All items tagged with streaming services (160)
Sonos Previews Apple Music Streaming Integration
December 2, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Sonos Previews Apple Music Streaming Integration

Starting December 15, 2015, Apple and Sonos will be making Apple Music streaming available for the popular whole-home audio solution as a Public Beta. This will be an early preview of the service, and an opportunity for Sonos’ users to try listening to Apple Music on Sonos in their homes. It makes sense, since Sonos also offers its new Trueplay acoustic calibration tool using the Sonos app on any iPhone or iPad.
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Gracenote Announces Rhythm Curation Feature Now Adding Mood and Tempo Metadata
November 10, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Gracenote Announces Rhythm Curation Feature Now Adding Mood and Tempo Metadata

Gracenote announced the beta launch of Gracenote Rhythm Curation, a Web-based application developed for professional music editors and DJs. Rhythm Curation help human curators working for popular streaming music services, labels and radio stations build better playlists, now also based on mood and tempo criteria.
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Autonomic Mirage Players Now With Murfie Integration
July 23, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Autonomic Mirage Players Now With Murfie Integration

Autonomic Control added Murfie integration, providing another source of High-Resolution Audio content for the Mirage Music Players with access to cloud-based storage, apart from the most popular streaming music services. Murfie stores and converts physical media such as CDs and LPs for lossless and high-resolution streaming.
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Dolby Promotes Dolby AC-4 Solution for Broadcast and Streaming Services
July 21, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Dolby Promotes Dolby AC-4 Solution for Broadcast and Streaming Services

With the transition to immersive audio formats which are object-based, Dolby is promoting its new AC-4 audio coding system to bridge both conventional channel-based audio and new immersive formats on next-generation broadcast and streaming services. The solution is available now for product development and is targeted for consumer availability starting in 2017.
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New Report on Transparency and Fairness in the Music Industry
July 15, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

New Report on Transparency and Fairness in the Music Industry

The Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship issued a report on fairness and transparency in the music industry, highlighting the evolution of music in the digital age. The study explores the underlying challenges within the current compensation structure while proposing solutions to improve licensing, revenue transparency and cash flow for musicians.
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Radio is Revolutionary (Again)
July 2, 2015 by Joao Martins

Radio is Revolutionary (Again)

I promised to come back to Apple’s announcement of Beats1 Worldwide Radio as part of its Apple Music service. From one perspective, it is a great promotional idea—not much different from those great video ads Apple puts out. It will certainly stimulate awareness for traditional radio and Apple can afford to spend the money. So, no harm done. But that’s it.
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We're Just Starting with Digital...
June 5, 2015 by Joao Martins

We're Just Starting with Digital...

Some audio manufacturers seem to be following the same familiar paradigm regarding file distribution and streaming audio as they have previously done with physical media formats. The problem is, in areas such as media players, servers, DACs and the like, the audio industry no longer dictates the rules.
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The Music Experience - Thoughts on Tidal, Spotify and our own relationship with music
April 2, 2015 by Joao Martins

The Music Experience - Thoughts on Tidal, Spotify and our own relationship with music

Why did Apple destroy the iTunes interface by removing Cover Flow? What makes Spotify successful? Why did Beyoncé's husband bought TIDAL? Why did record stores closed? Why did some folks decide they had enough and went back to vinyl? Will High-Resolution Audio (HRA) make a difference?
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Don’t Mess With AM/FM Radio in Cars and Give Me Physical Buttons!
March 9, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Don’t Mess With AM/FM Radio in Cars and Give Me Physical Buttons!

While consumers increasingly use new music streaming services, they also want AM/FM radio to remain the same. According to a new research by Ipsos Research, over 9 in 10 want the way they operate their car radio to remain unchanged, and would not want it changed into a dashboard app. The research also found that, in the car, CD usage is over three times that of any other digital music service.
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Remember Radio?
June 3, 2014 by Joao Martins

Remember Radio?

Do you remember when radio was a primary sound source on any home stereo system? When was the last time you shopped for a new radio tuner? Chances are the last radio tuner you bought came with your car or integrated receiver amplifier. Nevertheless, radio broadcasting is still one of the world’s most important and popular media services, mostly because it’s free, it’s easy to find something interesting to listen to, and it works.
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