Country Profile – Russia 2020
After a standout performance in 2019, the Russian recorded music industry looks set to continue its path towards being a global top 10 market.
The post Country Profile – Russia 2020 appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally
Country Profile – Netherlands 2020
A tech-savvy population that has wholeheartedly embraced streaming has insulated the Dutch music industry from the worst effects of Covid
The post Country Profile – Netherlands 2020 appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally
Music Ally Startup Files: Bitfury Surround – After the initial hype disappointed, can blockchain tech have a second coming for music?
Bitfury Surround says it is about to provide a platform that can take all your data, attach it to the blockchain, and standardise it. Then, you can look at this vast, interconnected set of data and figure out, for instance, the money you’ve not recovered, and who you need to get it from. Or figure out who to market to […]
The post Music Ally Startup Files: Bitfury Surround – After the initial hype disappointed, can blockchain tech have a second coming for music? appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally
Social app Parler faces app store removals and partner pullouts
“Ban him @discogs, just in case,” from musician Damon Krukowski was one of the tweets that raised a smile after Twitter and a host of other social and video platforms banned or suspended US president Donald Trump’s accounts. The crackdown en masse by mainstream platforms also sparked debate about where Trump and his supporters will move, online-wise. […]
The post Social app Parler faces app store removals and partner pullouts appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally
Sony unveils its first 360 Reality Audio smart speakers
Sony’s consumer electronics arm has been showing off its new smart speakers, which are its first to use the company’s 360 Reality Audio format. They do stick to some Sony traditions though: numberwangtastic product names: the SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000 will be launching in the next couple of months. Both devices will offer a choice of voice […]
The post Sony unveils its first 360 Reality Audio smart speakers appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally
Primavera-funded study explores Covid-safe concert measures
A study commissioned by Spanish festival Primavera Sound has offered some pointers to the kind of safety measures that could be used at concerts when they start to return later this year. A gig at an indoors venue for 463 people who’d been tested (negative!) on the same day for Covid-19 took place on 12 […]
The post Primavera-funded study explores Covid-safe concert measures appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally
UK recorded music market grew by 6.8% to £1.55bn in 2020
We reported last week on industry body the BPI’s report that music consumption grew by 8.2% in the UK last year. Now we have some revenue figures to set alongside that, courtesy of the Entertainment Retailers Association (Era). It claims that Brits spent £1.55bn on music across physical sales, download sales and streaming subscriptions in 2020, up by […]
The post UK recorded music market grew by 6.8% to £1.55bn in 2020 appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally
SiriusXM writes down Pandora value by $1bn citing royalties
US satellite radio firm SiriusXM has revealed that it is writing down the value of Pandora, its music streaming subsidiary, by around $1bn. The news came in SiriusXM’s announcement to investors of its expectations for 2021 under newly-installed CEO Jennifer Witz. “In connection with its annual impairment assessment of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets, the company […]
The post SiriusXM writes down Pandora value by $1bn citing royalties appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally
UK music industry enraged by post-Brexit touring revelation
“Immigration arrangements for members of the armed forces, musicians and other performers are completely unchanged, and those routes will operate as they do now,” said the UK’s home secretary Priti Patel in February 2020, during a parliamentary debate on plans for a new points-based immigration system after the UK Brexited from the European Union. 11 months […]
The post UK music industry enraged by post-Brexit touring revelation appeared first on Music Ally.
Source: Music ally