Music/Audio

 

Dua Lipa Teams Up with The Mill for Latest Music Video (MESA)

Directed by The Mill’s Lisha Tan, the animated film for ‘Hallucinate’ is an extravagant psychedelic journey with both dreamlike and nightmarish elements.... More

U.S. Podcast Advertising to Top $1B Next Year (MediaPost)

The U.S. podcast advertising marketplace is on pace to top $1 billion in the next year, according to the first-ever estimates released by eMarketer. The ad growth projections mirro... More

Licensed Music is Coming to Snapchat (MBW)

Snap Inc, the parent of social media platform Snapchat, is set to launch a new music video feature which has been licensed by some of the industry’s biggest companies.... More

Facebook is Set to Finally Get the Rights to Show Music Videos (Bloomberg)

Facebook has completed a series of deals for the right to show music videos, according to people familiar with the matter, vaulting the social network into a medium dominated by Yo... More

Dolby, Avid Make it Easier for Indie Artists to Use Immersive Atmos Tech (Engadget)

Music tracks encoded with Dolby’s immersive Atmos Music tech recently started appearing on Tidal and other streaming services, but most are from artists backed by major labels. N... More

Megabox Launches Korea’s First Dolby Cinema (Korea Times)

Megabox, one of Korea's three biggest theater chains along with CGV and Lotte Cinema, has launched the country's first Dolby Cinema to deliver a fully immersive cinema experience t... More

Digital Devices Hit ‘Inevitable’ Milestone, Passing Analog in Listening Time for 2020 (Billboard)

Digital devices are now the dominant method of listening to music, and the coronavirus seems to be behind the latest growth wave.... More

Dolby, FADER Team for Music Live Streaming Contest (LG)

The FADER has announced its lineup for the charitable event, The Fader Digital Fort #2. Together, The FADER and Dolby will host a social media competition called Dolby Artist Spotl... More

The Walkman, Forty Years On (New Yorker)

Even prior to extended quarantines and lockdowns, it was hard to imagine life without the electronic escapes of noise-cancelling earbuds, smartphones, and tablets. Today, it seems ... More

VSI Paris Awarded ‘Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment Studio’ Certification (MESA)

Dolby awards the first “Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment Studio” certification in France to VSI Paris-Chinkel S.A. for audio editing and mixing. They join a growing list of VSI l... More

SoundCloud Offers Artists Dolby-Powered Audio Mastering (Billboard)

SoundCloud is teaming with Dolby for a new feature that allows creators to master their songs without ever leaving their accounts on the streaming platform.... More

AI Will Help the Radio Industry Reinvent Itself (Radio World)

Ryan Steelberg, Veritone: "If there’s one industry that can take advantage of the power of AI, it’s media and entertainment. Considering the large amounts of data broadcasters ... More

Dolby’s Ashim Mathur Elaborates on Evolving Technologies (Zee News)

Mathur explains that Dolby On, the company's new app, is a brilliant option for content creators who can’t access the studios at the moment. The relevance of awareness of the new... More

Dolby’s App for Musicians, Singers Adds Live Streaming (Memeburn)

Dolby has announced a new update to their Dolby On music and video recording app for musicians that brings live-streaming to the platform. The app lets musicians and performers rec... More

AirPods Pro Get Immersive Dolby Atmos Sound in New Update (TechRadar)

The Apple AirPods Pro are getting a hefty firmware upgrade with iOS 14, which will allow for Dolby Atmos spatial audio, bringing immersive 3D sound to your true wireless earbuds. A... More

Spotify Signs Deal With Warner Bros., DC for Slate of Exclusive Scripted Podcasts (Variety)

All-new podcasts starring Batman, Wonder Woman — or Bugs Bunny — could be streaming to your headphones soon. In the latest move to punch up its podcast biz, Spotify inked a mul... More

Adobe’s Stock Audio Brings Royalty-Free Music to Premiere Pro CC (Engadget)

Adobe has launched Stock audio for Premiere Pro, giving video editors a new way to choose royalty-free music directly from the app. The new service incorporates music from stock pr... More

Tidal Opens Up Dolby Atmos Music Streaming to Almost Any Dolby Atmos Sound System (Forbes)

Music streaming service Tidal is partnering up with Dolby Labs to bring Dolby Atmos Music to soundbars and home theaters across the world. This really is a big deal for music fans,... More

EMPIRE to Deliver Immersive Audio Experience Through Dolby Atmos Music to Fans, Artists (MESA)

EMPIRE announced that it will deliver a selection of its catalog in Dolby Atmos Music. EMPIRE will deliver music in Dolby Atmos leveraging an end-to-end content ecosystem spanning ... More

Sony Electronics Introduces 3.1-Channel Dolby Atmos Soundbar (Twice)

Sony Electronics Inc. has announced the new HT-G700 soundbar, offering immersive cinematic sound and clear dialog. This Dolby Atmos-enabled soundbar features Vertical Surround Engi... More

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