Music/Audio

 

Dolby Wants You to Experience Music in a New Way (USA Today)

Dolby, the company most of us know for bringing premium sound to movie theaters and high-end home audio, wants you to listen to music in a different way. Dolby's Atmos system, popu... More

New VIZIO Collection Highlighted by Additional Dolby Atmos Offerings (MESA)

VIZIO announced the availability of its 2019 audio collection, highlighted by the VIZIO 36" 5.1.4 and 36" 3.1.2 Premium Home Theater Sound Systems with Dolby Atmos. (more…)... More

First Dolby Cinema Opens in Germany with Kinopolis Gruppe in Munich (MESA)

Dolby and Kinopolis Gruppe announced the opening of the first Dolby Cinema in Germany at the renowned Mathäser Palast in Munich. Film fans can now enjoy the very best cinema prese... More

Sony Launches HT-X8500 Soundbar With Dolby Atmos (Times of India)

Sony has announced HT-X8500 soundbar speaker in India. According to the company, it can deliver maximum 7.1.2 channel sound experience with Sony digital signal processing tecnologi... More

Home Audio Shipments Grow Globally by 20% (TWICE)

Home audio equipment shipments continue to climb, growing globally by nearly 20 percent year-on-year in Q4 2018, according to a new report. Futuresource said home audio shipments r... More

RIAA: Major Label Interest in Hi-Res Music Surging (Billboard)

For the first time ever, the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) has revealed how many high-resolution music titles are available in the United States for downloads and streaming.... More

Mark Zuckerberg Debuts His Own ‘Tech and Society’ Podcast (Engadget)

Yes, you read that correctly. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has launched his own podcast, Tech & Society with Mark Zuckerberg, that has the company founder siting down with luminaries... More

SiriusXM’s New Streaming-Only ‘Essential’ Plan Targets Smart Speaker Owners (TechCrunch)

Last week, Amazon and Google rolled out free music streaming services to cater to the growing base of smart speaker owners. Now, SiriusXM is going after this market, too. The compa... More

Dolby Atmos Will Immerse Guests in Sound at New Hollywood eSports MX4D Theatre (Blooloop)

The second Hollywood Esports MX4D Theatre will open soon in San Diego, California – and audiences are promised a new level of immersion. That’s because, in addition to MediaMat... More

Vimeo, Dolby Partner With ‘Blindspotting’ Director, Ghetto Film School on Filmmaking Lab (THR)

Vimeo and the Dolby Institute are joining forces with the Ghetto Film School and Blindspotting director Carlos Lopez Estrada's Little Ugly on a new initiative that is meant to high... More

The Power of Audio (Forbes)

Similar to digital media and now television, radio is developing its own data-driven solutions to meet the needs of advertisers. Podcasting has become among the fastest growing ad ... More

The Second UK Dolby Cinema Has Opened in Leeds (PL)

The UK's second Dolby Cinema has now opened in Leeds, part of a larger 10 screen multiplex on the east side of the city. The Odeon Luxe Leeds Thorpe Park follows on from the amazin... More

Apple Bringing Podcasts to the Web (Variety)

Apple has been testing a new web interface for its podcast directory, according to a report by 9to5Mac. The new interface not only lists individual episodes of a show, but actually... More

NAB 2019: Dolby’s Rob France on Dolby Vision’s Impact on Live Sports (SVG)

Dolby Vision has established itself as a true differentiator in the experience of viewing live sports, but what”s next for the technology and the company?... More

Netflix Launches Comedy Channel on SiriusXM (WaPo)

Netflix is launching its first audio venture that will feature the video streaming service’s comedy programming on SiriusXM. The companies on Wednesday announced “Netflix Is A ... More

Spotify is Quietly Becoming the Netflix of Audio (Inc.)

Spotify has quietly morphed into the world's largest podcast publisher since it has more in-house shows than their competition. Spotify subtly shifting over to podcasts makes compl... More

Streaming Music is Going to Officially Take Over the World This Year (CNET)

Sometime this year, streaming music should achieve actual world domination. Streaming music, especially paid subscriptions, last year once again fueled the recording industry's glo... More

Spotify Wants You to Listen to More Podcasts, Less Music (Fortune)

Spotify’s $340 million play for podcasts is not just an attempt to dominate every facet of your audio experience—though Spotify would certainly like that, too. Following its re... More

Streaming Music Leads Smart Speakers (Media Post)

Smart speakers can do many things, but consumers mainly want them to stream music. Of all the many uses of smart speakers, listening to streaming music services is at the top of th... More

Survey: Podcast Growth is Popping in the U.S. (NY Times)

The number of podcast listeners has increased sharply this year, according to a new report. More than half the people in the United States have listened to one, and nearly one out ... More

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