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Our tech team has been extra busy this month coding some exciting new features for Label Engine. Here’s a brief rundown of what’s new: New database engine: We have implemented a new database engine for our entire system which will lead to 3-5X performance increase on heavy operations such as accounting. In order to meet our scale growth we’ve increased …
Good news for our Distributed partners hoping to get a better understanding of their streaming activity! For the last couple of weeks we have been working on adding activity from Apple Music, Deezer and Google Play to the “Sales Estimates” section under your Distribution menu. Streaming activity does not include revenue estimates, thats because partners currently don’t provide that on …
JB Hi-Fi’s music team has officially announced it will be shutting down its music streaming service “JB Hi-Fi Now” on March 17, 2016. The music streaming space is turning out to be a very competitive one, JB Hi-Fi Now joins the likes of Rdio, Milk and Beats Music in closing its doors even though streaming, overall, continues to grow its …
We are pleased to announce the addition of Digital Tunes and Simfy Africa to our network of stores. Digital Tunes is a digital download store based out of Finland that focuses on the best Underground Dance music from around the world, from Drum & Bass and Bass Music to House and Techno. DT allows users to purchase music a la …
The Dance Music universe woke up today to the news that SFX, parent company of Dance Music digital store Beatport, filed for chapter 11 Bankruptcy as part of a Restructuring Support Agreement that will eliminate more than $300 million in debt. Naturally comments and emails started pouring in from concerned record label owners and artists trying to get some clarity …
Soundcloud has been making progress in turning its site to appeal more to the normal everyday fan, recently adding “Stations” which will allow users of the SoundCloud app for iOS and Android to create radio stations based on what they are listening to, searching for or what is in their collections. Appealing to the masses and not just industry people …
Every distributor and Beatport partner received this morning an email that looks to clarify the guidelines of what is an acceptable Promotional Campaign that encourages fans to buy tracks in exchange for something and what is considered an attempt to “game” the charts to unfairly gain a better ranking in the top 100. This has always been a controversial topic, …
We are pleased to announce the addition of Akazoo and Forj Digital to our network of stores. Akazoo is a streaming and digital download platform that integrates music with a social media experience, allowing users to integrate their Facebook accounts with the platform to follow users and share the music they love. With over 20 million available song in the …
November was a busy month for us and as always we’ve been busy working on new features for the Label Engine system: – 1001Tracklists Integration We’ve partnered with 1001Tracklists.com to allow you to keep an eye on which DJs are playing your tracks. 1001Tracklists is a user generated database containing listings of every radio show and major performance by the …
Music streaming service Rdio has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and will be shutting down its doors for good. Pandora, who has been in the radio streaming service for over 15 years has bought “key” components of the soon-to-die company. There is still some doubts as to what will happen with pending royalties owed but we have stopped …
