Music/Audio

The podcast market will discover the answer to a foundational question about its future in the next few years. Will it continue along the path of music streaming, where all podcast... More

Anyone who’s seen a film in a theater built to Dolby Cinema specification will know what a difference it can make. The extra contrast, the deeper blacks, the richer color, the pr... More

Spotify is officially making its way back onto Roku streaming devices and Roku TVs: An app for the music streaming service became available on Roku’s channel store Wednesday, whe... More

Five Dolby Laboratories employees received recognition Thursday night from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers including their highest honor at a ceremony held i... More

Spotify Technology SA is disrupting another part of the music business: the soundtrack album. Independent movie studio A24 is releasing the music to the new film “Mid90s” as a ... More

Why are music and esports merging and gaining more momentum now than ever before? It’s a two-way exchange: on one hand, esports leagues and game developers are blooming into full... More

Consumer demand for smart speakers like Amazon Echo and Google Home and the convenience that comes with them continues to push traditional radio further into the digital world, acc... More

In an effort to highlight the music, Warner Brothers worked with Spotify to produce a video ad with 3D sound. The ad, which mimics the surround-sound effect of being in the theater... More

Audio ads should be personalized, too. That’s the thought behind Adobe’s partnership with A Million Ads, which powers dynamic creative optimization in digital and programmatic ... More

Amazon is taking the lion’s share of smart speaker usage, but there’s still ample opportunity for other brands, according to new research. Amazon accounts for 63 percent of sma... More

The ‘Ray Dolby Gateway to American Culture' opened Thursday night, honoring the late Dolby Laboratories founder for his innovations and global contributions to the way the world ... More

Business licenses are intended for use when music is played to benefit a business and offer creators greater compensation. These rights are not included in cheaper, standard consum... More

Sony said today it has developed a blockchain-based rights management system for digital content, that could potentially be used to underpin the rights management of its films, mus... More

On Thursday, the long-awaited Music Modernization Act of 2018 was signed into law by President Donald Trump at the White House. This support shows the importance of strong ... More

President Donald Trump signed the Music Modernization Act on Thursday at a White House ceremony. The bipartisan act addresses music licensing and royalty legislation, among other i... More

Liberty Media, the parent company of SiriusXM, wants to be the sole winner in internet radio. That’s one of two big takeaways from Liberty’s move to acquire Pandora for $3.5 bi... More

The streaming service is a decade old on Sunday. So has it created a post-CD paradise for listeners – or turned today’s music into a grey goo?... More

An ongoing test of 4K HDR video has been joined by its audio counterpart. This year, NBC Sports Group’s broadcasts of Notre Dame home games in the next-generation format, which h... More

If you use a music streaming service such as Apple Music, Google Play, or Saavn, you’re apt to know that these platforms help you find the version you’re looking for with ease.... More

The mid-year installment of the RIAA’s outlook on how the U.S. music industry is performing created quite a stir when it counted sales of compact discs in the first half of 2018 ... More