The music streaming platform, Amazon Prime Music launches podcasts to continue entertaining their audio listeners with diverse audio content. The launch offers 9 million podcast episodes from local and international shows in multiple languages and genres. Pre-embedded ad options are also available to increase monetization opportunities for advertisers and publishers. With the second wave …
Indian online music streaming platform Hungama Music has launched its own ‘original audio programming’ which is more like Radio programs by different RJs. Though now, this program is streaming a Tamil audio original, it will also include other languages, such as Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Punjabi, and Marathi, afterward. The audio streaming service is expecting to …
Leading music streaming service, Spotify is finally making its way to the Middle East and North Africa. The company’s streaming services are now available to many countries of the region such as Lebanon, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, and Algeria. With the launch in the MENA region, Spotify is …
Global music streaming service Deezer is now available across the North Africa and the middle East. Music fans in MENA region will be able to instantly access local content from Saudi-based telecom provider Qanawat, music production group Mazzika along with 53 million tracks from global artists. The MENA regional Deezer app will include content curated …
According to research reports, music streaming services continues to rise. The number of people subscribing for paid music streaming is set to touch 235 million worldwide by the end of 2018. Growth of music streaming services, wider acceptance of streaming media in all forms and smarter device updates are few reason which have led to …
Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, Sony is reportedly considering to launch its own music streaming service in the future. Sony has a wide music catalogue and had earlier acquired Michael Jackson’s estate share of EMI Music Publishing for $287 million. Acknowledging Spotify’s leadership in the music streaming industry, Rob Stringer, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment quoted …
Music streaming giant Deezer has raised $185 million from both new and existing investors. The Paris based streaming service announced that the cash injection took Deezer’s valuation past the €1 billion mark. Earlier, Deezer had struck a partnership with Dubai based media company, Rotana Group for distributing Rotana’s content across North Africa and Middle East …
German audio streaming platform SoundCloud has generated $100 million in revenue in 2017. Established in the year 2007 and competing with the likes of Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal etc., SoundCloud has marketed more towards the creators rather than pushing it’s SoundCloud Go like its rival Spotify. SoundCloud offers specific tools for podcasters and artists that …
Swedish music streaming giant, Spotify whose operating losses are growing each year has done a shocking revelation that almost 2 million users are accessing Spotify Premium service without paying a penny. The news was disclosed by the company ahead of its NYSE listing next month. The company said, “On March 21, 2018, we detected …
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is expecting to register 92-96 million paying customers by the end of 2018 against 36 million paid subscriber count of its arch-rival Apple Music. Spotify quotes premium subscribers as the ones who have completed registration with Spotify and have activated a payment method for a premium service. Spotify is also …
