Chinese language expertise big ByteDance will shut down its music streaming service Resso in India by the top of January, mentioned a media report on Thursday.
The event comes after Resso was faraway from Google Play and Apple App Retailer following an order by the Indian authorities, mentioned the Moneycontrol report.
“Sadly, owing to native market situations, we will not proceed to serve customers of Resso in India. We have now subsequently determined to close down Resso and its related operations on January 31. Customers will probably be provided a refund of their remaining subscription charges,” a ByteDance spokesperson informed Moneycontrol.
ByteDance had launched Resso in India, Indonesia and Brazil in March 2020.
In Might, ByteDance made Resso a subscription-only service.
The streaming service continues to be energetic for the present customers, however new subscriptions are usually not being provided.
Resso provided each free and paid subscription plans to allow customers to stream music tracks throughout numerous genres and languages.
The paid service affords ad-free listening and prime quality audio. At the moment, it’s accessible for costs starting from a weekly plan of ₹25 to month-to-month plan of ₹99 for people and ₹119 monthly for households.
Annual plans come for ₹749 per yr.
In India, Resso competed with Spotify, YouTube Music, Gaana, JioSaavn, Wynk, and Amazon Music amongst others.
In July final yr, ByteDance had introduced that it could shut down Resso in Brazil and Indonesia, and launched TikTok Music in each the international locations.
The TikTok Music was additionally launched in Australia, Singapore and Mexico.
In line with the Moneycontrol report, ByteDance has no plans to convey TikTok Music to India. That is doubtless as a result of TikTok Music shares the identical app writer as TikTok, whereas Resso was revealed by an organization known as Moon Video Inc, primarily based within the British Virgin Islands.
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Printed: 11 Jan 2024, 08:55 PM IST
Supply: Live Mint