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Vodafone-Idea ties up with Hungama to roll out music streaming service

Move to drive digital adoption and monetisation

Streaming service Spotify brings polls, Q&A to all Anchor-hosted podcasts

Streaming service Spotify has announced the polls and Q&A features that it has been testing will be available to all creators through Anchor, the podcast production service it also owns.

Spotify's new feature 'Enhance' to improve personalised recommendations

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it is rolling out a new feature, Enhance, for Premium users to easily add personalised recommendations to their playlists.

YouTube signs up over 50 mn paid subscribers for its music service

That 50 million figure includes people paying for YouTube Music, customers for YouTube Premium, who get music as part of their subscription, as well as customers still on a trial basis

Apple announces huge push into classical music; standalone app in 2022

In a bid to expand its classical music offering, Apple recently announced that it has acquired classical music streaming service Primephonic and will launch an app dedicated to the genre in 2022.

Music streaming giant Spotify to spend $1 bn buying its own stock

Swedish music streaming giant Spotify has announced to spend up to $1 billion between now and April 21, 2026 to repurchase its own shares.

Spotify's quarterly revenue beats estimates, paid subscribers rise 20%

The music streaming company reported a 20% jump in paid subscribers for its premium service driven by demand in Europe and North America.

China to order Tencent Music to give up music label exclusivity: Report

Tencent Music, China's equivalent to Spotify Technology SA, had been pursuing exclusive streaming rights with record labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group and Warner Music Group

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Music streaming giant Spotify adds offline downloads on Apple Watch

The firm is rolling out the ability to download favourite playlists, albums and podcasts on Apple Watch

Tips Music announces music licensing deal with YouTube Shorts: Details here

YouTube Shorts is the latest short-video service offering by technology giant Google

Music streaming giant Spotify now has 158 million paid subscribers globally

208 million are using the ad-supported version globally.

Saregama inks global music licensing deal with short video platform Triller

Saregama on Tuesday announced a global music licensing deal with short format video platform Triller

Square to pay $297 mn for majority stake in rapper Jay Z's Tidal

Square, co-founded by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey, said Jay Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, would become a member of Square's board of directors

Spotify to expand to 80 new countries, to support 36 new languages

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it will arrive in over 80 new countries, along with rolling out 36 new languages on its platform.

Spotify quarterly revenue beats Wall Street estimates on subscriber growth

The music streaming company hit 155 million paid subscribers for its premium service

Alibaba Group to shut down Xiami streaming platform on February 5

Xiami is a music streaming app

2020, the year that was: A gloomy picture for the entertainment industry

Decimation of film business, redrawing of the video map, and possible break-up of big tech firms could be dominant trends in 2021

Music platforms remain immune to Covid-19 as investments intensify

Shamrock Capital, a private equity firm, has acquired the Taylor Swift master recordings from Carlyle Group and manager Scooter Braun for $300 million

Apple's subscription bundle of news, music and services to launch on Friday

The bundle varies by geography but generally combines Apple's news, music, video and cloud storage offerings, putting it in fiercer competition with music rivals such as Spotify