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Bekraf to release music-streaming app
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Bekraf's upcoming streaming app is set to compete with Spotify and iTunes. (Shutterstock.com/Denys Prykhodov)
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he Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) has revealed plans to release a music-streaming app in collaboration with telecommunications company Telkomsel in a bid to compete with Spotify and iTunes.
(Read also: Local artists should be more confident: Bekraf)
Dubbed Gempita, the app aims to support Indonesian musicians as well as protect them from piracy. “It will also include foreign music, but will mainly focus on music by local artists,” Bekraf infrastructure deputy Hari Sungkari told tempo.co on Tuesday.
Gempita is expected to offer a more affordable rate for its subscribers. “It will certainly be cheaper than iTunes, probably [starting from] Rp 50,000 [US$3.8],” Hari added.
(Read also: Streaming of Pokemon theme songs surges on Spotify)
The service is also set to offer a transparent royalty payment system for the musicians, with each receiving Rp 50 for every song played by users. The musicians will also be able to check how many people are listening to their music. (kes/wir)
