{"id":66963,"date":"2024-01-11T21:02:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T02:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/01\/11\/bytedance-to-shut-down-resso-streaming-service-in-india\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T21:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T02:02:58","slug":"bytedance-to-shut-down-resso-streaming-service-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/01\/11\/bytedance-to-shut-down-resso-streaming-service-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"ByteDance to Shut Down Resso Streaming Service in\u00a0India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tByteDance will shut down its music streaming service Resso in India at the end of January, <em>Billboard<\/em> has confirmed with a ByteDance representative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe decision, which was first reported by India-based outlet<em> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/technology\/tiktok-parent-bytedance-to-shut-down-music-streaming-service-resso-in-india-on-january-31-12035871.html\" target=\"_blank\">Moneycontrol<\/a><\/em>, was made after Resso was removed from the Google Play and the Apple App stores in December on the orders of the Indian government. <em>Billboard<\/em> had not been able to determine the reason behind those removals at press time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNotably, India was Resso\u2019s last remaining market after the app was previously shuttered in Brazil and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/tiktok-streaming-service-publicly-launches-australia-singapore-mexico\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tiktok-music-logo-2023-billboard-pro-1260.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"TikTok Music\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tTikTok Streaming Service Publicly Launches In Australia, Singapore and\u00a0Mexico\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t01\/11\/2024<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cUnfortunately, owing to local market conditions, we can no longer continue to serve users of Resso in India,\u201d said a ByteDance spokesperson in a statement sent to <em>Billboard<\/em>. \u201cWe have therefore taken the decision to shut down Resso and its associated operations on January 31st. Users will be offered a refund of their remaining subscription fees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAnother factor working against Resso in India \u2014 where streaming competitors include such widely-used platforms as Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn and Wynk \u2014 was Sony Music\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/sony-music-resso-streaming-catalog-removed-bytedance\/\">removal of its catalog<\/a> from the service in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tByteDance, the Chinese-owned company behind TikTok, first launched Resso in India and Indonesia in March 2020, offering both free and paid tiers, before introducing it in Brazil later that year. In May 2023, ByteDance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/resso-streaming-premium-only\/\">ended<\/a> the free tier, making Resso a premium-only service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn July, ByteDance announced it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/tiktok-music-streaming-service-launches-brazil-indonesia\/\">roll out<\/a> its new social music streaming service, TikTok Music, in Brazil and Indonesia, leading to the shutdown of Resso in both markets. Just two weeks later, TikTok Music was launched in closed beta in three additional countries: Mexico, Australia and Singapore, followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/tiktok-streaming-service-publicly-launches-australia-singapore-mexico\/\">public launch<\/a> in those markets in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tByteDance confirmed with <em>Billboard<\/em> that it has no plans to launch TikTok Music in India, where the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/india-bans-tiktok-dozens-chinese-apps-border-standoff\/\">banned TikTok<\/a> in June 2020, along with 58 other Chinese-owned apps, citing data privacy concerns. Those bans were made permanent in January 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/streaming\/bytedance-shuts-down-resso-music-streaming-service-india-1235580540\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ByteDance will shut down its music streaming service Resso in India at the end of January, Billboard has confirmed with a ByteDance representative. The decision, which was first reported by India-based outlet Moneycontrol, was made after Resso was removed from the Google Play and the Apple App stores in December on the orders of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}