US auto racing series NASCAR and digital satellite service SiriusXM have agreed a six-year renewal to extend their broadcasting and marketing agreement through 2022. SiriusXM will continue to deliver 24/7 racing content to millions of listeners across North America, including live broadcasts of every race, plus daily NASCAR talk and interviews with voices across the […]
Germany’s technology research company Fraunhofer has filed a patent infringement action against pay-radio operator SiriusXM. The writ has been issued in the US District Court in Delaware. The claim goes back to the days of the failed – and now bankrupt – Worldspace satellite radio system. The claim alleges that the satellite radio broadcaster is […]
While new connections and subscribers to pay-radio operator SiriusXM continue to rise, and even impress the market, one area that was expected to show increased progress was that of connected vehicles. Indeed, SiriusXM exceed all of its expected targets for 2016: Revenues were up 10 per cent to $5 billion. Net subs growth totalled 1.75 […]
BBC Radio 5 live has signed former England cricket captain Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff to host a new podcast as the station launches a series of podcast-first programmes. Flintoff is teaming up with former Premier League footballer and BBC Radio 5 live regular Robbie Savage to host a new weekly podcast starting on Monday 13 February. […]
Global industry association WorldDAB has completed a comprehensive review and revision of the DAB digital radio standard, identifying obsolete features, clarifying the description of features to aid interoperability and updating specific features. This work ensures that the system standard is fit for the future. The work was carried out by the WorldDAB Technical Committee, marking […]
Struggling music streaming service Pandora is laying off 7 per cent of its staff. The decision to downsize is said to be direct result of the failure of a buy-out of Pandora by pay-radio broadcaster SiriusXM. “Making workforce reductions is always a difficult decision,” Pandora CEO Tim Westergren said. “But the commitment to cost discipline […]
BBC Director-General Tony Hall has said the corporation needs to reinvent its on-demand iPlayer service to make the leap from a catch-up service to a “must-visit” destination in its own right in the face of rapid growth by its competitors such as Netflix. In a wide-ranging New Year message to BBC staff on ‘Reinventing the […]
Norway has become the first country in the world to start digital switchover (DSO) from FM to DAB+. National FM networks will be switched off region by region – starting in Nordland and progressing across the whole country throughout 2017. The final regions, Troms and Finnmark, will complete the process in December. “Today’s digital switchover […]
Music Business Worldwide has conducted an in-depth market share analysis of the US recorded music business last year across audio streaming, video streaming, total album ‘projects’ and more besides – using stats from the annual report of trusted market monitor BuzzAngle. The research found that Universal Music Group dominates the market in most categories. However, […]
A report from Midia Research founder and music industry expert Mark Mulligan states in his blog that music streaming subscriptions have reached the 100 million mark in December 2016. This compares to 66 million at the end of 2015 and 41 million at the end of 2014. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNP-Paribas say their […]