Spotify has announced that it is now available to listeners and creators in Iraq and Libya. Listeners in the two countries will now have access to Spotify’s free and premium services, while local artists in these countries will have the same opportunities as creators in other markets, with the tools to gain more audience insights [...]
Spotify has announced its expansion across Africa, in more than 80 countries including Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra [...]
The streaming platform was previously accessible in only 5 African countries and is now set to launch into 40 additional countries including Kenya, Angola, Benin, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and more. Spotify will be expanding into 85 new markets across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. The announcement was made on its online event titled “Stream [...]
The new Premium Family plan costs only R100 ($5.39) and allows for up to six users on one account. The equivalent in the US costs $16 (almost R300), so this is a brilliant deal for South Africans who live under the same roof. According to a press release from Spotify South Africa, “With Premium Family, [...]
Tencent Holdings Ltd will roll out its paid music app Joox to some of Africa’s most populous countries after the streaming service proved a hit in South-East Asia. Tencent is a profitable company, especially successful with digital music where most of this success is localized to Asian countries. They are shareholders in many successful companies like Spotify [...]
After rolling out a new version of its OTT platform Shahid in January, MBC Group has collaborated with Spotify to offer Shahid VIP subscribers with six months of Spotify Premium for free (subject to Spotify’s eligibility criteria). The offer is available across all markets in MENA where Spotify is accessible. The new version of Shahid [...]
The Middle East’s giant broadcasting group, MBC, has unveiled its latest upgrades to its streaming platform, Shahid on Wednesday as the group partners with Disney, Fox and Spotify for exclusive content. Shahid will present 3,000 hours of content from entertainment companies Disney and Fox. Shahid, which was the first video-on-demand platform in the Arab world [...]
Spotify users in United States, Canada, South Africa, The United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand can now enjoy listening to the new Disney Music Hub with all the music behind Disney movies, television shows and many more. Streaming playlists will feature everything from classics such as The Lion King to newer favourites like Frozen to Star Wars and Marvel Movie [...]
Spotify is offering a new premium subscription in South Africa. The new promo package is R5.99 ($0.42). The pricing is available for three months, after which the subscription price will be R59.99, or $4.27 USD per month. Spotify also offers a free version, which includes ads, limited song skips, and no offline listening. The promo is only [...]
Spotify, the paid music streaming service has officially rolled out in the Middle East and North Africa. The company declared services would now be accessible in 13 Arab markets, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Morocco but not Libya, Iraq, Syria, or Yemen. For several years, Spotify has been accessible in the [...]