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Amazon plans to bring Prime Music to India 06 October 2017
Amazon India will launch Prime Music streaming service in India. A preview of Prime Music will initially be available to Echo customers at no additional cost. Other Prime members will later have access to Prime Music later on. Bollywood as well as other regional music has been added to Amazon Music catalogue.
Indie record labels looking to launch their own music streaming service 04 October 2017
Of late, music streaming services have mushroomed all over the web. Spotify alone has hit 60 million users by July 2017, and is expected to add another 10 million by the end of the year. There are loads of artists who are trying to make ends meet as they don’t earn much because of policies …
Russia’s google music streaming service collaborates with Facebook 02 October 2017
Yandex music which is Russia’s first music streaming service is going to enter a collaboration with Facebook, under which users can share excerpts from music tracks with friends. According to the agreement, Yandex.Music and Facebook, Russian users can listen to 30 second excerpts from music tracks as liked by friends. Entire tracks can be subsequently …
Spotify introduces self-serve platform for audio ads 28 September 2017
Spotify’s new ads platform aims to bring a large number of Small and Medium Business (SMB) advertisers to the streaming audio service. In this process, it has introduced its first self-serve platform for marketers to be able to set up and manage audio ad campaigns. Advertisers can decide to upload pre-created ads or upload a …
Spotify speculated to be launched soon in South Africa 14 September 2017
Spotify is expected to launch in South Africa in the upcoming months as per reports. South Africa streaming revenue has grown massively in the last year and has seen a growth of US$ 1.87 million in 2015 to US$ 8.15 million in 2016 according to a report from International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Spotify …
Platform for artists with non film music launched by gaana 13 September 2017
Gaana has started a platform called “Gaana Originals” for artists who want to promote non-film music Music artists will get mainstream reach so they can launch their original content at the same magnitude as film music. Gaana is attempting to revamp trends in music by creating this platform that goes beyond film-based music. Launch an …
Apple Music is preferred by younger listeners 11 September 2017
According to a new report by Fluent, Apple Music is the least popular streaming music across the U.S, ranking below YouTube, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Google Play Music, Spotify and Amazon Prime music. One of the most obvious reasons for this is that the top services offer a free, ad-supported tier. Most people will prefer a free …
Deezer collaborates with MQA for hi-res audio streaming 06 September 2017
Deezer is partnering with MQA to offer it’s high-end audio technology. MQA files have already been made available to stream by Tidal and Higresaudio. Both companies have common partners including Bluesound, LG, Onkyo and MOON by Simaudio and Sony, MQA will be integrated into it’s other ecosystem of devices such as Bluesound system. In related …
Revenue for music streaming expected to grow six times by 2030 01 September 2017
Almost 850 million people across the world are estimated to pay to subscribe to a music streaming service by 2030 as per Goldman Sachs projection. This means revenues from music streaming would amount to $28 billion yearly globally. The growth of music streaming services will change the face of the music industry in the same …
Regional audio streaming services to be expanded by ABC 30 August 2017
ABC has extended its regional live audio streaming service offering. Regional live audio (radio streaming) expansion was announced for Ballarat, Bendigo, Warrnambool, Horsham and Mildura apart from Port Macquarie and Broken Hill. These new regional radio streams are in addition to the current line up of 16 streams. ABC plans to continue adding streams for …
