WorldDAB’s latest market report reveals that by the end of Q2 2020, over 93 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific – up from 82 million one year earlier. The data published by WorldDAB gives an overview of DAB receiver sales, road and population coverage, household penetration and […]
Back in 2009 the already deeply financially stressed US pay-radio broadcaster SiriusXM was contemplating bankruptcy. It had a $1 billion debt obligation and no way to repay the borrowings. Sirius Satellite Radio and its rival XM Satellite Radio had already merged their loss-making operations (which wrapped in July 2008) in an attempt to save cash, […]
China’s CMMB Vision Holdings wants to hold onto an important 21 degrees East orbital slot for a satellite to beam radio programming over Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Hong Kong-based company is reportedly developing a business which plans on using L-band (which is very suitable for satellite-based radio) and is officially termed S-DARS […]
Humax has announced that the BBC Sounds app, which features more than 80,000 hours of audio from the BBC, is now available on its Freeview Play Recorders. BBC Sounds can be accessed via the Explore Freeview Play interface on Channel 100, on the Humax FVP-5000T and FVP-4000T models, giving viewers access to live and on […]
BBC Music Memories and BBC World Service are launching an international journey through music as part of the BBC’s music and dementia initiative. Rolled out on World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21st), the BBC World Service Music Memories project invites audiences around the world to join a global conversation to help trigger the memories of people […]
The European Electronic Communications Code (EECC), which entered into force on December 20th 2018, must be transposed into national legislation by EU Member States by December 21st 2020. Article 113, Annex XI in the EECC states that “Any car radio receiver integrated in a new vehicle of category M1 which is made available on the market […]
The rumour mill surrounding the departure of Jim Meyer, CEO at pay-radio operator SiriusXM and the broadcaster’s CFO (David Frear) announced at the same time, has ramped up in earnest. One influential analyst, Jessica Reif Ehrlich from the Bank of America, describes the changes as a “significant shake-up” and says that a move by John […]
A study carried out by rights licensing body PRS for Music has found that overall usage of stream-ripping services dramatically increased by 1390 per cent between 2016 and 2019, overshadowing all other illegal online music activity in the UK. Online rights monitoring company INCOPRO was commissioned by PRS for Music to produce Stream-ripping: its role […]
According to Mediavision’s newly published analysis Media & Markets, Spotify stands out as the most popular service in the Nordics. The company invests heavily in innovation projects. This week, rival Apple’s new move in bundling caused Spotify to call for attention from the competition authorities. The second quarter of 2020 is likely a ‘new’ tipping […]
Amazon Music announced today the launch of podcasts in the UK, US, Germany & Japan, across all tiers of service at no additional cost. Customers will be able to stream top podcasts they already know, as well as new, original shows produced exclusively for Amazon Music and hosted by creators including DJ Khaled, Becky G, Will […]