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https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Musical-Theatre-Factory-Announces-7th-Season-20200918
theatre on its way . do not underestimate what John Gore and Melody have been up to the last year , their silence has been the preview to greatness so far . imo
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Rhapsody inks Asia deal for its Powered by Napster platform
Posted on April 24, 2019 by Anna Washenko
Rhapsody International has entered a partnership with global software development firm GNT Inc. Their arrangement will expand the footprint of Rhapsody’s Powered by Napster music platform. GNT will offer its development capabilities to help Powered by Napster introduce branded streaming music services across Asia. Other priorities within this deal are the development of 5G technology and acquisition of new customers in Asia, beginning with Vietnam.
“Our partnership with GNT opens up new opportunities in Asia to innovate in a rapidly evolving streaming music industry and boost adoption of Powered by Napster,” said Brian Ringer, Rhapsody’s executive vice president and general manager for the Asia Pacific region. “We’re ready to team up and broaden access to our platform solutions with companies that want to strengthen their brand and transform their customer experience with streaming music.”
Powered by Napster is a complete audio and music platform that assists companies in launching their own branded streaming services. It includes the infrastructure for streaming and downloading, such as rights management, customer billing, royalty administration, and business intelligence.
A lot of deals with asia recently , i wonder how far back the conversation was had with the joining of Napster and Melody ??
The saga of Napster has taken an interesting turn, as the piracy-turned-streaming site has been acquired by the VR experience company MelodyVR. In a deal worth $70 million, MelodyVR will take control of Napster from previous owner RealNetworks and assume $44 million in debt, mostly to music industry companies. MelodyVR said Napster will help it establish an “entertainment platform that spans immersive live performances and recorded music streaming.”
Once synonymous with music piracy, Napster’s name (and not its P2P piracy business) was acquired by the music streaming service Rhapsody (owned by RealNetworks) in 2012. Rhapsody eventually changed its name to Napster in 2016. RealNetworks eventually spun the company off, but retained an 84 percent stake. In 2019, Napster served 10.8 billion streams and took in $113 million in revenue.
Meanwhile, MelodyVR aims to be the “destination for music in virtual reality,” with live performance VR experiences on Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, Samsung Gear, iOS and Android platforms. It has access to catalogs from Warner, Universal and Sony (including Sony labels Columbia, Epic, Legacy, Masterworks, RCA Records, Sony Classical, Sony Music Latin and Syco Music).
The two companies together will create a concert-at-home VR juggernaut, MelodyVR hopes. “MelodyVR’s acquisition of Napster will result in the development of the first ever music entertainment platform which combines immersive visual content and music streaming,” said CEO Anthony Matchett. “For music fans today, live and recorded music are intrinsically linked. We are as keen to see our favorite artists perform live as we are to listen to their albums.”
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser said that the company was “grateful for the hard work by the entire Napster team to keep the torch alive all of these years.” The deal is expected to conclude by the end of 2020.
Update 8/27/2020 6:23 PM ET: The post originally said that MelodyVR is on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, but it’s currently on Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, Samsung Gear, iOS and Android platforms. The post has been updated with the correct information.
Asia all the way :)
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-only-one-in-10-to-be-protected-from-covid-19-in-first-year-of-vaccine-use-12072473
Covid will be here for a few years , forget about any music/theatre gatherings for at least 2 years imo , so all genres to survive will need APP/VR to survive ---------- :)
if you Google melody today the page now shows a Google ad and a downloads option. It also shows melody's downloads at 90k+.