Tag: japan

There is growing interest among collecting societies in using more technology to monitor the music being played in businesses and public spaces.

Moment House is the livestreaming startup that launched in October 2020 with the likes of Scooter Braun, Troy Carter and Patreon CEO Jack Conte as investors, before raising another $12m in August this year.

Slowly, and not always as surely as our industry would like, the live music industry is opening up again after its Covid-19 shutdowns.

There is another flurry of stories about music and NFTs to report on today, including Interpol with David Lynch

It’s an app for eight-track recording, but it also has built-in community features including the ability to create songs with other users.

As the founder of music technology firm MQA – and before that of Meridian Audio – Bob Stuart has plenty of views on audio quality and the evolution of music services. This week, he shared them in a keynote interview...

There is more news on how Apple is adjusting its App Store policies in response to regulatory pressures around the world. Japan is the focus this time.

Last year, distributor Fuga announced a partnership with Space Shower Networks to launch a joint venture in Japan in 2021. Now it has opened for business.

We reported earlier this week on the growth of the music streaming market in Japan, but also on the still-bumpy transition for a country where physical sales are still the biggest chunk of industry revenues. That industry...

Revenues from music streaming subscriptions in Japan grew by 128% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, according to figures published by industry body the RIAJ. Those subscriptions generated ¥14.62bn (around $133.4m)...

Suntory Hall is a popular music venue in Tokyo, but like others across the world has been closed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Now it is making its move in livestreaming with the launch of 'Digital Suntory Hall'. It plans...

Japanese music industry body the RIAJ expects the recorded music market there to make a modest recovery in 2021, after a difficult 2020 in which overall revenues fell by 9%. That included a 15% drop in physical music sales...