2030

Spotify to allow users to post audio reactions to music playlists

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify is working on a new feature to let users post audio comments or reactions to music playlists

YouTube Music tests allowing users to customize filters for up next queue

As per one user on Reddit, the filter pills vary by song and they only mention it appearing for radio-generated queues

End of an era: Apple discontinues iPod after a more than two decade run

Introduced by Steve Jobs, the iPod was credited with helping to turn Apple from a nearly bankrupt company to an eventual $3 trillion behemoth

Spotify CEO pumps $50 mn into his music streaming platform, stocks up by 3%

Spotify's stock jumped more than 3 per cent to reach $108.98 per share after the investment announcement came late on Friday

Apple Music installing itself to iPhone dock, kicking out apps like Spotify

Some iPhone owners also found the bug was causing Apple Music to make it default music service for Siri requests, kicking off Spotify

Spotify is testing new podcast discovery feature, says report

Spotify is reportedly adding vertical scrolling to podcasts on the audio platform

Spotify acquires 2 podcast tech companies Chartable, Podsights

With the acquisition of Podsights, Spotify will be able to help advertisers understand how podcast ads drive actions that matter to their businesses.

Spotify to invest $100 mn in content from marginalised creators: CEO

The Swedish music streaming company also reported its fourth quarter (Q4) results for 2021, taking its paid subscribers to 180 million globally.

Apple Music free trial slashed down from three to one month

As per GSM Arena, this move does not affect the limited six-month trial program awarded for a limited time with the purchase of some Apple devices

Apple Music is second most used music streaming service: Report

Cupertino-based tech giant's Apple Music accounts for 15 per cent of the global music streaming market, still falling behind streaming giant Spotify, which holds more than 30 per cent

Vodafone-Idea ties up with Hungama to roll out music streaming service

Move to drive digital adoption and monetisation

Streaming service Spotify brings polls, Q&A to all Anchor-hosted podcasts

Streaming service Spotify has announced the polls and Q&A features that it has been testing will be available to all creators through Anchor, the podcast production service it also owns.

Spotify's new feature 'Enhance' to improve personalised recommendations

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it is rolling out a new feature, Enhance, for Premium users to easily add personalised recommendations to their playlists.

YouTube signs up over 50 mn paid subscribers for its music service

That 50 million figure includes people paying for YouTube Music, customers for YouTube Premium, who get music as part of their subscription, as well as customers still on a trial basis

Apple announces huge push into classical music; standalone app in 2022

In a bid to expand its classical music offering, Apple recently announced that it has acquired classical music streaming service Primephonic and will launch an app dedicated to the genre in 2022.