Music/Audio

Sirius XM will buy music streamer Pandora in a $3.5 billion all-stock deal, as it seeks to build scale to battle heavyweight streaming rivals Spotify and Apple Music. Sirius XM, co... More

If you’re wondering why Amazon went so crazy today with new speaker-related announcements, even introducing Echo audio accessories without microphones, a new report from the Reco... More

Beginning today, Spotify will begin allowing a select group of independent artists the ability to upload their music directly onto the streaming platform through their Spotify For ... More

With the launch of tvOS 12, support for the Dolby Atmos surround sound format is finally coming to the Apple TV 4K. Apple’s streaming solution launched last year with support for... More

In the first half of 2018, music subscribers grew by 16% and Apple Music gained two points of market share while Spotify maintained its formidable global lead, according to mid-yea... More

Spotify is getting more generous limits for offline listening: The music subscription service has increased the number of songs that can be downloaded to a single device from 3333 ... More

An estimated 51 million people in the U.S. are now paying monthly subscriptions for music streaming services -- nearly double the number of subscribers at the end of 2016, accordin... More

Dolby Laboratories has announced a partnership with RAVENNA, a technology for real-time distribution of audio and other media content in IP-based network environments. Jeff Riedmi... More

While the term “luxury” conjures up a range of different images, depending upon whom you speak with, there’s no denying that it implies something that’s not strictly necess... More

Dolby and Lenovo announced today the world's first laptop featuring Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Speaker System. The Lenovo Yoga C930 combines cinema-inspired HDR imaging technolog... More

Though streaming services have been pairing up with ­telecoms overseas for years -- French telco Orange has been an ­investor in local music service Deezer since 2010, and Spotif... More

Gracenote is launching its Global Music Data, the catalog of reference for the music industry, in India. The solution localizes Gracenote’s comprehensive collection of descriptiv... More

Dolby and Wanying Cinema today announced a partnership to extend the spectacular Dolby Cinema® experience to more moviegoers in China. With the partnership, the first location is ... More

Amazon is chomping at the bit to be in the same conversation as Spotify and Apple Music, in terms of music streaming leaders. The Seattle says it will soon begin rolling out its fi... More

Amazon is turning up the volume in the music business. The world’s largest online retailer will mount the first national TV campaign for its music-streaming service, featuring ad... More

Dolby and Amazon announced today that Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan will be available on Prime Video in both Dolby Atmos® and Dolby Vision™ HDR starting August 31. This Prime Or... More

A new study found that nine out of 10 social media users do a music-related activity within the framework of an app, according to data compiled by research and analysis firm MusicW... More

Universal, Warner Bros, Sony and other big record labels filed a lawsuit on Friday (Aug. 3) against two Russia-based illegal stream-ripping websites, FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com. The w... More

Mission: Impossible – Fallout is going to be one of the biggest movies of the year. Dolby has an exclusive interview with the cast and crew as they talk about the movie and how D... More

Dolby saw growing progress for Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision and Dolby Cinema in its third quarter (ended June 29), according to CEO and president Kevin Yeaman. “We are seeing conti... More