JioSaavn is an Indian online music streaming service and a digital distributor of Hindi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and other regional Indian music around the world.
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22 Facts About Saavn
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JioSaavn is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads for offline listening, are offered via paid subscriptions.
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On 23 March 2018, Saavn announced merger with JioMusic in a deal worth more than $1 billion.
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Saavn was founded in 2006 as BODVOD Network and initially distributed Bollywood content in North America in a B2B offering.
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Saavn later shifted its core focus to become a music destination for fans of Bollywood and other Indic music in 2009, re-launching its flagship product, Saavn.
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Saavn integrated a social networking feature with its music streaming service in April 2015.
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Saavn Social allows users to follow the profiles and playlists of their friends as well as celebrities.
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JioSaavn was one of the first music streaming services in India to be made available on Amazon's voice assistant, Alexa, which shipped nationwide in October 2017.
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Saavn aims to provide its users with an enhanced listening experience with Shazam's music engagement tools especially in popular genres like bhangra, devotional, ghazals, Carnatic, Indipop and regional language music like Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, and Bhojpuri.
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In 2010, Saavn introduced its first mobile app - Saavn Music for Android.
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In mid-2011, Saavn added its latest app, Saavn Music for Chrome, to the Chrome Web Store and later on Microsoft Store running Windows 10.
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Saavn was selected in December, 2011 to be Facebook's first global partner and Indian partner on the Open Graph platform.
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Saavn partnered with Sony Music to acquire Sony's entire database of music catalog in 2012.
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Saavn has 900+ label partnerships including Universal Music, Sony Music, T-Series, Tips, YRF, Saregama, Eros Music and Warner Music.
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Saavn joined Saavn to collaborate on consumer marketing ideas and business development.
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In 2016, Saavn launched its Artist In Residence program with indie artist Nucleya.
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Saavn later expanded its content offering into Saavn Original Programming, a slate of original, non-music audio programs that range from Bollywood to comedy and storytelling to cricket.
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In early 2017, JioSaavn introduced Artist Originals, an original music program releasing and marketing tracks and albums by South Asian artists, songwriters and producers from around the world.
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JioSaavn was the first streaming app to offer original audio programming in India.
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Warner Music India and JioSaavn announced the launch of 'Spotted'- an artist discovery program.
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JioSaavn will collaborate with Warner Music India, to be able to release audio and video content.
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