Tag: china

Smart speakers and voice assistants are increasingly popular, but what's their value in corporate terms? It's hard to tell given that many of the companies making them – Apple, Google and Amazon included – don't split...

In China, Tencent Music has plenty of history as a direct distribution channel for independent musicians, which is now concentrated in its Tencent Musician arm. Its latest project is interesting. 'Root Music' is a collection...

As we reported yesterday, it’s still up in the air whether Donald Trump or the Chinese authorities will accept Oracle and Walmart’s proposed deal for TikTok in the US. If not, as things stand TikTok will be banned...

President Trump may have tentatively approved TikTok's deal to avoid a ban in the US, but what will the Chinese government make of it? Judging by state-media outlet China Daily's blistering editorial column this morning – title:...

Music Ally's Sandbox Summit Global online conference began today with some quickfire talks on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the music industry in Latin America, China and Nigeria. Noemí Planas, network development...

Warner Music Group's distribution arm ADA Worldwide is on an expansion drive. In July, it launched ADA Latin to oversee Latin America and Latin music in the US as well as Spain and Portugal. Now it's turning its attention...

In China, the music industry works differently. Music fans quickly - and in the tens of millions - adopt new technologies, new methods of supporting artists or ways of consuming music. The audience seeks a different experience...

Who would have envisioned that tensions between the world’s two superpowers would centre around a short-video app used by teenagers to share videos of them dancing along to pop songs? Yet, here we are, and on Friday, Chinese...

We’ve written about the huge audiences for esports tournaments before, and the opportunities for artists to perform live at these events. Now Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has spied an opportunity for songwriters...

Karaoke is enormously popular with people of all ages in China, with millions flocking to 'KTV venues' [karaoke bars] to partake in singalongs. The Chinese government's 2019 China Music Industry Development Report valued...

Chinese technology firm NetEase published its latest financial results last week, with no new figures for its NetEase Cloud Music streaming service. However, the service was mentioned in the subsequent earnings call with...

TikTok isn't the only short-videos app from China to be making a big splash. Tech firm Joyy's latest financial results reveal the growth of its app Likee, which has a similar community of people creating videos with special...