BACKBBC Radio 3 reports 6% audience increase since last year
Recent data from Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) shows that BBC Radio 3’s audience in the last quarter was 2.03 million – up 6% from 1.91 million last year. The station attributes the increase to ‘more experimental and innovative programming alongside focuses on core classical through Our Classical Century’.
Beethoven’s own pianos used in innovative sound sculpture
Recordings made with Beethoven’s Broadwood and Graf pianos are part of a new sound installation outside the Beethoven House Bonn, the composer’s birthplace The sound installation ‘Harmonic Time Travel’ was created by American sound artist Bill Fontana, currently Bonn’s city sound artist 2019. A 70-minute sonic loop plays on eight speakers hanging from the first floor of the Beethoven House. Passers-by will hear street sounds and bird song alternating with passages of Beethoven’s piano music.
Spotify verfehlt eigene Ziele bei Abo-Kunden
Spotify kann im Musikstreaming-Markt den Abstand zur Nummer zwei Apple weiter ausbauen – verfehlt dabei aber eigene Ziele. Die massiven Investitionen in Podcasts tragen unterdessen Früchte. Der Musikstreaming-Marktführer Spotify hat im vergangenen Quartal nicht so viele zahlende Nutzer gewonnen wie erhofft. Binnen drei Monaten stieg die Zahl der Abo-Kunden von 100 auf 108 Millionen. Das lag zwar im Rahmen der Prognose-Spanne, Spotify selbst hatte aber etwa eine Million mehr angepeilt. Die Firma betonte am Mittwoch zugleich, der Grund sei nicht eine Schwäche des Marktes gewesen, sondern hausgemachte Probleme beim Vertrieb von Studenten-Abos. Zum vierten Quartal will Spotify bis zu 125 Millionen zahlende Nutzer haben.
Spotify misses its own targets with subscription customers
In the music streaming market, Spotify can further extend its lead over Apple’s number two – but misses its own targets. The massive investments in podcasts are now bearing fruit. Music streaming market leader Spotify did not win as many paying users in the past quarter as had been hoped. Within three months, the number of subscription customers rose from 100 to 108 million. Although this was within the forecast range, Spotify itself had aimed for about one million more. The company also emphasised on Wednesday that the reason was not a weakness in the market, but homemade problems in selling student subscriptions. For the fourth quarter Spotify wants to have up to 125 million paying users.