Measuring Diversity: Shannon’s Diversity Index
We keep hearing about how Mumbai and New York are the two most diverse cities in India and US respectively, in terms of the culture and languages of people. So we thought – does our data support this hypothesis? We came up with a metric to measure the diversity score of some of the largest…
Press Releases · Aug 31, ’16
Saavn Welcomes MissMalini Back to Audio with the Newest Saavn Original Show
Saavn listeners will have something new to look forward to this September as renowned celebrity blogger MissMalini joins the Original Programming Series lineup with her own show, Bollywood+ With MissMalini. Saavn listeners will now get exclusive access to the juiciest Bollywood gossip, with MissMalini as their weekly guide. In her long-awaited return to audio, Malini…
Press Releases · Aug 4, ’16
Saavn Expands Original Programming with New Genres and A-List Entertainers
Saavn, India’s leading audio entertainment streaming platform, today revealed an entirely new slate of original programming to debut in August and September. The new collection of shows includes Film Companion with Anupama Chopra and #NoFilter Neha hosted by Neha Dhupia. Additionally, Raghu Dixit, internationally acclaimed Indian Indie musician & music director, joins Saavn’s Artist-in-Residence (AiR)…
Press Releases · Jul 21, ’16
Kabali sets Saavn Charts on Fire
Superstar Rajinikanth’s Kabali music album has generated a staggering 3 Million streams on Saavn, India’s leading music streaming app, and the number is only increasing by the minute. With this, Kabali has become the highest streamed Tamil album in its month of release. The Kabali mania has gripped the world beyond comprehension. The album, composed…
Press Releases · Jul 7, ’16
Saavn Announced as 2016 MongoDB Innovation Award Winner in Mobile
Saavn, India’s leading audio entertainment streaming platform, has won the 2016 MongoDB Innovation Award in the mobile category, recognizing the company’s engineering team as one of the best in the world. Run by the American database company MongoDB, the Innovation Awards annually recognize organizations creating world’s most groundbreaking data-driven applications. Past award recipients include Facebook,…
Press Releases · Jun 17, ’16
The Beatles Make Indian Streaming Service Debut on Saavn
Saavn, India’s leading audio streaming service, today announced the exclusive release of The Beatles’ catalogue of 13 remastered U.K. studio albums and six essential collections, making the music of the legendary English rock band available for streaming for the first time on an Indian platform. The Beatles’ music first became available through streaming services to…
Press Releases · Jun 15, ’16
Music Industry Powerhouse Guy Oseary Joins Saavn as Investor and Partner
Saavn, India’s leading entertainment streaming service, today announced that Guy Oseary, the legendary record executive, investor, talent manager, and CEO of Maverick, will join the company as a partner and investor. Oseary’s career in the entertainment industry spans decades of achievement. At Maverick Records, he led the label to sales of over 100 million records,…
Press Releases · Apr 27, ’16
Saavn and VIVA Bahrain Partner to Launch Comprehensive Streaming Music Offering
Saavn, India’s premier audio streaming service, today announced its first strategic partnership in the Middle East with VIVA Bahrain, the country’s leading telecom operator and a subsidiary of the Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC), to bring Saavn Pro to South Asian audiences in Bahrain. Saavn Pro, the company’s subscription offering, gives users access to unlimited, high-quality…
Press Releases · Apr 5, ’16
Saavn Launches Original Programming To Grow From Music Service to Entertainment Platform
Saavn, India’s leading music streaming service, today announced the launch of Saavn Original Programming, a new initiative that will expand Saavn’s repertoire of content to include a cutting-edge collection of original, long-form audio programs for its worldwide user base. The slate of shows, including two original series by renowned journalist and radio icon Neelesh Misra,…