En:Anghami
Шаблон:Infobox website Anghami (араб. أنغامي) is the first legal music streaming platform and digital distribution company in the Arab world. It launched in November 2011 in Lebanon,[1] providing unlimited Arabic and international music to stream and download for offline mode. It is designed for the Middle East and North Africa to provide the largest music catalog of licensed content from the major Arabic labels such as Melody, Mazzika, Platinum Records and many other independent labels, in addition to international majors labels such as Sony, Universal and Warner Music Group. Anghami is one of the largest digital music ventures in the Middle East, seed funded by MEVP.[2][3]
History
The goal of Anghami was to reduce music piracy in the Arab world. The service was meant to serve as an alternative to piracy.[4]
Anghami was founded by Eddy Maroun, and Elie Habib in Lebanon,[5] launched initially as a mobile only app with the slogan "The idea is that everywhere you go, you’ll find your music". One of Anghami's app features is Dolby Pulse encoding, which reduces the file size of streamed music for faster and reliable online streaming when the internet bandwidth is fluctuating.[6] Anghami has more than 35 telecom partners.[7]
Shortly after the partnership between Anghami and mobile operators in MENA has been agreed few months after launching,[8] the service experienced rapid growth with 1 million registered users four months after the launch.[9] However, the next million was reached in three months, mainly after partnering with the major media player MBC Group Middle East Broadcasting Center that featured Anghami in one of its most successful TV shows Arab Idol.[10] In 2013, Anghami partnered with Facebook.[7]
By 2017, Anghami reached 30 million listeners, with 75% of users being in the Arab region.[11] In 2019, Anghami's founder revealed in an interview that Anghami has 21 million monthly active users and 1 million paying subscribers.[12]
In March 2021, Anghami became the first Arabic technology company to list on New York’s Nasdaq through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) merger with Vistas Media Acquisition Company and the company was valued at between $220 million and $230 million.[13]
In August 2021, Anghami announced plans to launch a new hybrid entertainment venue named the Anghami Lab in multiple cities worldwide, including Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Cairo, Beirut, London, New York and Los Angeles.[14]
See also
References
- ↑ Lebanon's Anghami Launches the First Music Streaming Platform for the Middle EastК:Википедия:Cite web (не указан язык). Curley, Nina. 5 November 2012. Wamda. Архивировано 28 декабря 2013 года.
- ↑ Anghami, the leading music streaming platform in the Middle East and North Africa, merges with Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc. to become first Arab technology company to list on NASDAQ New YorkК:Википедия:Cite web (не указан язык). MEVP. Middle East Venture Partners. Дата обращения: 28 апреля 2021. Архивировано 28 апреля 2021 года.
- ↑ Anderson, Brooke. November 2012. The Daily Star "Connecting the world though music Архивировано 28 декабря 2013 года."
- ↑ Bissat, Bana. April 29, 2013. YourMiddleEast Anghami mobile app beats music piracy in the Middle East Архивировано 28 декабря 2013 года.
- ↑ Anghami: The journey of launching an unlimited music streaming service in the Middle EastК:Википедия:Cite web (не указан язык). The Next Web (26 мая 2012). Дата обращения: 3 августа 2015. Архивировано 24 августа 2015 года.
- ↑ George, Anil. 12 October 2012. T3 Middle East. "Dolby partners with Lebanon-based music streaming service Anghami Архивировано 28 декабря 2013 года."
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 samuel-wendel. Eddy Maroun wanted to listen to music while skiing in Faraya, a Lebanese mountain resort. (англ.), Forbes Middle East (9 марта 2017). Дата обращения: 17 октября 2017.
- ↑ Aline Mayard, February 12, 2013. Wamda. "Can Anghami Fend Off Deezer's Entrance into the Arab Music Market? Архивировано 28 декабря 2013 года."
- ↑ Rooney, Ben. March 22, 2013. The WallStreet Journal. Beirut Streaming Music Startup Targets Mid East, Africa Архивировано 17 октября 2017 года.
- ↑ July 23, 2013. Zawya. Maroun, Habib: Music streaming business remains a challenge Архивировано 28 декабря 2013 года."
- ↑ Carolina Valladeres. How we started the Arab world's biggest music service, BBC News (30 January 2017). Дата обращения: 2 февраля 2017.
- ↑ Anghami now has over 21 million MAUs, 1 million paying subscribers and it's not afraid of competition from Spotify or Deezer (2019). Дата обращения: 28 апреля 2021.
- ↑ Anghami to be first Arabic tech firm to list on Nasdaq New York (англ.). Arab News (3 марта 2021). Дата обращения: 3 марта 2021. Архивировано 28 мая 2021 года.
- ↑ Spotify rival Anghami to launch entertainment venues in Dubai, London, L.A. and more cities worldwideК:Википедия:Cite web (не указан язык). Music Business Worldwide (3 August 2021). Дата обращения: 5 августа 2021.