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Spotify records 356 million listeners & 158 million subscribers within three months of 2021 29 April 2021
Spotify continues to dominate the audio streaming industry as it records 356 million listeners and 158 million paid subscribers in the first quarter itself, a good 24% and 21% increase respectively. This music streaming giant is experiencing an adrenaline rush with this victory as they reveal their expected Q2 growth performance plans, an increase …
Kinderling kids radio station switches to D2C streaming model 19 April 2021
Kinderling Kids, a children’s podcast company will now stream all its podcast content. The growth of streaming and on-demand listening compelled the brand to switch. Three new streaming stations are launched to engage parents and children together. Evan Kaldor, Founder at Kinderling Kids states, ‘’Kinderling is growing up fast and we are now highly …
Hungama Music and Dolby Laboratories strike a deal to strengthen music streaming 24 March 2021
Hungama Music and Dolby Laboratories have partnered together to provide a high-quality premium music experience with ‘Dolby Atmos’, a sound technology for Hungama users. The partnership aims to deliver a refined listening experience to music fans by blending unique technologies. This technology will be enabled in mobile devices to provide music lovers with a …
Infographic: A Peek into the Future of OTT Market in LATAM regions. 15 February 2021
OTT is said to lead the Latin America growth. Many Video Producers and Content Owners are expanding into the region looking at it’s high potential and growing market. In fact, Brazil and Mexico are Number 4 and Number 5 on the global list. The revenues from entire LATAM OTT services are expected to grow double from US …
Global Subscription of Online Music Streaming Services record 32% increase 06 April 2020
As per research, global subscriptions of online music streaming platforms witnessed a 32% increase YoY (year-on-year), accounting to 358 million subscribers in the year 2019. With 35% of total paid subscriptions and 31% of total revenue, Spotify leads the game. Apple Music ranks 2nd in the list with 19% of total paid subscriptions and …
Spotify tests a new feature on its music streaming platform 03 June 2019
According to reports, Spotify is secretly testing a new feature named – “Social Listening” among its employees. The new feature would allow multiple users to listen and control a single playlist from their respective devices in real-time. Social Listening feature is pretty similar to that of Spotify’s collaborative playlist feature, however, the way it allows …
ByteDance to Launch Music Streaming Platform like Spotify in India 21 May 2019
ByteDance, the Chinese internet company behind TikTok, is now in talks to launch Spotify-like music streaming app for the Indian audience. According to reports, the company has already secured deals with two leading music labels in India – T-Series & Times Music and is expected to roll out the services around this fall. In the …
YouTube Premium now available in 7 European countries 16 May 2019
After rolling out expansions in South Africa, India, and most of South America, YouTube Premium is now made available to users in further 7 countries of Europe that include Bulgaria, Hungary, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Romania, and Poland. With this expansion strategy, YouTube is mainly eyeing to reach a wider audience in European countries. …
Spotify First to Hit 100 Million Paying Subscribers Worldwide 30 April 2019
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 …
Gaana Expands Into Music Video Streaming Services 25 April 2019
Gaana, the Indian music streaming giant, introduces music video services on its app in an effort to widen its market dominance. The videos are tailor-made for mobile viewing and available in vertical format only. With this development, Gaana is supposed to differentiate the audio streaming competition from rivals like JioSaavn, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music. …
