The reasons musicians favour free streaming services

This research was conducted by Ramadan Aly‐Tovar, Maya Bacache‐Beauvallet, Marc Bourreau, and Francois Moreau at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Summary

This paper uses survey data from 1100 French professional musicians to draw out four main reasons why they favour free streaming. Firstly, it is a …

The popularity of Spotify playlists changes according to the time of day or night

This research was conducted by Ole Adrian Heggli, Jan Stupacher and Peter Vuust at Aarhus University and The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark

Summary

Human life is governed by diurnal cycles – the never-ending sequence of day/night, light/dark, wake/sleep. This research analysed the way in which people consumed music …

Explaining the decline in music sales due to file-sharing

This research was conducted by Stan J. Liebowitz at the University of Texas-Dallas, USA

Summary

This paper brings together about a dozen studies that have charted the effect of file-sharing on sales of recorded music (and the revenue derived from those sales). It finds that prior to the dawn of streaming …

By | 28 July 2016 |

The positives and negatives of streaming live theatre and opera

This research was conducted by Timothy King

Summary

This paper presents a critique of the role of streaming theatre and opera from stage to screen, using data from a range of surveys, critics’ views, reports and case studies. It finds that streaming gives more people a way to experience theatre and …

By | 23 May 2016 |