Music/Audio

 

The Lucrative (and Growing) Niche of Luxury Audio (Twice)

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 Collaborates with Lenovo on the First Laptop of its Kind (MESA)

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

Will Streaming’s New Power Couples Lead to Actual Growth and Profits? (Billboard)

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 Introduces Global Music Database of Record in India (MESA)

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, Wanying Cinema Line Partner to Extend the Dolby Cinema Experience in China (MESA)

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 Readies First National TV Campaign to Boost Its Music Streaming Service (Billboard)

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 Ready to Take on Apple and Spotify in Streaming Music (Bloomberg)

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

‘Jack Ryan’ to Launch Globally on Amazon Prime Video in Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision (MESA)

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

New Study Shows Close Relationship Between Social Media, Music (Billboard)

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

Major Labels Team Up to Sue Web Sites Ripping Audio from YouTube Videos (Billboard)

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’ Makes the Most of Dolby Cinema Technology (Collider)

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 CEO: Company Saw Increased Atmos, Vision Momentum in Q3 (MESA)

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

Spotify Hits 83 Million Subscribers (CNET)

Spotify hit 83 million subscribers at the end of the last month, the streaming-music company said Thursday. That remains bigger than its closest competitor, Apple Music , which had... More

Dolby, Cinescape to Bring First Dolby Cinemas to Kuwait (MESA)

Dolby and the Kuwait National Cinema Company have entered into a three-screen agreement for the first deployments of Dolby Cinema in Kuwait. The first site is expected to open late... More

Vistex Signs First Indonesian Client, Massive Music at MIDEM (MESA)

Vistex announced its first Indonesian client, Massive Music, to adopt Music Maestro. The deal was signed at this year's MIDEM - the annual music industry trade show held in Cannes,... More

Dolby Atmos Comes to Amazon Prime Video Aug. 31 (TechRadar)

Amazon Prime members, we’ve got some news that will be music to your ears, Dolby Atmos is coming to Amazon Prime Video service starting on August 31. The announcement comes from... More

Is Instagram About to Become the Music Industry’s New Best Friend? (MBW)

Last month through a series of announcements, Instagram, the Facebook owned photo-sharing app, emerged ready to become a new monetary force within the music industry, as streaming ... More

Dolby Vision Coming to Xbox One Consoles (TVB Europe)

Microsoft is bringing Dolby Vision streaming to its 4K-ready Xbox One consoles, allowing users to watch Netflix in the 12-bit high-dynamic-range format. The Xbox One S and Xbox One... More

Spotify is Fine – But Let’s Mourn the Passing of CDs (LA Times)

The problem with sundowning music formats is that, in our eagerness to pitch ourselves into the future with new technology, we bury what brought us so much pleasure in the first pl... More

Dolby is Making a Big-Ticket Bet on India (CNBC TV18)

Dolby Laboratories, is gearing up to double the number of Atmos-equipped screens in India. The company’s signature sound technology, released in 2012, has established its presenc... More

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