Gaana.com

Gaana.com
Web address gaana.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
 Music streaming service
Available in English
Written in HTML5[1]
Owner Times Internet
Launched April 2010
IP address 223.165.30.26[2][3]
Current status Online

Gaana.com is a commercial music streaming service providing free and licensed music. It was launched in April 2010 by Times Internet and provides both Indian and international music content. The entire Indian music catalog is available to users worldwide, but only users in India have access to international music.[4] Gaana.com features music from 21 languages including the major languages such as Hindi, English, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and other Indian regional languages.

Gaana.com allows users to make their playlists public so that they can be seen by other users.[5][6] They can view and favorite playlists.[7] Its mobile app was launched to support almost all operating systems.[8]

History

The domain name, Gaana.com, was first registered on 21 June 2005[9][10] and was launched in April 2010.[4]

The desktop version of Gaana.com is primarily an HTML5 deployment.[7] However, the music player of the desktop version uses Adobe Flash. Its iPad version of the site, completely using HTML5, being the first do so among other things.[11] The two versions contain almost entirely the same features.[12]

Gaana.com formed a partnership in February 2013 with South Indian Music Companies Association to acquire rights to music from 79 different labels. Consequently, Gaana.com had access to more than fifty thousand songs.[13][14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Indiatimes.com launches Gaana.com". Exchange4media.com. 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  2. ↑ "Gaana.com - Gaana". Gaana.com.pandastats.net. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  3. ↑ "www.gaana.com". Websiteshadow.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sheehan, John (2013-01-16). "Indian Music Service Gaana Launches Mobile Apps". Thenextweb.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  5. ↑ TNN Aug 12, 2011, 02.42pm IST (2011-08-12). "Gaana.com sees 1.4m visitors since launch - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  6. ↑ "Gaana.com records 1.4 million unique visitors in launch month". The Economic Times. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Nikhil Pahwa (2011-01-31). "Indiatimes Launches Music Site Gaana.com In Alpha; Invites, HTML5, Social Music". MediaNama. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  8. ↑ Gaana music streaming app launched for BlackBerry 10 users Apps | Applications | ThinkDigit News
  9. ↑ "Gaana.com - Gaana". Ip-adress.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  10. ↑ "gaana.com - Worth and traffic estimation | Gaana.com | Indiatimes Music | Listen to Free Music Online". Statshow.com. 2005-06-21. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  11. ↑ Aug 9, 2011, 07.15pm IST. "Gaana.com launches iPad version in HTML5 - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  12. ↑ Platforms iOS Android BlackBerry Symbian Windows Phone. "Gaana.com Launches iPad Web-App With Background Playback". appnama. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  13. ↑ PR Newswire India: Gaana.com Ties up With South Indian Music Companies Association (SIMCA), Acquires Music... - GURGAON, India, February 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/
  14. ↑ Gaana Partners SIMCA To Add Regional Music To Its Catalog; 400,000 App Downloads - MediaNama

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