Spotify and Sonos Bring Music to Every Room in the Home
By Sonos Inc., PRNEWednesday, September 1, 2010
Music fans will be able to enjoy any song, in any room, wirelessly.
LONDON, September 2, 2010 - IFA Berlin 2010 — Spotify and Sonos today announced that Spotify is
coming to every room in the home, wirelessly, via the award-winning Sonos
Multi-Room Music System. With a free Sonos software update, available later
this month, all Sonos customers in Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway,
Spain, Sweden and the UK will have instant access to more than eight million
songs and all of their playlists on Spotify. To learn more about Spotify on
Sonos, please visit: www.sonos.com/spotify.
"It's great that people will be able to listen to Spotify whenever they
want, wherever they want in their home," said Daniel Ek, Founder and CEO
Spotify. "We're excited to partner with Sonos to deliver the unique Spotify
experience in the home, with the same quality and ease of use that our users
already love."
"Spotify on Sonos has been the number one request from our European
customers and we're thrilled to deliver it," said John MacFarlane, Founder
and CEO Sonos, Inc. "Our mission at Sonos is to play all the music on the
planet, all over the house. By partnering with a leading music streaming
service like Spotify, we can now offer more of our customers the ultimate
jukebox experience at home."
To enjoy Spotify on Sonos, all you'll need is a Sonos ZonePlayer such as
the Sonos S5 all-in-one wireless music system, a Sonos Controller such as the
free Sonos Controller for iPhone and a Spotify Premium account. Now you can
play any track you like, anytime you like, in any room you like. And control
it all anywhere you like, right from your iPhone. Search for any artist,
album or track from Spotify's eight-million song library. Browse and play all
your playlists - including your starred tracks, collaborative and
subscribed-to lists. Play your music in every room and experience superior,
room-filling sound with the high-performance S5 and Spotify Premium's high
quality streams.
Spotify on Sonos will be available via a free Sonos Software 3.3 update
scheduled for the end of September. A Spotify Premium subscription (9.99
pounds Sterling per month) will be required to enjoy Spotify on Sonos. For
more information about Spotify on Sonos or to be one of the first to learn
when it's available, please visit www.sonos.com/spotify.
Additional Resources
- Sonos press kit, images: pr.sonos.com - Spotify press kit, images: www.spotify.com/about/press/ - View and embed Sonos demo videos: www.sonos.com/spotify and www.youtube.com/sonos
About Spotify
Spotify is an innovative digital music platform created with the vision
of offering music fans a legal and superior quality user alternative to music
piracy. Spotify provides instant access to whatever music you want, whenever
and wherever you want it, through a simple, clean and quick to use platform
whilst supporting the music industry via ad-supported and paid subscription
models. With access to millions of songs in high quality audio through your
computer, on your mobile and beyond, Spotify makes it easier than ever to
play and share music legally. www.spotify.com.
About Sonos
Sonos(R) is the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems
for the home. The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is the first, wireless
multi-room music system that lets you play all the music you want all over
your house - and control it all from the palm of your hand. Sonos liberates
the music stored on a computer so it can be enjoyed all over the house. In
addition, by partnering with audio services like Audible.com(R), Deezer,
iheartradio, Last.fm, Napster(R), Pandora(R), RadioTime, Rhapsody(R),
SIRIUS(R), Spotify, Wolfgang's Vault, Internet Radio, and more, Sonos gives
music lovers instant, computer-free access to millions of songs, thousands of
radio stations, audiobooks, and more. The award-winning Sonos Multi-Room
Music System is available at more than 6200 retailers in over 65 countries
worldwide; or direct from Sonos at www.sonos.com. Sonos is a
privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in
Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands and Penang, Malaysia.
(c) 2004-2010 by Sonos Inc. All rights reserved. Sonos is a registered
trademark of Sonos, Inc. in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom,
Benelux (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands), Japan, Mexico, Germany,
Russia and Australia, and a trademark of Sonos, Inc. in other countries.
SonosNet, ZonePlayer, ZoneBridge and all Sonos logos are trademarks of Sonos
Inc. in the United States and other countries. iPod and iTunes are trademarks
of Apple Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPhone is a
trademark of Apple Inc. All other products and services may be trademarks or
service marks of their respective owners.
Fiede Schillmoeller of Sonos Europe, +31-6-525-89-043, fiede.schillmoeller at sonos.com; or the Sonos team at Weber Shandwick, +44-20-7067-0500, sonosukpr at webershandwick.com; or Jim Butcher, Head of Communications of Spotify, press at spotify.com
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