Summary: <p>In this episode, we talk about How music streaming works. Part 1 discusses: The music streaming services are looking for ways to expand their customer base, develop their product, grow revenues, and find a sustainable l<strong>ong-term </strong>business model. The music industry is caught up in the middle of this activity!</p> <p>Streaming has already changed the way the <strong>recording industry </strong>operates and the way in which we consume, share, and experience music globally.</p> <p><strong>So, how Does Music Streaming Work?</strong> Music streaming works in a very easy way: a streaming service delivers data to a streamer in small amounts so that the user can get pre-buffered music that has been pre-buffered a few minutes or even seconds before playing your favorite albums. Given the user has a solid internet connection, streaming technology provides an uninterrupted listening experience, without ever actually saving the files on to the user’s chosen device. This technology — and the streaming business<a href="https://medium.com/the-entertainment-engine/uk-government-to-examine-the-impact-of-streaming-on-music-industry-over-the-coming-months-72b936b0ef60" target="_blank"> </a>overall — developed a response to the music piracy platforms from the ’90s.</p> <p><strong>History of the Music Streaming Market. </strong>It's<strong> </strong>1999, and there’s a new exciting service on the web, getting traction amongst the college students. It allows to exchange data through peer-to-peer networks with ease, and since .mp3 files are so well-compressed, music becomes<em> the </em>primary content<em> </em>transferred through Napster. The concept of<strong> P2P music sharing</strong> is out in the open — and the attempts of the recording industry to shut down the pirate <strong>websites</strong>. As soon as a <strong>pirate </strong>service is shut down, new ones immediately take their place. LimeWire, BearShare, Shareaza, etc.</p> <p>More on music streaming in part 2 of next week's episode! </p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow & subscribe to ''The Entertainment Engine'' for weekly news & updates.</p> <p>(Podcast created by Peter Moore & BeX Gregory at Seamless Entertainment)</p> <p>Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/EntEngine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@entengine</a></p> <p>Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheEntertainmentEngine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/TheEntertainmentEngine</a></p> <p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seamless_entertainment/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@seamless_entertainment</a></p> <p>Sign up for the <a href="https://sendfox.com/theentertainmentengine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Weekly Newsletter</a></p> <p>The Entertainment Engine - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/the-entertainment-engine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website </a></p> <p>Seamless Entertainment - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a></p> <p>The Entertainment Engine - <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/en-gb/t-shirt/13250254-the-entertainment-engine?ref_id=13814&store_id=471309" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch Store</a></p> <p>Email the team: podcast@seamlessentertainment.co.uk</p> <p>Send us a voice message for a chance to be featured on the show via - <a href="https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine/message" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine/message </a></p> <p>The background music was written & produced by<a href="https://push.fm/fl/b05hvryf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> BeX </a>& Alan Glass. (<a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/music-solutions" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seamless Music productions</a>)</p> <p>Podcast engineered & mixed by BeX Gregory.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/entertainmentengine/message
