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Spotify First to Hit 100 Million Paying Subscribers Worldwide
As per the Q1 2019 reports, Spotify becomes the first-ever music streaming service to hit the 100 Million paying subscribers mark. Despite intense competition in the audio streaming industry, Spotify beats out the major competitors like Google Play Music, Amazon Prime Music, and Apple Music to gain more than 217 Million monthly active users. Users …
Music streaming platform Spotify join forces with Showtime
Global music streaming platform Spotify has collaborated with Showtime to offer students across the country both their respective services for $4.99 a month. The new offer is applicable for both new and existing Spotify student subscribers. With this partnership, students will get unrivalled access to world-class and on demand content for one low price. Alex …
The Indian Express announces audio streaming platform Indian Express Audio
Print media pioneer The Indian Express has announced the launch of Indian express Audio, an audio streaming platform which is one of its kind to present its original content and proven expertise. The Express Group which is the largest news publishers in India is optimistic about the success of its audio streaming platform in the …
Amazon plans to bring Prime Music to India
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.
Russia’s SPB TV collaborates with China Daily for on demand content
The China Daily will collaborate with Russia’s SPB TV for producing digital content for it’s Over the Top (OTT) platform. The two companies have signed a license agreement granting international rights on Video on Demand (VOD) content, consisting of entertainment, documentaries, and news. The content provided in English or local languages will be made available …
Role of AI in the Future of OTT
Over the Top (OTT) content distribution has changed the way video or audio content is consumed and it seems to stay for a while. Consumption of home entertainment via Internet-connected devices has increasingly become the trend for most people. Even though linear TV today continues to offer traditional TV packages along with OTT, viewing habits …
Spotify attempts to augment its ad sales with self-serve platform
Spotify, which is the leading music streaming service, is introducing an automated self-serve platform called Spotify Ad Studio that generates audio ads that are targeted to about 90 million users that listen to music with commercials for free. Spotify Ad Studio is in the beta version and is only for U.S advertisers. Advertisers first upload …
iOS includes Waze and Spotify integration
Navigation app Waze partnered with music streaming service Spotify to display its playlists within the Waze app. A number of direct Spotify features are to be included within Waze and vice versa. Within the Spotify app on iOS, Waze users can navigate to their destination. Also, Spotify playlists can be accessed from the Waze app …
Spotify speculated to be launched soon in South Africa
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 …
Top features to look for in an Audio Streaming platform
Let’s say you have a large collection of on-demand audio content but aren’t sure about how to sell it. You learnt of audio streaming services but didn’t know how to launch one. If you thought of building your own platform, did you begin and backtrack right after? Was it the enormity of the entire process …
