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MelodyVR Group PLC
02 February 2021
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MelodyVR Group PLC
("MVR" or the "Company")
Napster B2B Contract Renewals and Platform Metrics
MelodyVR Group PLC (AIM:MVR), a leading music company and
operator of the MelodyVR and Napster platforms, is pleased to
announce key contract renewals with Napster's business to business
partners and release metrics for the Napster platform for the year
ending 31 December 2020;
-- Amendment to the platform services agreement with SONOS, one
of the world's leading sound experience brands, covering the
expansion of ad-supported SONOS Radio in 14 new territories (UK,
Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden,
Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Australia, New
Zealand). The SONOS Radio service, which is one of more than 100
streaming services available on the SONOS platform, is now the 3rd
most streamed service on SONOS since its launch in April 2020;
-- Renewal of the technology and platform services agreement
with Panasonic Corporation (Japan) to March 2022, providing
application development and integration of Napster services with
Panasonic's HomeX smart home music services;
-- Renewal of the digital media services agreement with
Telefonica Germany to December 2022, including a 2-year extension
of the Napster music service for O2 subscribers and Aldi Talk
service subscribers in Germany.
These contract renewals are expected to secure revenues of c.$16
million in aggregate over the course of the next 2 years.
We are also pleased to report the following engagement metrics
for the Napster platform for the year ended 31 December 2020. These
metrics demonstrate user engagement with the platform and a basis
on which to attract new revenue generating users and B2B
contracts.
-- 126% increase in total platform users at December 2020,
including subscribers from PaaS services, to 5.7 million (December
2019: 2.5 million)
-- 15% increase in platform average monthly active users,
including subscribers from PaaS services, to 1.2 million (FY19: 1.0
million)
-- 10.5 billion total plays (FY19: 10.8 billion) and 306.5
million listening hours (FY19: 328.2 million)
In addition, we are pleased to report further expansion in the
catalogue of tracks available on the platform thus strengthening
the proposition and the depth of content available to Napster's
user base.
-- 25% increase in available tracks on the Napster D2C and B2B
platform at the year end to 105 million (FY19: 84 million)
-- 30% increase in total unique artists available on the
platform at the year end to 4.6 million (FY19: 3.5 million)
Anthony Matchett, Group CEO said:
"The continued adoption of music streaming is creating
meaningful B2B growth opportunities for Napster's
platform-as-a-service business. These latest contract updates
follow a very successful 2020 with 130% growth in PaaS revenues
from partners like Sonos, Huawei, BMW, Sony, Rakuten and
others.
We are pleased by the encouraging growth statistics that the
Napster service demonstrated throughout 2020, including a
broadening of the Napster music library, that now contains over 105
million tracks. Following MelodyVR's successful acquisition of the
Napster/Rhapsody business, we will leverage the existing
technologies of both Napster and MelodyVR, alongside the best
content and functionality from each business, to create a new music
platform during the course of 2021. Napster has seen increases in
active users and in-app engagement during the last twelve months,
and we believe this strong consumer appetite will continue into
2022 and that the launch of our new product will benefit from
consumer's increased appetite for digital entertainment.
For further information please contact;
MelodyVR Group PLC
Anthony Matchett, Group CEO email@melodyvr.group
Arden Partners plc:
Nominated Advisor and Broker Tel: +44 (0) 20 7614 5900
Corporate Finance: Ruari McGirr / Ben Cryer
Corporate Broking: Simon Johnson
Notes to Editors:
www.melodyvr.com
www.napster.com
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