Music/Audio

 

‘Queen Rock Montreal’ is First Concert Film with IMAX Enhanced Sound Powered by DTS (EI)

DTS, Disney+ and IMAX have announced the global streaming premiere of Queen Rock Montreal – the first concert film available with IMAX Enhanced sound powered by DTS. DTS:X, provi... More

Season 2 of ‘In the Making’, Adobe’s Podcast for and About the Creator Economy, is Here

Adobe community leader and advocate Teresa Au came up with the idea for the show when she was hosting and producing a couple of internal podcasts and realized that these amazing cr... More

Over 100M Americans Listen to a Podcast Each Week, Survey Shows (Forbes)

This is an increase from 31% In 2023 and 26% in 2022. Among regular listeners, on average, 8.3 podcast episodes are listened to weekly. The figure is higher among females (9.5) tha... More

Xperi Releases Top 100 Most Listened-to Songs In-Vehicle in the U.S., Globally for 2023 and Q1 2024

New insights from DTS revealed its full year 2023 and Q1 2024 data highlighting the top songs users listened to in-vehicle, in addition to sharing insights from DTS AutoStage's Son... More

The Rise of Foreign Music and Film/TV Content in the U.S. (Luminate)

U.S. audiences are engaging with non-English music more than ever before. And it appears this trend is here to stay, as Millennial (57%) and Gen Z listeners (59%) show even greater... More

Latest Ampere Podcast Focused on Streaming’s Path to Profitability

Over the past two years the streaming industry has shifted its attention away from pure subscriber growth, and set its eyes instead on profitability. On this episode of The Amp Pod... More

Duplitech Celebrates Milestones in Dolby Vision Excellence

Duplitech recently had the honour of hosting Thomas Graham, Head of Dolby Vision Content Enablement at Dolby Laboratories, at their newly expanded Burbank office. He experienced fi... More

Amazon MGM Studios, Audible Strike Extensive Podcast Deal (TBI)

Amazon MGM Studios has struck a deal with sister firm Audible that will see the two companies adapting podcasts for TV. The projects will be co-developed and co-produced by both Am... More

The Kitchen Unveils New Dolby Atmos Suite in Turkey (TTV)

The Kitchen introduced the new Dolby Atmos suite at The Kitchen, located at The Kitchen Turkey in Ankara. The latest version of Dolby Atmos gives them superior mixing capabilities ... More

BBC Strikes Deal With Amazon Music to Distribute Podcasts Globally (The Wrap)

The BBC and Amazon Music have entered into a distribution partnership that will make the British network’s podcasts available outside of the U.K. for the first time. The deal als... More

‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Sparks Surge in Music Streams (Luminate)

Bob Marley’s Global On-Demand Audio (ODA) streaming has risen consistently throughout 2024, and during the first full music chart week after the film’s release (the week ending... More

NAB Show 2024 Exhibit Halls Will Show Array of Audio Tech, All Driven by IP (TV Tech)

AI, virtualization and immersive expected to dominant booth discussions.... More

Luminate: Super Bowl, Super Fans and Super Streams

If we look at NFL fans more broadly, we can gain even more insights into their music and entertainment habits.... More

Luminate: Music Goes to the Movies!

Earlier this month Luminate published the 2023 Year End Music Report – an in depth analysis of the most impactful music trends of 2023. One of the trends mentioned in the report ... More

Sony Renames Music Building After John Williams as Hollywood Legends Turn Out to Pay Tribute (THR)

Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Sony executives Tony Vinciquerra and Tom Rothman spoke ahead of the 91-year-old, who said he first visited the building in 1940.... More

DTS Grows Its Play-Fi Immersive Home Theater Ecosystem (Twice)

Over the past year, DTS has made major progress in adding new partners to its Play-Fi ecosystem, allowing consumers more ways to access the content they want from major music platf... More

Key Code Media Expands Pro Audio Presence (MIX)

Primarily known for its work in post-production and broadcast circles, systems integrator Key Code Media is expanding its pro-audio division with a pair of new hires and a slew of ... More

Luminate: Global Streaming Volumes hit 7.1T in 2023 (MusicWeek)

The global total of on-demand song streams (audio and video) was 7.1 trillion (up 33.7% year on year), while global on-demand audio song streams broke the four trillion mark for th... More

Global Music Streams Grew by 33.7% to 7.1T in 2023 (Music Ally)

Yes, that’s 7. 1 trillion music streams last year across the world. The stat comes from research firm Luminate’s 2023 Year-End Music Report. The 7.1tn streams were across audio... More

Meet the Man Behind VITAC’s Growing Audio Description Department (VITAC Blog)

Adrian Fox has recently been promoted to Director of Operations at VITAC. It’s a role that will see him take the lead across a variety of areas, including transcription, media, a... More

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