Spotify Reveals Expansion Plans
Spotify is a popular music streaming service which has of late announced its plan to go online in an attempt to increase its business. The company plans to be visible on games console and TVs or any other device connected to the net.
This future growth plan was revealed by the Chief Executive officer of the company Daniel Ek. The Chief was speaking at the SXSWi event and expressed his intention of making this service available on some web-enabled platforms at homes. According to him this will ensure continuous success for Spotify in the future.
As a first step towards this stated goal the company has confirmed a deal. Vivaz the latest smart phone of Sony Ericsson will have this service provided by 3 Mobile. Tech Radar the online tech news site has reported that the company expects to close some more similar deals. Spotify has a huge customer base which it has build up over the years. According to the data of this month it has seven million subscribers with approximately 320,000 users of premium account with the facility of advertisement free subscription. With this large number of users and good will it now wants to expand its business by being available on other platforms too. Mr. Daniel Ek has voiced his intention of making this service available on set-top box, Xbox or mobile phones.
The CEO of the company is quite excited about his expansion plans but there are few hurdles to cross. Firstly Spotify is yet to make its presence felt in US. Secondly, the deal with the US counterparts of the copyright owners is yet to be finalised.
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