All items tagged with streaming services (167)
Sony 360 Reality Audio Now Available on Amazon Music Unlimited with Any Headphones
October 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sony 360 Reality Audio Now Available on Amazon Music Unlimited with Any Headphones

Sony Electronics announced it will expand 360 Reality Audio distribution, content, and compatible devices, including support from Amazon Music Unlimited to play 360 Reality Audio content on headphones. The 360 Reality Audio experience was so far available in Tidal, Deezer, Nugs.net and Amazon Music HD music streaming services with support for Sony certified headphones and speakers. Now, Amazon Music Unlimited will support 360 Reality Audio content playback on any headphones.
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Adoption of Smart TVs and Smart Speakers/Displays Rises Above 50% During Pandemic
October 4, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Adoption of Smart TVs and Smart Speakers/Displays Rises Above 50% During Pandemic

Market research firm Parks Associates released its latest Consumer Insights Dashboard, a new ongoing service that analyzes the firm's quarterly surveys of 10,000 US broadband households to track consumer adoption of home devices and services. Its Consumer Electronics Dashboard reveals that among the most commonly adopted CE device categories, smart TVs and smart speakers/displays showed significant growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Smart TVs reached 56%, while smart speakers/displays reached 53%.
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NAD Electronics Launches New C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier
September 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

NAD Electronics Launches New C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier

NAD Electronics continues its expansion in the “just add speakers” category with the introduction of the C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier. As it did with the C 399 integrated amplifier, this new compact and modern solution renews the company's Classic Series with a powerful HybridDigital UcD amplification, 80-watts per channel and integral BluOS app interface. The C 700 suggested retail price is $1499 USD / €1499 EUR and will ship globally in late October 2021.
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FENNEK Offers a Fresh New Take at Peak and Loudness Audio Metering and Management
September 24, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

FENNEK Offers a Fresh New Take at Peak and Loudness Audio Metering and Management

Berlin-based software house zplane.development released FENNEK - a new peak and loudness metering solution designed to help keep track of audio levels and deliver mixes that comply with broadcast and streaming standards. With a highly customizable interface and a loudness history view, FENNEK is a fresh new take at audio metering software, allowing visual supervision of signals and processes, combined with intelligent adjustment of peaks and loudness matching any intended use.
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Musicube Introduces Next-Generation Music Discovery AI Technology
September 20, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Musicube Introduces Next-Generation Music Discovery AI Technology

Musicube is a software company from Hamburg, Germany, working on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions intended to solve a serious problem in the music industry. Its music discovery technology generates more than 500 metadata tags (moods, instruments, and more) for more than 47 million songs using its audio analysis AI, and is intended to solve the closed "preferences" playlist loop that most users experience from existing streaming services.
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AvidPlay Subscription Service Now Enables Artists and Labels to Distribute Dolby Atmos Tracks for Apple Music
July 16, 2021 by Joao Martins

AvidPlay Subscription Service Now Enables Artists and Labels to Distribute Dolby Atmos Tracks for Apple Music

AvidPlay, Avid’s subscription-based, independent music distribution service, now allows artists and labels to distribute their Dolby Atmos tracks directly to Apple Music’s new Spatial Audio offerings. For those Pro Tools users that see the value of the fully integrated subscription that AvidPlay provides, this is now an important argument to increase the value of new Dolby Atmos mixes. Artists can even use the AvidPlay dashboard to manage their tracks and albums, and monitor song performance and earnings.
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7digital and Super Hi-Fi Announce Partnership Integration to Improve Music Listening Experiences with AI
July 14, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

7digital and Super Hi-Fi Announce Partnership Integration to Improve Music Listening Experiences with AI

Super Hi-Fi, an audio technology company leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver next-generation music listening experiences, announced that it is expanding its partnership program in B2B music services. 7digital, a music delivery services company will use Super Hi-Fi’s platform to bring advanced playback and AI-powered recommendations to their playlisting and curation tools.
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Via Licensing Launches MPEG-H 3D Audio Licensing Program
June 23, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Via Licensing Launches MPEG-H 3D Audio Licensing Program

Looking at differentiated spatial audio designs? Via Licensing Corporation announced the creation and availability of an MPEG-H 3D Audio patent pool with eight participating members. These initial participants include Dolby, ETRI, Fraunhofer, Orange, Royal Philips, Sony Group Corp., VoiceAge, and WILUS. The new pool enables manufacturers, developers and implementors to license MPEG-H 3D Audio standard essential patents under fair and reasonable terms.
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Bluesound Professional Launches BSP200 PoE Network Streaming Speaker
June 23, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Bluesound Professional Launches BSP200 PoE Network Streaming Speaker

Bluesound Professional continues to expand its premium distributed audio ecosystem for commercial spaces, now adding the BSP200 network streaming speaker. The BSP200 is an all-in-one PoE solution featuring the convenience of precision BluOS app control, streaming and connectivity, with superior sound quality when compared to standard installation speakers. Offered in a choice of White or Black matte finish, the BSP200 is now shipping in North America and globally in July 2021.
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Crestron Announces DM NAX Whole-Home Audio Amplifier Now Available
June 18, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Crestron Announces DM NAX Whole-Home Audio Amplifier Now Available

Crestron Electronics announced the Creston DM NAX distributed Audio-over-IP (AoIP) amplifier is now shipping and available. This highly-anticipated all-in-one AoIP solution provides all the connectivity and audio functionality integrators need to delight residential customers. The DM NAX amplifier also offers the audio flexibility, scalability, and interoperability for both Crestron Home and Crestron custom-programmed projects.
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