Tencent Music Entertainment In The News

New Spotify patent sheds more light on potential karaoke mode – including auto-tuned vocals

"Users sometimes desire to sing along with the media being played," says patent which was granted earlier this month

Spotify appears to be building a karaoke feature – just as Twitch shuts down Sings

Karaoke app Twitch Sings to shut on January 1, 2021

Tencent acquires a bigger slice of Indian Spotify rival Gaana, upping its stake to more than a third

Gaana recently launched TikTok rival HotShots – and thinks it can add 250m new users in just 12 months

Tencent Music and Thailand’s biggest record label strike pact to ‘co-create content’

Partnership will make use of TME's Karaoke app WeSing

Tencent Music is racking up label deals, and going far deeper than licensing

What Universal, Cooking Vinyl and Kobalt's new deals really mean in China

Kobalt and Tencent Music sign records, publishing deal in China

Deal allows for Kobalt and TME to "join hands in content", as well as hosting live events

Tencent Music inks another important label deal in China – with Cooking Vinyl

"Exclusive licensing and distribution deal" adds to Cooking Vinyl's long and interesting history of industry moves in China

Universal to pay-gate music in China as part of new Tencent Music deal

Tencent confirms that Universal is backing its paywall strategy in key market