China's Tencent Music beats revenue estimates on paid subscriber growthThe company's social entertainment services posted a nearly 50% drop in revenue as Beijing's crackdown on online gambling continues to cast...
14 Nov, 2023, 04.16 PM IST
Pocket FM to double down on investment"We aim to double down on our content investments to ₹328 crore. Our target is to expand our content library by 5X in the next 12 months," ...
27 Aug, 2023, 09.10 AM IST
Tencent Music's quarterly revenue rises as more Chinese users pay for musicTotal revenue of the company, controlled by Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd, stood at 7.29 billion yuan ($1.00 billion) in the quar...
15 Aug, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
Music to buck economic woes, double revenues to $131 billion by 2030Goldman Sachs predicts recorded music industry revenues to touch $52.3 billion by 2030.
15 Jun, 2022, 11.27 AM IST
Tencent Music social entertainment services slump overshadows upbeat quarterRevenue from social entertainment services and others fell 15.2% to 4.73 billion yuan ($742 million), while paying users in the social ente...
22 Mar, 2022, 09.20 AM IST
Tencent Music to list in Hong Kong; social unit drags resultsTencent Music said on Monday its mainstay social entertainment services business shrank in the fourth quarter, overshadowing the company's ...
22 Mar, 2022, 07.19 AM IST
Tencent Music says facing increased China scrutiny, is committed to laws"In recent months, we have received increased regulatory scrutiny from relevant authorities, and have been actively co-operating and commun...
18 May, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
Alibaba, Tencent pour cash into India’s gambling loopholes300 mn players use apps such as Dream11, Play Games24x7, Paytm First Games and FanFight to gamble on “fantasy cricket” and rummy card games...
16 Apr, 2020, 04.53 PM IST
Tencent’s set for fastest growth since 2018 after virus outbreakTencent’s stock began climbing in February after the outbreak exposed the dichotomy of the world’s second largest tech economy. While virtu...
16 Mar, 2020, 10.18 AM IST
TikTok owner to start music service, secures rights from T-Series, Times MusicPaid music services have boosted music sales across the world, and are now the single largest source of revenue for the global record busin...
21 May, 2019, 09.20 AM IST
Move Over, Uber: This little known media company is now the world’s most valuable startupSix-year-old Bytedance has surpassed Uber Technologies Inc. to become the world’s most valuable startup.
27 Oct, 2018, 12.58 PM IST
Telecom companies play cricket, expect fans to consume data at faster paceThe Indian telecom market is transforming from a voice-dominated service to a data-based one, spurred by the entry of 4G operator Reliance ...
09 Apr, 2018, 06.49 PM IST
Experts strike a discordant note on Saavn, Jio $1-b dealAnalysts say it’s unclear as to why JioMusic, with a fraction of Saavn’s revenues, is deemed to be worth nearly 4x the pre-money value of v...
02 Apr, 2018, 02.51 PM IST
Amazon Music launches in India as part of PrimeWith this, Amazon Prime Music will compete with music streaming apps Saavn, Gaana and Apple Music in India.
28 Feb, 2018, 04.54 PM IST
- Tencent leads in Gaana’s $115 million funding round
Tencent is the majority shareholder in Tencent Music Entertainment, China’s largest music streaming business, and also operates JOOX, a lea...
28 Feb, 2018, 02.51 PM IST
Why Tencent could become an advertising powerhouse like FacebookThe seven main business units of China’s largest company are working to synchronise data and study a billion plus users to deliver precisio...
28 Nov, 2017, 12.05 AM IST
Asia's richest man Jack Ma sees net worth soar $2.8 billion in a dayJack Ma, 52, is now the richest person in Asia and 14th wealthiest in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
09 Jun, 2017, 08.38 AM IST