Industry News

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Revealed
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were both revealed at the E3 electronic entertainment trade show in Los Angeles yesterday and both will hit the shelves before Christmas.

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Over 4 Million subscribe to Deezer worldwide
Axel Dauchez CEO of Deezer says the streaming service now has over four million paying subscribers to its Premium Plus subscription.

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4.4 billion streams delivered in first year of Official Streaming Chart
One year on from the launch of the official streaming charts, the Official Charts Company have announced that 4.405 billion streams were served across the year. The Top 100 most streamed tracks accounting for 9.7% of that total.

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Google reveal streaming service Play Music All Access
Google have announced their much anticipated streaming service at the 6th annual Google I/O developer conference, in front of over 6,000 developers at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The US based firm described the platform as "radio without rules".

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Amazon Launches Cloud Player Service
Amazon has launched their new Cloud Player service for PC. The desktop app will enable users to play any music they've purchased from or stored with the online retailer — no web browser required.

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Midem conference pushed back to February in 2014
The annual Cannes music festival and conference Midem has been pushed back to February 2014.

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EA extends FIFA licence until 2022
EA has announced an extension to its current licensing agreement with FIFA that runs all the way up until December 31st 2022.

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BVA Awards 2013
The British Video Associations annual awards ceremony took place at London’s Old Billingsgate last night (02/03/13).The event was hosted by rising stand-up comedian Rob Beckett, who presented the awards and led tributes to the recipients.

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Record Store Day reaches new heights as album sales soar 60%
Frank Turner, The Wedding Present, Glasvegas and Paul Weller all play exclusive Record Store Day sets at participating stores

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Amazon dominates music sales in quarter one
New figures obtained by Music Week indicate that Amazon claimed more than 28% of the total value of the UK music market in the first quarter of 2013.