Tag: melodyvr

Virtual reality startup (and future Napster owner) MelodyVR published its half-yearly results this morning. The company generated just £189.9k of revenues in the first six months of 2020. Royalties and content creation...

Yesterday we reported on MelodyVR's planned acquisition of streaming service Napster for $26.3m in cash and stock, and wondered why the company was describing it as a $70m deal. A separate announcement from Napster's majority...

Music-focused virtual reality startup MelodyVR has announced plans to merge with streaming service Napster. To be clear: MelodyVR is the buyer, although the Napster brand will live on. "Under the terms of the Merger Agreement,...

We reported last week on VR music startup MelodyVR's financial performance in 2019 – £195k of revenues but a net loss of nearly £15m. The company is continuing to explore new partnerships to grow its business, though,...

Virtual reality music startup MelodyVR has published its financial results for 2019. The company's revenues were £195k ($242k) last year, down from £1.2m in 2018. MelodyVR's content sales – people paying to watch...

In the Music & Tech Springboard series of videos we've produced with the BPI, we've heard from collecting societies, lawyers, advisors, accelerators and incubators, and labels about their advice for music/tech startups. But...

Livestreams are all the rage in 2020, but the related 'virtual concerts' category is seeing some activity too. Travis Scott's performances in Fortnite, which attracted 27.7 million people in total, are the obvious example,...

We’re all very well aware now of the ease with which artists can sit in their homes, performing for and chatting to fans via Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or various other livestreaming platforms. They can raise...

We reported last week on virtual-reality music startup MelodyVR’s postponement of its planned expansion to Latin America and Asia Pacific, due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the company’s growth hopes...

Virtual-reality music startup MelodyVR is seeing a silver lining in the coronavirus outbreak – its content sales are up – but it’s also forcing a pause in the company’s global expansion plans. On the first...

Broadway-musicals firm the John Gore Organisation (JGO) is expanding its investment in music-VR startup MelodyVR, spending $1m to increase its stake in the company to just under 8.4%. This represents JGO (or rather, John...

British virtual reality startup MelodyVR latest move is using music to push itself deeper into the world of mainstream TV. It has extended its deal with the ABC network in the US and its ‘Good Morning America’...