PARIS, April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Qobuz, the
European high resolution music streaming and downloading service,
has named music-industry veteran Yann
Miossec as its new CEO. A true music connoisseur, Miossec is
a multidisciplinary-management specialist. He brings a strong
background in digital music to the position, joining Qobuz after
serving as an Executive Vice President for 12 years at Warner Music
France. One of his first undertakings will be to lead the high-end
platform's initial foray into the American market, currently
scheduled for summer of 2018.
"Yann is a digital music visionary and a well-regarded industry
statesman," commented Qobuz President, Denis Thebaud. "Qobuz is entering a very
exciting phase. In addition to our planned U.S. launch, the recent
listing of Spotify on the New York Stock Exchange shows that the
market is becoming more mature. The market is becoming segmented,
which widens the opportunity for specialized players with a strong
music presence and personality – like Qobuz. After our third round
of fundraising ends in June, we too will likely begin considering
our own IPO. With his keen business sense and music-industry
experience, Yann Miossec is the best
individual to successfully lead us through these crucial
endeavors."
Qobuz is the highest resolution music streaming service in the
world, providing users with the most in-depth and interactive music
experience possible. It offers an extensive music catalog of
40-million tracks and is the only service to offer over
one-million high-resolution tracks. Qobuz works on
Mac/iOS/Android/Windows operating systems and is integrated with
all of the most prestigious Hi-Fi brands.
In addition to passionate music lovers, the Qobuz high-end music
service is aimed at two other segments of the public. 1) Art and
culture enthusiasts, who are eager to enjoy a cultural vision of
musical heritage. 2) Informed music lovers, who want to enjoy the
best possible sound quality to satisfy their acute ears and
sophisticated equipment.
The company has secured the rights to an entire range of major
and independent record labels around the world. Content is always
offered in a quality that is superior to most other platforms, at
the very least in FLAC Open-Source format in 16-Bit/44.1 kHz
quality, similar to CD quality, and far superior to typical Lossy
(such as MP3) streaming music services.
It has unparalleled expertise in the field of Hi-Res music and
offers music lovers a huge Hi-Res (24-Bit up to 192 kHz) catalog of
one-million tracks (80,000 albums). All of it is available for
either streaming or downloading, without any up-sampling or
re-encoding.
Miossec said Qobuz has always appeared to him to be one of the
few platforms where the work of the team revolved around their
passion for music. "Working with this brand, promoting its
projects, is my dream challenge," he said. "I look forward to
joining these talented, creative individuals in further developing
Qobuz's presence around the world."
In addition to his time at Warner Music France, Miossec also
held executive positions at other European music companies Erato
and at East West France.
His office will be located in Qobuz's Paris headquarters.
About Qobuz
Founded in 2007, Qobuz is a French
commercial online music streaming and downloading service that
addresses the needs of curious and discerning music lovers across
the globe. It is currently available in 11 European countries.
Complementing its unparalleled expertise in sound quality, Qobuz
offers an exceptional range of music genres as well as exclusive
editorial content independently curated by a team of experts. Qobuz
offers subscription to streaming services with genuine CD quality
audio of more than 40-million tracks from all repertoires and
genres. Today, Qobuz has the largest catalogue of 24-bit Hi-Res
albums for downloading, and now offers the very first Hi-Res
streaming subscription, called Sublime+.
Qobuz is compatible with McIntosh, Sonos, Faber, Paradigm,
Phorus, Rotel, Thiel, Anthem, Arcam, Definitive Technology,
Klipsch, Martin Logan, Dish, Yamaha,
Bluesound, Linn, Devialet, Cyrus, Samsung and other DTS Play-Fi
associated brands. As well as the Chromecast built-in brands
Sony, Naim, LG, B&O, Pioneer, Onkyo and many more.
Moreover, it can be played via Bluetooth, Airplay and third
party applications BubbleUPnP (Android), USB Audio Player Pro
(Android), mConnect (iOS & Android), Audirvana (Mac), Kodi, and
Hercules Djuced.
For more information, visit: www.qobuz.com.
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