Press releases 2012

2012-05-14 13:30

Annual General Meeting of Aspiro AB (publ)

At Aspiro’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was held today on 14 May 2012, the following proposals from the Board of Directors and the Nomination Committee were approved.

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2012-05-11 14:22

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.

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2012-05-10 08:30

Aspiro AB (publ): Interim Report January - March 2012

70% Growth in the First Quarter

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2012-05-03 08:52

Aspiro TV extends agreement with 3 Sweden & Denmark

Aspiro TV, Scandinavia´s leading  Multi-screen and OTT TV & Video enabler announced today that it has extended its agreement with Swedish operator 3 for services in Sweden & Denmark. The service agreement will provide Aspiro with revenues in the range of 6-8 MSEK over a period of two years.

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2012-05-02 12:00

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.

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2012-04-25 12:10

Aspiro AB (publ): Annual Report 2011

The Aspiro Annual Report 2011 is now available in English at Aspiro’s website, www.aspiro.com in PDF format.

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2012-04-24 09:03

Aspiro invites to press- and analyst meeting on 10 May

In relation to the publishing of Aspiro’s interim report for the first quarter 2012, Aspiro invites press and analysts to a lunch presentation. Aspiro’s CEO Gunnar Sellæg will present the development of the last quarter. The interim report will be published on the same morning at 8.30 a.m. CET.

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2012-03-26 08:30

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.

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2012-03-07 09:00

WiMP launches on Sonos

Music streaming service WiMP launches today for users of the Sonos Wireless HiFi System in Scandinavia. WiMP for Sonos contains the entire editorial content of WiMP, making it even easier to listen to music in high quality everywhere in the house.

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2012-02-24 10:25

Aspiro implements social TV

Aspiro TV, the multi-screen video enabler today announced it’s implementing social TV features as part of its services. The seamless social integration into Facebook Timeline will open up new possibilities for Aspiro’s customers.

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2012-02-16 08:30

Aspiro TV becomes certified Widevine integration partner

Aspiro TV, the Multi-Screen video enabler, has signed an agreement with Google’s Widevine DRM for studio approved DRM-solutions for Video OTT-services. As a Widevine certified partner; Aspiro will be able to offer the DRM solution to the existing hosted services as well as new customers´locally owned video platforms.

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2012-02-08 12:30

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.

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2012-02-03 08:30

Aspiro AB (publ): Year-end Report 2011

43% Growth in the Fourth Quarter

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2012-01-26 08:30

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.

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2012-01-23 08:30

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.

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2012-01-19 10:14

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.

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2012-01-12 14:31

Aspiro invites to press- and analysts meeting on 3 February

In relation to the publishing of Aspiro’s Year-end report 2011, Aspiro invites press and analysts to a lunch presentation. Aspiro’s CEO Gunnar Sellæg will present the development of the last quarter and 2011.

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2012-01-12 08:16

Statement by the Board of Directors of Aspiro in relation to the public offer by Schibsted

The Board of Directors of Aspiro unanimously recommends the shareholders to accept the public offer by Schibsted [1]

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2012-01-09 08:30

Fredrik Nystrom from PlusFourSix becomes General Manager for WiMP Sweden

Music Service WiMP has hired entrepreneur Fredrik Nystrom, from digital entertainment company PlusFourSix, as the new General Manager for WiMP in Sweden. Nystrom has over twelve years of experience in the music and mobile industries and is now taking over responsibility for the Swedish expansion of WiMP. He begins his new role on the 16th of January.

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2012-01-05 13:46

Music service WiMP summarizes 2011 and looks ahead in 2012

In 2011, the number of WiMP-users increased explosively and with it also usage of the service. In Norway, WiMP registered a five-fold increase in the number of streams per day from January to December and Swedish daily streams doubled over the last six months of the year. WiMP's editorial team published more than 500 varied playlists in each country and thus delivered new daily content for its customers. The users gained even more opportunities to take the music anywhere, as WiMP got available on iPad, Nokia phones, Sonos and Windows Phone 7. In 2012, the award-winning WiMP-editors continue to guide users to new and old music in all genres.

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