WiMP
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| Original author(s) | WiMP Music |
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| Developer(s) | Project Panther Bidco Ltd. |
| Initial release | February 19, 2010 |
| Stable release |
2.4.1
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, MeeGo |
| Platform | Adobe Air, Cross-platform |
| Available in | Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, German, Polish |
| Type | Music |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
WiMP is a music streaming service. The service is available on mobiles, tablets, network players and computers. Music in WiMP is streamed using the AAC+ file format in a bitrate of 96 kbit/s or the AAC file format in a bitrate of 320 kbit/s if the high quality streaming option is selected. WiMP also offers a HiFi-product with FLAC/ALAC.
Wimp was developed by Aspiro AS and the Norwegian music store chain Platekompaniet AS and was first launched in Norway February 2010.
On January 30, 2015 it was announced that Aspiro AB has been acquired by Project Panther Bidco Ltd., which is indirectly owned by S. Carter Enterprises, LLC. The company is controlled by Shawn Corey Carter, better known by his stage name Jay-Z. Aspiro AB was sold for 464 million SEK, which is about €50 million or 56 million USD.
WiMP is funded by paid subscriptions and a one-month free trial is available. As of 2012, WiMP is available in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Poland.
The service is also available in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey. where it is known as Tidal, and emphasizes the high-fidelity lossless mode, but the other modes, "High" and "Normal", are also available. Tidal claims to have 25 million tracks.
The application is integrated with Last.fm allowing a track to be "scrobbled".
The client interface allows users to purchase tracks in 256 kbit/s DRM-free MP3 format.
WiMP gives access to a music library of some 25 million tracks. WiMP has local editors in each country it operates, to present the local and international music and in-app magazines also available online. WiMP also offers music videos, so far available in the Android-client
WiMP is available for Android,iOS, Symbian, MeeGo,Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8, as well as Squeezebox, Sonos, Simple Audio, Auralic, Teufel and Bluesound.
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