All items tagged with streaming services (178)
Live Concerts Now Available in MQA Through Nugs.net Music Delivery And Webcast Platform
May 25, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Live Concerts Now Available in MQA Through Nugs.net Music Delivery And Webcast Platform

Now that all major recording companies are officially supporting MQA delivery on download and streaming services, comes the news that Nugs.net, the official home of live music for some of the largest touring artists in the world, is adopting MQA’s technology to bring fans exclusive live concert recordings in master quality sound. Initially, concerts from GRAMMY Award-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Metallica and Bruce Springsteen, are available to download in MQA.
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World’s Leading Independent Labels Represented by Merlin Sign Multi-year Agreement to Encode Masters in MQA
May 16, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

World’s Leading Independent Labels Represented by Merlin Sign Multi-year Agreement to Encode Masters in MQA

MQA and Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, have announced a multi-year agreement that will support the world’s best-known independent labels to encode their master recordings in Master Quality Authenticated (MQA). Following agreements with music-entertainment giants Universal Music Group (UMG), and Warner Music Group, MQA now gets the support from the world’s largest independent catalogue.
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Pandora Launches Premium Music Streaming Subscription Option
March 13, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Pandora Launches Premium Music Streaming Subscription Option

Pandora announced the launch of Pandora Premium, its first ever on-demand streaming tier, competing directly with Apple Music, Spotify and others. For $9.99 a month, Pandora Premium combines the best of Pandora’s personalized radio with the ability to search and play any track or album as well as a unique set of playlist features tailored to each person’s distinct preferences.
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Gracenote Unveils New Much-Improved Connected Music Metadata Databases
February 24, 2017 by Joao Martins

Gracenote Unveils New Much-Improved Connected Music Metadata Databases

As previewed at CES 2017, Gracenote, now a Nielsen company, announced its new generation of advanced connected metadata databases to enable new possibilities in search and discovery of digital entertainment across platforms and services. Spanning Video, Music and Sports, the all-new connected databases enable services like Apple Music, Tidal and Deezer with a whole new range of possibilities, including advanced audio personalization.
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Audio Hardware Sales Up 28%, Futuresource Quarterly Tracker Reveals
February 22, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Hardware Sales Up 28%, Futuresource Quarterly Tracker Reveals

Audio hardware continues to outpace the wider Consumer Electronics sector, with global Q4 sales growing 28% year-on-year to $10.2 billion, according to new data from Futuresource Consulting’s quarterly audio tracking service, which includes a review of the key trends in the audio market. The popularity of music streaming services continues to drive market growth, as well as interest on Voice Personal Assistant (VPA) speakers, and growing adoption of wireless headphones.
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MQA and Universal Music Group to Collaborate on Advancing Hi-Res On-Demand Streaming
February 16, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

MQA and Universal Music Group to Collaborate on Advancing Hi-Res On-Demand Streaming

Music technology company MQA and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced that the companies have entered into a multi-year agreement that will encode UMG’s extensive catalogue of master recordings using Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) technology, promising to make some of the world’s most celebrated recordings available for the first time in Hi-Res Audio streaming. A historical development for all the high resolution music enthusiasts.
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THX Launches Approved Components Program For ODMs And Consumer Electronics
January 25, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

THX Launches Approved Components Program For ODMs And Consumer Electronics

THX, renowned for the certification of world-class cinemas and consumer goods, has launched a new program designed to help product manufacturers and brands deliver premium entertainment experiences by certifying key components used to build complete electronic devices. “Approved by THX” allows top-tier original design manufacturers (ODM) to certify superior audio and visual quality components that meet the high performance requirements necessary to achieve THX certification.
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TIDAL Introduces MQA Streaming “Master Audio” Support
January 5, 2017 by Joao Martins

TIDAL Introduces MQA Streaming “Master Audio” Support

During CES 2017, TIDAL and MQA announced the much anticipated support for Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) on their streaming service. Until now only available on file-based downloads, the bandwidth efficient high-resolution audio format (HRA) is now available on a mainstream platform. TIDAL was previously the only music streaming service to offer a “higher-quality” subscription option. Those subscribers will now be able to access MQA encoded masters.
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Get Ready for What’s Coming with audioXpress January 2017!
December 9, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Get Ready for What’s Coming with audioXpress January 2017!

audioXpress January 2017 is now available. This month, we review Kii Audio’s new Kii Three speakers, and report on the most interesting new products at The Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2016. We explore Near Field Magnetic Induction (NFMI) wireless audio applications, and the new USB Audio Device Class 3.0 specification for USB Type-C. We discuss streaming DSD over the Internet, revisit the Helmholtz resonator, explain how to build a Low-Power, Class-A Power Amplifier, and interview Michael Carnes of Exponential Audio. There is a lot to read inside this issue!
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NUGEN Audio Introduces MasterCheck Pro Codec and Loudness Auditioning Plug-in for the Streaming Age
November 15, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

NUGEN Audio Introduces MasterCheck Pro Codec and Loudness Auditioning Plug-in for the Streaming Age

NUGEN Audio announced the launch of MasterCheck Pro, a new loudness, dynamics, and codec toolset for music professionals. MasterCheck Pro enables producers to hear and visualize the playout encoding and loudness matching techniques now in use by music streaming service providers such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Digital Radio. The new plug-in follows the recent introduction of the ISL 2 true-peak limiter, offering the essential true-peak compliance producers need to prepare audio for streaming services.
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