As Soundcloud Flounders, Orfium Gains Momentum; The Hint of Blockchain

In 2016, the industry’s evolution and embrace of streaming has encouraged listeners’ curiosity as artists have become experimental and adventurous.

Garth Brooks fans will finally be able to hear his music with the click of a button when his entire catalog begins exclusively streaming on Amazon.

Advocates of Blockchain foresee a music industry where every time a song is sold or streamed, payments on royalty splits would be clearer and quicker.

In order to secure a spot near Spotify and Apple Music, Deezer wants to really get to know you.

Earlier this year a new and exciting music streaming platform hit the internet with hopes of disrupting the status quo and offering user an alternative to Soundcloud. The platform is called Orfium and as Soundcloud continues to raise viability questions these guys are gaining momentum with 1000s of new users spinning up accounts.

A few days after announcing the addition of another music streaming service to its catalogue, Videotron’s Unlimited Music service has announced two more additions, Napster and global music and entertainment platform, Tidal, bringing the total number of supported apps to 17.

Tencent has decided to further its investments in the audio streaming market.

TuneGO has raised $3.6 million in Series A financing. This is not the first startup promising to connect unknown talent with the music industry’s star making machine; and it won’t be the last. But investors see something special in the TuneGO team and their use of technology to democratize and…

If 2016 was the year of the ‘value gap’ debate around YouTube and music licensing, could 2017 see music rightsholders shift some pressure on to Facebook?

In what is a positive sign of corporates contributing to the MENA entrepreneurial ecosystem, digital music streaming service Anghami has managed to bring one of UAE’s leading business entities to its investor table.

Music streaming app Gaana has crossed 50 million app downloads since it was launched four years back.

Uniti by Naim simplifies hi-fi audio with three all-in-one wireless music streaming platforms that can work together or independently.