Press releases

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2011-12-08 14:05

WiMP for Sonos

Last week, 450,000 Scandinavian members of the HiFi Club received an e-mail offer to start using a beta version of music streaming service WiMP for the wireless music system Sonos. WiMP launched as the first music service in the new Sonos Sound Labs, and proved a success as a significant amount of users are already running WiMP on Sonos this week. 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.

2011-11-21 09:00

WiMP ♥ Nordic Music Prize – WiMP Partners With by:Larm & Confirms Sponsorship of The Nordic Music Prize

Music Service WiMP has partnered with music festival and conference by:Larm to sponsor the Nordic Music Prize 2011, the Nordic version of the Mercury Prize. WiMP, with its strong Scandinavian foothold and focus on local music, sees the prestigious arts prize as an ideal partner. The prize is awarded to the best Nordic album of the year based on votes from a jury headed up by the most influential voices in the Nordic music industry alongside international forces, including Jonathan Galkin, the founder and owner of DFA Records; Zach Kelly, writer for Pitchfork and Paper Magazine; Laurence Bell, owner of Domino Records; Andres Lokko ,Scandianavia’s most influential music writer; Jeannette Lee, former member of Public Image Ltd and owner of Rough Trade Records; and Mike Pickering, Columbia Records A&R, formerly of Factory Records.

2011-11-14 13:30

WiMP catalog grows at record pace

Music Service WiMP delivers millions of songs to users in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and its music catalog increases at a fast pace. In average, 30 000 new songs a day was added during October and WiMP users can now enjoy over 13 million songs and music from companies such as City Slang Records, Glitterhouse Records and Record Makers.

2011-11-03 08:30

Aspiro signs new letter of intent for music streaming service in Benelux

Aspiro has today signed a letter of intent with a new partner in one of the Benelux countries, for a re-branded version of its successful WiMP streaming music service. The terms of the final agreement would provide Aspiro with revenues in the range of SEK 8-30 million over a period of four years.

2011-10-27 08:30

Platekompaniet takes owner position in Aspiro AB – WiMP becomes wholly-owned Aspiro-company

Norwegian retail chain Platekompaniet takes an owner position of 6.5% in Aspiro, after the two parties signed an agreement today. Platekompaniet sells its stocks in the Norwegian subsidiary WiMP Music AS, for the holdings in Aspiro AB. Aspiro then assumes total control of the Norwegian WiMP, while Platekompaniet takes the opportunity of participating in Aspiro’s international expansion. The acquisition is financed by a new share issue in Aspiro, equivalent to approximately SEK 16 million.

2011-09-28 12:25

WiMP ready for Windows Phone

Microsoft today presents its launch of Windows Mobile Phone at the Mobile Trends-seminar in Oslo, Norway. Music Streaming Service WiMP is ready as one of the first applications when the new operating system launches, and will shortly be available for handsets launching with Windows Phone 7.

2011-07-08 08:30

WiMP by Aspiro Music wins Meffys 2011 for Best Music Service

Aspiro’s music streaming service WiMP was named the winner of the category Best Music Service at the Meffys last night. The global awards for mobile content and commerce was celebrated at the annual gala awards dinner in London’s Covent Garden. Following its success in Scandinavia, and over 300,000 paying users so far, Aspiro is now preparing for new market launches later this year.

2011-06-24 08:30

Aspiro Music streaming service reaches 300,000 paying subscribers

The Scandinavian music streaming service WiMP by Aspiro Music reaches 300,000 paying customers, after rapid growth during spring. In Norway, 100,000 Canal Digital customers have activated the service.

2011-06-23 13:04

New Scandinavian music streaming survey by Aspiro shows youth are most willing to pay

In Scandinavia, music streaming has already become mainstream, and revenues are increasing at a brisk pace. New research reveals willingness to pay for such a service is at its peak amongst the future generation. Half of those under 30 have also disposed of their CD-collection, and stopped downloading illegally.

2011-06-21 08:30

Aspiro signs letter of intent for music streaming service in Ireland

Aspiro Music has today signed a letter of intent with one of Ireland's largest operators, to launch a music streaming service in the Irish market. Launch of the service is expected this fall.

2011-06-07 08:30

Aspiro shortlisted for Meffys in both Music and TV categories

The finalists for the eighth annual Meffys have been announced, naming both Aspiro Music and Aspiro TV as finalists in the music and TV categories respectively. The winners of the international mobile entertainment and media industry awards will be announced at the industry’s premier awards gala in London on July 7th.

2011-05-19 13:27

Aspiro Music lands on iPad

Scandinavian music streaming service WiMP by Aspiro today announced the launch of a customized iPad App. The new application features WiMP’s editorial profile and focus on music discovery. The app is available for download in AppStore in Norway and Sweden now.

2011-05-12 08:30

Aspiro Music doubles subscriber base in just four months; total number now over 200,000

Aspiro, the Scandinavian music streaming company, today announced a 100% growth of subscribers in just four months. As of now, it has more than 200,000 subscribers to its music services, compared to 100,000 at the end of 2010. Aspiro expects continued high growth; during May 700,000 Canal Digital users will be offered WiMP as part of their TV-subscription in Norway. This, along with positive developments in the other markets, should fuel growth further.

2011-05-11 09:00

Aspiro calls for the use of open standards in digital music; introduces playlist import and export functionality

Scandinavian music streaming service WiMP by Aspiro today launched an update that includes a beta version of the most requested feature in the client – import of playlists from other streaming services. At the same time, Aspiro also enables export of playlists from WiMP, and urges the industry to use open standards in order to further develop complete import and export functionality to encourage increased music consumption.

2011-04-07 14:15

Greater access to music streaming services paves way for payment model in the Nordic countries

A survey conducted by market analyst company Norstat for Aspiro Music confirms that Scandinavians are pioneers when it comes to access to music streaming services. Nearly half of all Swedes and Norwegians have access to a streaming service. The payment model is also increasingly winning ground, one fourth of all Norwegians that are using streaming services pay to stream music, while 15% of Swedes do the same.

2011-03-21 09:50

WiMP hires experienced music enthusiast as Country Manager in Sweden

Aspiro Music employs Fredrik Zmuda as responsible for WiMP in Sweden. The critically acclaimed music service WiMP differs from other similar services with its editorial profile and focus on local music. Crucial to the choice of Zmuda was his experience in the music industry and passion to inspire people to discover music in WiMP.

2011-02-24 09:00

WiMP – Scandinavia’s new music service opens for all in Sweden

In seven days, music service WiMP opens to everyone in Sweden. The countdown starts at wimpmusic.se today, where users can register to become the first to try WiMP free for 30 days. Through an exclusive cooperation, Telenor customers may access the service today.

2011-02-14 08:30

Aspiro and Telenor launch WiMP - Scandinavia's new music service - in Sweden

The music service WiMP, already praised by artists, critics and users in Norway and Denmark, is finally coming to Sweden. WiMP puts music in the spotlight and focuses on being the best on Scandinavian music, first with the latest releases and easy to use. WiMP owners Aspiro also extends the successful cooperation with Telenor as a distribution partner by jointly launching the service in Sweden.

2011-02-07 08:38

Press release from Aspiro Music, 7. February 2011

A survey by Norstat conducted in Norway in December for Aspiro Music reveals the following results:

2011-01-10 10:42

Aspiro Music hires global Editorial Manager – strengthens focus on guiding users to international and local music

Aspiro Music further strengthens WiMP’s strong editorial profile by hiring Thor Martin Jensen as Global Editorial Manager. The company won recognition in 2010 for its focus on local music in the Nordic countries, while at the same time delivering a best-of-breed international catalogue.

2010-12-06 08:30

WiMP and Music Box Number One Apps in Denmark and Portugal

On Saturday, both WiMP in Denmark and Music Box in Portugal climbed to the top spot in iTunes App Store.

2010-11-15 09:46

Aspiro to deliver white label streaming music solution in Portugal

Aspiro today announces that it has entered into an agreement with NMusic SA to deliver a game-changing music service available to customers of a Portuguese Operator. The agreement further cements Aspiro’s position as the premier provider of white labelled music services to Operators and ISP’s.

2010-10-15 08:30

Aspiro Music shortlisted for two prestigious international awards

Aspiro Music has received confirmation of the company being shortlisted for two prestigious international awards for its music streaming service, namely the World Summit Mobile Awards, and the ME Awards.

2010-09-28 08:30

Aspiro Music teams up with Logitech – launches Squeezebox support today

Aspiro Music today announces it has entered into an agreement with Logitech to support their Squeezebox players. Available immediately, WiMP users in Norway can now enjoy wireless access to their music library with millions of songs anywhere in the house.

2010-08-17 11:51

Streaming leads to increased music consumption

A survey conducted by Norstat on behalf of Aspiro Music shows that the use of streaming services make people listen to more music. The survey also concludes that the range of music listened to increases, while users discover more artists and bands than they did before.

2010-06-07 08:25

Aspiro's Music streaming service WiMP ready for the iPhone

Aspiro Music has received confirmation from Apple that the iPhone client for the Norwegian music streaming service WiMP is approved for download through the AppStore. Norwegian customers can download WiMP for iPhone from the AppStore starting today.

2010-05-26 11:19

WiMP by Aspiro Music shortlisted for international Meffy Awards in London

Aspiro Music has received confirmation that its music streaming service WiMP has been shortlisted for the international Meffys 2010, where the winner will be announced at the award ceremony in London in June.

2010-05-10 08:30

Aspiro develops new streaming service for audiobooks - signs first deal in Norway

Aspiro Music has signed an agreement with Norwegian book publisher Cappelen Damm for the development and launch of a new streaming service for audiobooks. The service is scheduled for release in the Norwegian market this fall.

2010-04-08 11:00

Aspiro and Telenor bring WiMP to Denmark

From mid-April, Telenor's Danish customers will have access to Aspiro’s music streaming service WiMP. The launch means that WiMP will be the first music streaming service for PC, Mac and mobile available in Denmark.

2010-03-30 15:23

Aspiro completes music streaming App with offline mode and recommendations – iPhone application submitted to Apple today

Aspiro Music has today submitted its in-house developed iPhone application for music streaming service WiMP for approval for Apple's AppStore. The new application provides most of the features from the PC version of the service and gives iPhone users access to the entire music library on the go.

2010-03-11 08:31

Flying start for unique music streaming collaboration – industry supports WiMP’s strong editorial line

Music Streaming Service WiMP launched in the Norwegian market last month. The service is a joint venture between Aspiro and Platekompaniet, launched in cooperation with Telenor. Such cooperation between a telecom operator, a technical supplier and a traditional music retail store is unique in the European market. The music industry considers WiMP’s strong editorial focus as one of the key success factors.

2010-02-19 15:32

Aspiro Music and Platekompaniet launches streaming service today – service receives solid praise from test users

Aspiro and Platekompaniet in cooperation with Telenor today launches the music streaming service called WiMP at the “by: Larm” festival in Oslo. Results from a user survey reveals overwhelmingly positive response from test users; where 94 percent are satisfied with the service and 80 percent are willing to pay for it.

2010-02-11 08:30

Universal chooses Aspiro Music for streaming cooperation

Aspiro, northern Europe's leading provider of mobile entertainment services today announced that Aspiro Music has been selected as a partner for Universal Music AB, regarding the delivery of a white label solution for music streaming.

2010-01-22 08:30

Aspiro Music lands on Android platform–new streaming music service adds to mobile capability

Aspiro, Northern Europe’s leading provider of mobile entertainment services, today confirmed that its new desktop and mobile streaming music service would now be available on Google’s new Nexus One phone and other Android handsets.

2009-11-13 08:31

Opens for the sale of unsigned bands and artists

Platekompaniet opens in its Aspiro-delivered music store a new service called Juba, which gives unsigned bands and artists the opportunity to sell their songs digitally. The artists will thus have the opportunity to make money on the sale of their music. The music will also be available in the upcoming streaming service Wimp.

2009-09-07 08:31

Aspiro in joint venture with Norway's largest music chain to launch music streaming service Wimp

Aspiro, listed on Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange, has today entered into a joint venture with Platekompaniet, which is Norway's largest retail chain within music. Together they are starting the company Kompanjong AS and will launch the music streaming service Wimp in Norway. The launch will take place this autumn.

2009-07-16 08:32

Aspiro signs music agreement in the US

Aspiro has today signed an agreement to license out their music streaming and download technology to a leading American player for use in the US and Canada. The agreement is estimated to be worth a minimum of 10 million SEK over three years, with a larger potential.

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