Tag: High fidelity

UPDATE: TIDAL Monthly Fees 30% Higher Via iTunes

UPDATE 2: TIDAL's star studded launch was followed by a storm of criticism. Most of the chatter, rightly or wrongly, centered around music's richest 1% enriching themselves further; and the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/29/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Alicia Keys, Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Calvin Harris, High fidelity, IOS, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Spotify, Streaming media

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Apple’s Streaming Music Launch Plans: $9.99, $14.99 Tiers, Lots Of Exclusives

It's shaping up to be the year the music industry put a premium on exclusive content. Jay Z is counting on them to build TIDAL; and now comes word that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/12/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Apple Inc., Financial Times, High fidelity, IOS, iTunes, Jay-Z, music industry, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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Jay Z’s HD Streaming Music Service Tidal To Expand To 22 More Countries

[UPDATED] Jay Z's deal to acquire Aspiro, the Scandinavian company that owns streaming music and video service WiMP and its hi-def audio cousin Tidal for $56 million, still needs final. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/05/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aspiro, Dr Dre, High fidelity, Jay-Z, Neil Young, Pono, Spotify, Susan Carter Holmes, United Kingdom, WiMP

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WiMP Launches Lossless CD Quality Music Stream

Today EU subscription music streaming service WiMP launched WiMP HiFi, a streaming music service with lossless music in CD quality. Its is available for Sonos, Bluesound, iOS and Android at. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/01/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Compact disc, Gabrielle Aplin, High fidelity, Jake Bugg, Norway, Sonos, Streaming media, WiMP

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Umphrey’s McGee Takes Another Music Tech Step Forward With Headphones & Snowcones

Umphrey's McGee is currently on tour with another tech experiment to improve live show experiences for their fans. Dubbed Headphones & Snowcones, presumably after the song of the same name,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/15/2013 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Chris Washburn, headphones, High fidelity, Hypebot, Kevin Browning, Los Angeles, Umphrey, Umphrey's McGee

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