Industry Updates

Tidal and MTN Uganda partner to bring music streaming service to phone 24 August 2018

Tidal and MTN Uganda have collaborated for a new music streaming service. With this partnership, MTN Uganda customers will get access to exclusive high quality streaming music, concerts, videos and much more. With Ugx 1,000 and over 57 million songs, … Continue reading

Tubi TV introduces video-on-demand (VoD) platform 24 August 2018

Tubi TV, the free online streaming service has come up with a curated (video-on-demand) VoD platform that will offer programming and content from major networks, studios, streaming services, and media companies. The new online video platform will be available on … Continue reading

US OTT subscription goes up to 6.7 million subs in 2018 Q2 23 August 2018

According to reports, the number of people subscribing to OTT service (over the top) in US has increased by 868,000 in the second quarter of 2018. Currently, it has 6.73 million subs, up by some 119 percent year on year. The report … Continue reading

Genie Music introduces 5G music streaming platform 23 August 2018

Telecommunications provider KT’s affiliate, Genie Music is all set to launch a new music streaming platform using fifth-generation (5G) networks. With an aim to capitalize on the ever-growing mobile music market, the music 5G platform will feature both music streaming … Continue reading

Unlike leading music streaming platforms, Napster records profit in 2018 22 August 2018

Online music streaming service Napster has recorded a net profit of $4.4 million and $2.1 million respectively in the first two quarters of 2018. The number surprises all as Napster has managed to score a handsome profit despite a steep … Continue reading