Spotify has come to a new agreement with Warner Music Group that could potentially go to the long - look launching ofSpotify Hi - Fi .
The fresh multi - twelvemonth accord between the book recording label and the streaming provider covers recordings and publishing right .
One of the reported reasons Spotify has had to delay its Hi - Fi lossless tier is the unfitness to hit deals with the publishing company . This take maintenance of a big one .
“ WMG and Spotify will make together to shape the future tense of audio - visual cyclosis and enhance the note value of music , ” Spotify said in apress releaseon February 6 .
“ The new bargain will serve render Modern sports fan experiences , a cryptical euphony and video catalogue , further paid subscription tiers , and severalise contentedness bundle . ”
The headstone there is the “ further compensate subscription tiers . ” which hopefully mean Spotify Hi - Fi will be rolling out with a quickness .
The streaming company ’s founder and CEO Daniel Ek also promised 2025 will be a “ class of accelerated executing . ” That ’s promising view the absence seizure of execution on the detail that ’s number one on Spotify contributor ’ wishlists .
This news come in the wake of a newfangled agreement with Universal Music Group , one of the other major hitters .
“ UMG and Spotify will cooperate closely to advance the next era of well out initiation , ” the companiesannouncedlate last calendar month .
These batch almost surely remove some of the roadblock Spotify had been experiencing as it depend to broaden its offerings this year .
There have been rumblings of a “ Super Premium ” subscription tier which could offer lossless audio as well as redundant perks for fans , like earlier access and fillip content .
Opinion
At this point there have been so many Spotify hello - Fi false dawns that I ’m hard in the “ wo n’t believe it until I see it ” camp . However , the last weeks ’ developments feel substantial . Two major labels with newly - ink quite a little bring the likeliness of a launching more real than ever . Maybe we can dare to woolgather , Spotify Hi - Fi will be with us before the clocks commute ?
