| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.06.2018 | Apple Music, Netflix, and Amazon struggle in India’s streaming market | As Amazon and Netflix turn to the land of Bollywood in search of new users, they continue to face stiff competition from local giant Hotstar. The service, owned by media conglomerate Star India, offers a wide-range of sporting events in its... |
| 01.06.2018 | Apple Music, Netflix, and Amazon struggle in India’s streaming market | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
As Amazon and Netflix turn to the land of Bollywood in search of new users, they continue to face stiff competition from local giant Ho... |
| 06.04.2017 | Google beats Spotify to bring subscription music streaming to India | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Google’s great India charm offensive continues today with the news that the internet giant is finally opening its subscription-based mu... |
| 06.04.2017 | Google beats Spotify to bring subscription music streaming to India | Google’s great India charm offensive continues today with the news that the internet giant is finally opening its subscription-based music streaming service to users across the country.
Google Play Music first opened to Indian users last Se... |
| 17.06.2016 | Entertainment Streaming Service Saavn Receives Investment from Guy Oseary | Saavn, a New York City- and Mumbai, India-based entertainment streaming service, received an investment of undisclosed amount from Guy Oseary.
Oseary is a record executive, investor, talent manager, and CEO of Maverick Records will help the... |
| 15.06.2016 | Indian streaming firm Saavn lands investment from U.S. music mogul Guy Oseary | Saavn, the music streaming service we’ve likened to ‘India’s Spotify’ in the past, has landed a notable strategic investor that could help it unlock more artists and business potential.
The startup, which is headquartered in New York with m... |
| 24.09.2015 | Former Vodafone boss backs India’s music-streaming service Saavn as it hits 18M users | Mumbai-based music-streaming service Saavn announced Thursday that former Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin has joined as an investor and strategic advisor.
The news comes less than three months after the company announced $100 million in... |
| 24.09.2015 | Former Vodafone boss backs India’s music-streaming service Saavn as it hits 18M users | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mumbai-based music-streaming service Saavn announced Thursday that former Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin has joined as an investor... |
| 24.08.2015 | India’s Ola thinks it can keep an edge over Uber with ecommerce partnerships | In its bid to keep its taxi-hailing app offering as sticky as possible, India’s Ola announced on Monday that it is partnering with some of the country’s ecommerce giants to incentivise users away from encroaching rivals like Uber.
The Banga... |
| 24.08.2015 | India’s Ola thinks it can keep an edge over Uber with ecommerce partnerships | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In its bid to keep its taxi-hailing app offering ... |
| 09.07.2015 | Saavn Raises $100M in Series C Funding | India’s music streaming company Saavn raised $100M in Series C funding.
The round, which reportedly valued the company at around $400m, was led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors Bertelsmann India Investments, Steadv... |
| 07.07.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. India’s music-streaming leader Saavn raises $100M, adding 1M users each month
In the latest sign that the shift to music str... |
| 07.07.2015 | India’s music-streaming leader Saavn raises $100M, adding 1M users each month | In the latest sign that the shift to music streaming is accelerating, India’s Saavn announced today it had raised $100 million and now has 14 million users.
The rise of Saavn is also a reminder that the new Apple Music streaming service fac... |
| 07.07.2015 | India’s music-streaming leader Saavn raises $100M, adding 1M users each month | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In the latest sign that the shift to music stream... |
| 07.07.2015 | Indian Music Streaming Firm Saavn Raises $100M, Plans Expansion Into Video | Music streaming is the topic of the moment after Apple finally unleashed Apple Music. Good timing, then, for Saavn — one of a handful of streaming services dedicated to India — to announce a $100 million Series C round led by Tiger Global. ... |
| 07.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 7, 2015 | Didi Kuaidi announced $2B; Harry's closed $75.6M; Whipclip secured $40M
Didi Kuaidi, an e-hailing service in Asia, has now raised nearly $2 billion. Reports that the company was raising this round, sprung up late last month, and now have so... |
| 07.07.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 09.06.2015 | With Apple Music, we’ll soon know if Apple’s $3B bet on Jimmy Iovine will pay off | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Midem paid for part of Chris O’Brien’s travel to ... |
| 09.06.2015 | With Apple Music, we’ll soon know if Apple’s $3B bet on Jimmy Iovine will pay off | Midem paid for part of Chris O’Brien’s travel to Cannes for the Midem Music Industry Festival, where he is participating as a startup competition judge. Our coverage remains objective.
In the early 1980s, music mogul Doug Morris was at Atla... |
| 14.05.2015 | Forget The U.S., India’s Music Streaming Race Is The Big Growth Story | A key part of Rdio’s new $3.99 plan for cost conscious consumers taking a baby step towards music streaming services is the important caveat that this new service is cheaper outside of the U.S.. In India, it will retail for 60 rupees (aroun... |
| 09.04.2015 | Indian Streaming Service Saavn Adds Social Features To Get You Talking About Music | Saavn, the India-focused music streaming service, has launched a big update for its mobile apps today that adds a raft of new social and sharing features.
The service, which Saavn told TechCrunch is nearing 13 million monthly active users, ... |
| 09.03.2015 | Pakistani startup Patari is the answer to all of your music woes | Someone said that, “Music is my escape!” and I can completely relate to that.
I am sitting with the ambitious co-founders of Pakistan’s first music streaming website Patari.pk and I can feel the energy level very high. Khalid Bajwa, Co-fou... |
| 21.01.2015 | Saavn, ‘India’s Spotify’, Reveals It Has 11M Monthly Users And Hires Ex-Google Exec | It’s looking like 2015 will be a big year for India’s music streaming space. A week after Rdio’s arrival in the country, Saavn — a New York/India startup that was among the first to cater to India — is pushing its credentials after hiring f... |
| 03.12.2014 | Saavn Partners With Twitter To Bring Tweet-Powered Radio To Its Streaming Service | India-focused music service Saavn is upping its social game after it partnered with Twitter to introduce a tweet-powered radio station for its users.
The company serves up “millions” of Indian music tracks and international hits, offering a... |
| 21.11.2014 | Indian Music Startup Saavn Is Giving Away Its Pro Service To Snapdeal Shoppers On Android Devices | Music while you shop? Two prominent startups in India have teamed up to push their respective causes and raise awareness of two nascent industries that could explode as smartphone adoption in the country grows.
Streaming service Saavn today... |
| 02.08.2014 | Lessons Learned On App Design For Fast-Growth Markets | Alan Mamedi Contributor
Editor’s note: Alan Mamedi is the co-founder and CEO of Truecaller. He is based in Stockholm.
One of the typical mistakes developers make is thinking that because they’ve had success in one corner of the globe, they ... |
| 04.02.2014 | Firefox 27 Launches With Improved Social API, SPDY 3.1 Support | Mozilla today launched Firefox 27. The new version of the browser features a major update to the Firefox Social API, which now includes support for the old-school Web 2.0 social bookmarking tool Delicious and the Indian music service Saavn.... |
| 03.10.2013 | Indian Streaming Music Dhingana Claims 9 Million Monthly Unique Users As It Hones Its Competitive Strategy | Indian streaming music service Dhingana says it now has 9 million unique users per month from around the world. As music streaming services around the world face down the international expansion of Spotify and Deezer, Dhingana CEO Rohit Bha... |
| 27.08.2013 | Subscription-Based Interactive Storybooks Service Speakaboos Raises $6.2M In Seed & Series A Funding | Speakaboos, an ed-tech startup offering a subscription based service for children’s interactive storybooks, is today disclosing its seed and Series A funding totaling $6.2 million from New York-based digital media venture development platfo... |
| 29.04.2013 | Shazam Gets New CEO: Music-ID App Maker Has Big Plans | Shazam, a company mostly known for its music identification app, has hired Rich Riley as its new CEO. Riley comes from high up on the corporate ladder (formerly Executive Vice President Americas at Yahoo), but he’s only one piece in the com... |
| 03.04.2013 | Shazam Partners With The ‘Spotify Of India’, Saavn, To Improve Its South Asian Music Recognition | Shazam — the smartphone media discovery app that is expanding from music into TV and advert discovery with the help of chief product officer Daniel Danker poached from the BBC — today announced a partnership with Indian music service Saavn ... |
| 22.02.2013 | 7digital Expands Music Footprint To India, South America, South Africa To Bolster The Smartphone Blitz | 7digital — the streaming and download music company that offers a direct-to-consumer service but also partners with the likes of Samsung and Pure to power respectively its Music Hub and radio services — on connected devices like smartphones... |
| 20.11.2012 | ‘Spotify For India’ Saavn Tries To Get Ahead Of Spotify With The Launch of Saavn English | We’ve called Saavn the “Spotify for India”, and now the company is preparing to compete more directly with Spotify and other Western digital music services, because it’s launching Saavn English.
Saavn has already launched in six languages, ... |
| 29.08.2012 | The Spotify For India, Saavn Brings Streaming Music Service To Feature Phones | Saavn, a startup that’s been called the Spotify for Indian music, has launched a J2ME mobile app, tailored for feature phone handsets from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and Motorola. Saavn is also announcing six new languages for its iOS, ... |
| 16.02.2012 | Eyeing The Indian Market, Facebook Partners With Saavn On Global Social Music Service | Saavn, a startup that’s been called the Spotify for Indian music, has partnered with Facebook to launch its social and global music service on the social network. The integration, which debuted in December, has already brought over 700,000 ... |
| 22.10.2010 | Google's Piracy-Fighting Music Search Engine For Indian Users Now Live | Yesterday, the WSJ reported that Google was planning to launch a music service in India to help users search for legal online streams and downloads and fight digital piracy, which reportedly runs rampant in the nation.
We’ve just gotten wor... |
| - | Spotify Officially Launches In India, Prices Premium Offering At INR 119 | Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming service, has launched its operations in India with the hopes of tapping into the increasing number of online users in India who are expected to speed up their spending on digital content in the c... |
| - | Funding Galore: A Look At The Startups That Raised Funding This Week | This week was filled with series of investments into diverse sectors. Loads of companies managed to raise the much needed capital for their future expansion. Last week there were number of startups raising huge sums in funding and with this... |
| - | Music Streaming Giants Jio Music And Saavn Integrating Services With A Combined Value Of $1 Bn | Less than a month after the global giant, Amazon, entered the Indian music streaming space with Amazon Prime Music, two Indian music streaming majors – Reliance Jio Music and Saavn – have merged their synergies to jointly strengthen the foo... |
| - | Music Distribution App Saavn Onboards New Investors Senvest And Endeavor | New York-based online music distribution platform Saavn has roped in two new global investors, New York-based Senvest Management LLC and Los Angeles’ global entertainment company Endeavor to empower its global reach.
Founded by Paramdeep Si... |
| - | Spotify Has Hit 1 Mn Users In India In Under A Week | Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming service, has added more than one Mn unique users in India across its free and premium services since it debuted in India less than a week ago.
Spotify, which confirmed the development to Inc42, a... |
