Biz news: Classical streaming is up 88 percent
mainThe German music industry reports a huge rise in classical streaming – 88% – and a 16% fall in classical downloads during the first half of this year.
It’s not clear from the data released is this is just paid-for streaming or all sorts. Read here.
Go to http://www.rcmusic.ca/livestream for an eclectic mix of contemporary classical and jazz concerts taped live in Koerner Hall, Toronto. Kronos/Tagaq, Koh/Saariaho, Jackie Parker/Stewart Copeland, Afiara Quartet/Skratch Bastid, Brad Mehldau, James Ehnes, Oscar Peterson Tribute and more.
These percentages are completely meaningless without the actual figures underlying them, and what the measures are. How do you meaure streaming/downloads? In tracks, albums, hours or Euros?
Example: last year’s number 100, this year’s number 188, an increase of 88%.
Last year’s number 120000, this year’s number 1000800, a decrease of 12%.
sorry, correction: the last line should of course read 120000, 100800 and 16%.