". Saavn, LLC is a digital distributor of Bollywood and Tamil Cinema music, with rights to over 2 million music tracks. Saavn for iOS has received 9000+ ratings with an average rating of 4.5 Stars. In Hindi, saavan is the season of Monsoon, which is often associated with music. [19][20], Saavn has 900+ label partnerships including Universal, Sony Music, T-Series, Tips, YRF, Saregama, Eros and Warner Music. Saavn was selected in December, 2011[17] to be Facebook’s first global partner and first Indian partner on the Open Graph platform. Saavn was founded as BODVOD networks in 2006 by Vin Bhat, Rishi Malhotra, Neal Shenoy and Paramdeep Singh, in a partnership between New York-based parent company 212Media (also founded by Bhat, Shenoy, and Singh), Indian company Hungama, and Schramm Sports & Entertainment. With the launch of Saavn English, Saavn anticipates serving an even larger Indian user base that's seeking Western music instead of, or in addition to, regional music. As the nation with the second-largest population of English speakers in the world (just more than 125 million people), India is a prime market for Western music. On 23 March 2018, Saavn announced merger with JioMusic in a deal worth more than $1 billion. "Integration of Jio Music and Saavn in a transaction valued at over $1 Billion", "JioSaavn merger: Reliance Jio users get free access to Pro version for 90 days", "Reliance Jio acquires Saavn, creates $1-billion music entity", "Saavn Social: When a music streaming app dreams of becoming Twitter, Facebook", "Saavn to Come Pre-Enabled on Amazon Echo Devices in India", "Shazam partners with the Spotify of India, Saavn to improve its South Asian music recognition", "Shazam Partners With The 'Spotify Of India', Saavn, To Improve Its South Asian Music Recognition", "Shazam and Saavn partnership expands to more Asian markets", "Shazam partners with Saavn to enhance Indian music discovery experience", "Saavn Partners With Twitter To Bring Tweet-Powered Radio To Its Streaming Service", "Saavn and Twitter Team Up to Deliver a Crowdsourced Radio Station", "Five Spotify alternatives: Music streaming apps that work in India", "Facebook Partners with Saavn Indian Music Service", "Eyeing The Indian Market, Facebook Partners With Saavn On Global Social Music Service", "Saavn Adds English Music To Its Catalogue; Sony Music & Universal Music Tie-ups", "SAAVN AND SONY WILL PARTNER ON FURTHER INITIATIVE ON DISCOVERY, AND EXPOSURE", "Saavn partners T-Series, adds 1.3 lakh songs", "Ranbir Kapoor was brought on as a creative collaborator for online digital music company Saavn", "Can India's Spotify for Bollywood music keep on playing? JioSaavn is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads for offline listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. He has expressed his desire to help "guide the brand, influence programming, connect with the next generation of music listeners and ultimately help build the best music product in India and potentially the world. English-language music has a global appeal, and the key demographics in India are no exception. Saavn Social allows users to follow the profiles and playlists of their friends as well as celebrities. [22] He joined Saavn to collaborate on consumer marketing ideas and business development. November 20, 2012. [26], Beginning November 2016, Saavn started moving to a paid-only model (except India), initially offering listening for free for 30 days and after that a monthly subscription fee of $3.99.[27]. As of today, Saavn is one of the largest distributors of Bollywood and other Indian entertainment in the world. The combined entity is valued at over US$1 billion. Saavn is an acronym for “South Asian Audio Visual Network." Saavn later expanded its content offering into Saavn Original Programming, a slate of original, non-music audio programs that range from Bollywood to comedy and storytelling to cricket. [7]. [23] The actor was reportedly interested in working at a more business-oriented level at Saavn. In May 2015, Saavn co-founder and president, Vinodh Bhat was named as vice-chairman of IAMAI. [citation needed], On March 23, 2018, Reliance Industries Ltd acquired a majority stake in Saavn. Saavn’s brand partners include global names like AT&T, Bose, Lays, General Motors, Nokia, Samsung, and Western Union.[21]. In early 2017, JioSaavn introduced Artist Originals (AO), an original music program releasing and marketing tracks and albums by South Asian artists, songwriters and producers from around the world. Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC. The launch of Saavn English puts Saavn in direct competition with companies like Spotify, Pandora, and Rdio - services in the same space, which have yet to launch in India. New York, NY (PRWEB)
Saavn was one of the first music streaming services in India[9] to be made available on Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, which shipped nationwide in October 2017. ", "Ranbir Kapoor teams up with online digital music company Saavn", "Partner With The Akshaya Patra Foundation And Support Mid-Day Meal Programme", Template:Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JioSaavn&oldid=989311889, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, ₹99 per month on Android / ₹120 per month via iTunes on iOS, This page was last edited on 18 November 2020, at 07:23. Saavn meaning related to work Work for you means relationships and contact or movement. Saavn verified their authentic artists by providing verification badge on their profiles. Saavn already has music licensing deals in place with more than 300 South Asian record labels, giving the service the largest content catalogue of Indian music. Saavn partnered with Sony Music to acquire Sony’s entire database of music catalog in 2012. Saavn English will launch with new releases and catalogue classics by Sony Music artists, including AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Carrie Underwood, Chris Brown, Britney Spears, INXS, Jimmy Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Justin Timberlake, Kings of Leon, Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey, Miguel, Oasis, Pink Floyd, and Usher; and by Universal Music Group artists, including Bob Marley, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, David Guetta, Jennifer Lopez, and Kanye West. Saavn, the world’s fastest-growing Indian music service, is announcing today the launch of its newest product, Saavn English. Saavn teamed up with popular Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor in 2014. [10] As a part of this, Saavn’s music library was incorporated in Shazam’s music database. JioSaavn is the Indian online music streaming service and a digital distributor of Bollywood, English, Telugu and other regional Indian music across the world. Saavn also integrated a social networking feature with its music streaming service in April 2015. [11][12][13], Saavn launched its radio model in 2013 and later partnered with Twitter to crowd-source song requests via the custom handle @SaavnRadio.[14][15]. Since it was founded in 2007 as Saavn, the company has acquired rights to over 5 crore (50 million) music tracks in 15 languages. In 2016, Saavn launched its Artist In Residence (AiR) program with indie artist Nucleya.