Anna Washenko
- News
- August 14, 2015
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Saavn launches anti-piracy campaign
India-based streaming service Saavn has launched a campaign aimed at curbing music piracy in the country. The push uses the #SaavnVsPiracy hashtag and features videos by prominent Indian actors discussing the damage caused by piracy. Saavn said that 90% of total music revenue in India is generated by pirated music sites.
- News
- July 7, 2015
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Saavn raises $100 million to add video
Saavn announced that it has raised $100 million in Series C funding. This new financing brings the Indian streaming company’s valuation to $300-$400 million. The round is expected to go toward scaling the service and expanding into video.
- News
- April 24, 2015
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Saavn, KKBox each announce live music integrations
Two streaming services operating out of Asia announced new integrations or partnerships that add a live music angle for their listeners. India-based streaming service Saavn announced plans for a series of live acoustic shows and musician interviews. KKBox, a music streaming service from Taiwan, has invested in ticket vending startup WalkieTicket and is now its largest institutional shareholder. This could be a new business trend for the streaming market.
- News
- January 22, 2015
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Saavn has 11 million monthly active users
Indian streaming service Saavn released audience data, revealing that it has 11 million monthly active users. According to CEO and co-founder Rishi Malhotra, Saavn had 30 million people use the service in 2014.
Brad Hill
- Acquisitions & Partnerships
- December 4, 2014
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Music service Saavn now builds playlists via Twitter
In an interesting collaboration that mashes together social networking, radio-style request lines, and purepaly streaming, Bollywood-oriented music service Saavn is partnering with Twitter to enable tweeted music requests.
- Tech
- November 24, 2014
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T-Mobile adds 14 more services to Music Freedom
T-Mobile announced the addition of several services to its Music Freedom plan, which lets listeners stream songs without counting the activity against their data plans. Google Play Music was the most-requested addition according to T-Mobile’s crowdsourcing efforts earlier this summer, and it is now included under the plan. Xbox Music and SoundCloud are the other better known names added to the list.
- News
- August 11, 2014
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Saavn brings tunes from Warner Music and EMI to Indian listeners
Saavn has added 800,000 tracks from Warner Music and EMI to its offerings. The addition of this batch of Western music brings the Indian service’s catalog to almost 2 million. Saavn said in its press release that the deal makes it the only streaming platform in the country to offer songs from all of the big Western labels, with tunes from Sony and Universal already in its library.
- News
- July 30, 2014
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Quick Hits: Google up to something; IMMF declaration; Saavn music service
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web. Today — Google buys a raft of domain names that might indicate a name for its new service; IMMF publishes best practices for the digital music industry; U.S.-based Hindi-music service Saavn raising capital.
Dinghana, large and well-funded Indian music service, goes down
Dhingana, a major Indian music service which we reported as having about 3.5-million users in December, has closed to the public. The closure comes about a year and a half after Dhingana received $7-million in funding from a trio of venture companies.
