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T-Mobile partner with WiMP in Poland

Music service WiMP has been chosen as the music partner for T-Mobile in Poland. T-Mobile will act as a reseller for WiMP to its customers.T-Mobile is the second mobile operator to partner with WiMP in Poland and the agreement will be effective from June. Previously, WiMP already partners with Play and with cable operator nc+ in Poland. “Signing a contract with T-Mobile is another step in our expansion on the Polish market, further cementing our market leading position in the country”, said WiMP Music CEO Andy Chen. WiMP opened its service in Poland in November 2012 as the first

Remmer appointed Managing Director for WiMP Denmark

Music service WiMP is growing rapidly in Denmark and has appointed Morten Remmer as the new Managing Director. Remmer is former head of digital at Universal Music and most recently commercial director at ArtPeople, the label behind Denmark’s biggest artist Rasmus Seebach.”Denmark is among our most important and fastest growing international markets and we are extremely pleased to welcome Morten Remmer to the team. His commercial skills, media networks and knowledge of the music industry is exactly what we are looking for to bring WiMP to the next level in Denmark”, said Andy Chen, CEO of

WiMP introduce new iOS version for improved music discovery

Today, music streaming service WiMP release an updated iOS version with new and improved features for iPhone and iPad. Among the news are artist and track based radio, genre overview and pages for album- and playlists. Also, an updated desktop version for PC and Mac will be released shortly.Track and Artist Radio for discovery of similar music Through cooperation with The Echo Nest, WiMP is now introducing two new features to let users get more of what they like. When listening to a track, users can select Track radio to play more similar tracks. A similar feature also lets users on the

WiMP intensifies focus on curated music streaming – fuel off global editorial campaigns to revitalize back catalog and break new acts

Music streaming service WiMP differentiates through its editorial profile with local editors in each market, always aiming to inspire users to discover new music and old favorites. Adding to the local flavor, WiMP now also introduces curated global campaigns, showcasing more of all the great music among the millions of tracks. The first campaign ‘Forever Young’ focused on the enormous back catalogue and specifically the music of the 80’s. Its success is now followed by a new campaign called ‘NewSound’, presenting new, local artists in each market.Curated Music Streaming Through Local

WiMP cranks up the sound

Great news for all sound enthusiasts today, as music streaming service WiMP upgrades the sound quality for all its users. The entire catalogue of some 20 million licensed tracks is in the process of being replaced with new files encoded from CD-quality using Dolby Media Generator. Next step – lossless and HD-testing and aim of Premium Plus product.Music streaming service WiMP today announce that all its users can enjoy new and improved sound quality, no upgrade necessary. WiMP allows its users to chose between Standard and High Quality in the service, the Standard quality now upgraded

WiMP launches own channel with free model in Poland and sign second partner, Play

Music streaming service WiMP today launches its commercial version in Poland, after experiencing an immense popularity of its beta version. WiMP simultaneously also opens its second partnership in Poland with mobile operator Play, following the already live cooperation with pay-tv provider platform n.WiMP initiated its beta version at the European Music Fair in late November and the designated limit of free accounts was exceeded after only a month of activity. A survey conducted amongst its beta users saw over 2 000 people answering, of which 97% were satisfied with the service and 95%

WiMP becomes main partner for by:Larm and Nordic Music Prize

Music Service WiMP has expanded its partnership with music festival and conference by:Larm in Oslo, Norway and signed up as main partner. This means, among other things, that the festival's main tent will be the WiMP-tent, where the new partners are now planning several activities. WiMP will also take part at the new initative by:Larm Tech and in addition continue the title sponsorship of the Nordic Music Prize, previously awarded to Jónsi and Goran Kajfes."by:Larm has become the place where artists and music lovers gather to celebrate and develop the Nordic music scene. For WiMP it's

Music streaming service WiMP reveals most played 2012

Music service WiMP summarizes the year and today reveals the most played albums and tracks from all its countries. A high share of local artists, several debutants and some second-year-in-a-row entries are among the trends.In Norway, Adele tops the album list, like she did in 2011 too with her ‘21’. The English singer-songwriter and musician has been played meticulously in Norwegian homes over the last two years. Most played Norwegian album was Donkeyboy’s ‘Silver Moon’. Most played track was Swedish artist ‘Laleh’ with her ‘Some Die Young’, that caught on special meaning in Norway after

WiMP announce platform n as first distribution partner in Poland

Music streaming service WiMP recently opened a free of charge beta version in Poland at the European Music Fair in Warsaw. WiMP has now also signed its first partner contract on the Polish market, with satellite pay TV platform n. The agreement allows n to be the first distribution partner for WiMP in Poland and the cooperation is set to launch in early December.Customers of n will, apart from access on their computers and mobiles, also be able to get WiMP integrated into their TV through the STB of the platform n. “We have already seen a large interest for our beta of WiMP in Poland and

Award-winning music streaming service WiMP opens beta in Poland today

Today, music streaming service WiMP opens a limited, free of charge test period for all music lovers in Poland. WiMP was elected Best Music Service at the Meffy Awards last year, and regularly wins product tests in all its markets. The award-winning service has been designed specifically for the Polish market and offers an editorial music experience. WiMP starts today with the clear aim to be the best music service for music lovers in Poland and presents its service all weekend at the European Music Fair in Warsaw.WiMP gives you tips and music guidance and makes it easy to find musical

New WiMP for Android out today- more musical inspiration, now also for tablets

Music Service WiMP has recently released new versions for use on computers, iPhone, and iPad, with many improvements related to music discovery and editorial content. Today, it’s the the lucky day for mobile users of the ever-growing Android operating system. They get the new WiMP, featuring a complete redesign with full tablet support, new homepage with editorial content and recommendations, more photos, descriptions, album reviews, improved search functionality, improved offline support, new sharing options and much more.According to IDC 

World’s first listening music service – WiMP can now recognize the music playing in the room

Music streaming usage is increasing rapidly and is becoming a popular way of listening to music. Now, music service WiMP, as the first streaming service in the world, can not only play music, but also listen to and recognize music! Have you ever wondered what song is playing at the store, at a party or on the radio? Now you can find out in just a few seconds with the new Audio Search functionality in WiMP.Music Service WiMP today announces an update for the iPhone and iPad, where the biggest news is the audio search. This means that when you hear a song on the radio or elsewhere and wonder

Music streaming service WiMP comes to Poland – hires Polish staff with background from Universal Music and Agora

Music streaming service WiMP is preparing to open in Poland within shortly and the award-winning service has hired Adrian Ciepichal, former Head of Digital at Universal Music Polska as Polish General Manager and Katarzyna Rogalska, former editor and journalist at Agora, as Editorial Manager.WiMP provides millions of tracks and is a music streaming service focusing on inspiring users to listen to new music and old favorites. WiMP was voted best music service at the Meffy Awards in London last year and regularly wins consumer tests in all its markets. The award-winning service is currently

New music streaming survey shows trends in Northern Europe - access, usage and willingness to pay increase steadily

More people have access to a music streaming service, more listen to music through streaming, more are willing to pay and an increasing amount believe that streaming will be the dominant way to play music in 2-4 years. The youngest generation, those under 30 lead the way.New numbers are from a survey conducted in June for music streaming service WiMP, who runs the survey twice a year in its current markets, this time Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. According to the survey results, Norwegians are the most likely to have access to a streaming service, 61% say they do, against 56% in

New iOS-update further supports music service WiMP’s editorial profile

Today, WiMP releases a new version for its users of iPhone and iPad, including a number of improvements further strengthening the editorial profile of the service. The new WiMP on iOS makes it even easier for users to discover music. The WiMP editorial team provides daily tips and recommendations, which are now neatly displayed also on mobile devices. Finding similar artists to the ones you already enjoy, browsing critics favorites from external news magazines, further information on artists and albums and album booklets are also among the news.WiMP is available in Norway, Sweden, Denmark

Aspiro’s partner Ziggo launch music streaming service in the Netherlands

Aspiro’s ISP partner Ziggo is today launching their music streaming service branded Ziggo Muziek in the Netherlands.The music service is a version of Aspiro’s WiMP service. WiMP is a music streaming service focusing on inspiring users to find new music and old favorites. Through local editorial teams in each country, WiMP provides daily recommendations, tips and playlists for any occasion. The ad-free service is available on computers and mobiles, tablets and network players. WiMP is available in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany and is expanding to more countries. The service has

1 000 000 000 streams for WiMP

Last night, a WiMP-user streamed song number 1 000 000 000 for the service. WiMP was recently launched in Germany, and focuses heavily on editorial content and locally relevant music. The song was played by a Norwegian user and was the young Norwegian artist Alexandra Joner and her new single Sunrise.”This is a fun target for WiMP to reach, we’re growing very fast and all the more music is being listened to while the revenues continue to rise. The fact that stream number one billion was by a Norwegian user and artist reflects the fact that WiMP is bigger in Norway so far. Our goal is of

Award-winning music service WiMP launches in Germany today

As of today, the music streaming service WiMP will be available for all music lovers in Germany. WiMP was elected Best Music Service at the Meffy Awards last year, and regularly wins product tests in all its markets. The award-winning service has been designed specifically for the German market and offers an editorial music experience. WiMP starts today with the clear aim to be the best music service for music lovers in Germany.The streaming service WiMP offers a musical experience that is personal, rich, and tailor-made for each market. As a digital music service, WiMP accompanies its

German music industry likes WiMP - Aspiro will launch early second quarter

Music Service WiMP has been available in a closed beta version in Germany since December 2011, where mainly representatives of the music industry have been invited to test the service. In a survey in which over half of the test users participated, 9 out of 10 answered that they are satisfied with the service and that they will continue using it daily or several times a week. Aspiro is preparing for commercial launch early in the second quarter.WiMP focuses on editorial content and to customize the service to each market. In Germany, the local organization is in place, emphasizing the

WiMP enters into cooperation with Roskilde Festival

A musical love child is born. Roskilde Festival, known over the world to give the audience some of the very best music experiences by presenting an overflow of music in all genres, is now entering a collaboration with music streaming service WiMP. WiMP of course also represents an overflow of music and the basic love of music from both Roskilde Festival and WiMP therefore creates a breeding ground for a fruitful and solid cooperation.Music lovers from all over the Nordic countries annually flock to the Roskilde Festival, and so it was natural for the Nordic music streaming service WiMP to

Aspiro signs new deal for music streaming service in the Netherlands

Aspiro has today signed an agreement with a new ISP partner, Ziggo, in the Netherlands, for a WiMP-powered streaming music service. The agreement provides Aspiro with minimum revenues of SEK 9 million over a period of two years.“This agreement is in line with Aspiro’s strategy to expand our music streaming service WiMP into new markets, and we are very happy to partner up with Ziggo, a major operator in the Netherlands, who is showing great commitment for music through launching a state of the art music service.” says CEO of Aspiro Gunnar Sellæg. WiMP is growing rapidly and is currently

Norway runs past Sweden in music streaming

Music streaming services are gaining ground fast in the Scandinavian countries and revenue to the music industry is increasing. A market survey conducted by Norstat for music service WiMP in January 2012, shows that the proportion of Norwegians who have access to a music streaming service has increased from 37 to 56 percent in the last six months. For the first time, Norway has surpassed Sweden in this statistic - in Sweden during the same period the corresponding figure increased from 48 to 54 percent.3 out of 10 in the survey said, both in Sweden and Norway, that they listened to music

Norwegian Canal Digital launches WiMP on TV

Today, Norwegian satellite customers of television distributor Canal Digital gains access to music service WiMP directly on their TV. The music service becomes a natural part of the TV menu for Canal Digital customers with the new PVR decoder from ADB. A few simple keystrokes on the remote control gives customers full access to the entire music catalogue and editorial content from WiMP. It is the first time this type of advanced music service is launched for Norwegian TV customers.- The music offering from WiMP has been very well received by our customers. We also know that many people have

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