YouTube today announced the launch of two new paid-for-commercial platforms, the first dedicated to music, YouTube Music, and the second dedicated to watching videos called YouTube Premium. These applications will be available after two weeks in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Kuwait, Oman and Lebanon. These new platforms allow followers to listen to music and watch videos without ads, and help them discover new songs and videos, through the many features that they carry. This came during a press conference held at the hotel «Caesars Palace» in Dubai.
Continuous growth
“For more than a decade, millions of people in the Arab world have been visiting YouTube to watch videos, learn and listen to music. Music is the second most popular category on the app,” said Tarek Abdulla, Google's regional director of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa. "It continues to grow." “We are excited to launch a new music platform, which will give users access to the extensive music library on YouTube, and will help them find the music they love from new releases to popular classics, popular songs and live performances, as well as the video platform, Which allows you to watch videos without ads ».
New features
Abdallah stressed that there are great features in the two new platforms, including viewing without an Internet connection, and continue to play videos even when using other applications, and intelligent search, which helps in making suggestions for songs according to the artists listened to the user, or even by mentioning a few words of the song Just. He pointed out that the new platform allows the discovery of new music, through some of the new options that have been added, the new services also allow to download up to 100 songs on the phone, in addition to playing videos in the background of the screen.
Star
The press conference hosted a number of stars to talk about their relationship with social networking sites, namely: Rahma Riad
(Iraq), Nassif Zeitoun (Syria), and «Abu» (Egypt) who talked about the success achieved through social media platforms, especially YouTube, where millions of views were achieved on this platform.
I'm the stage
"I am the son of this stage, and since I started singing, I put myself through social media and YouTube," said star Nassif Zeitoun. He stressed that the artist is sincere with himself who can reach the audience, in addition to providing content that looks like people, in addition to seriousness in dealing and steady pace in the aspiration for stardom and art. On the countries that attract the largest number of views and followers, Zaytoun pointed out that the most listeners from Syria, Lebanon and the Levant, and has listeners from Iraq, and has helped «YouTube» in the selection of songs concerts, especially Tunisia's last concert.
Prove success
"The numbers did not interest me in the past," said artist Rahma Riad. "I thought success was measured on the ground with the public, but the numbers are proof of success. She pointed out that social platforms brought the artist closer to the people, it is easier for him to show his work and art, and to be able to reach people more and get the support of the public. Riad confirmed that its largest audience is from Iraq.
Beginnings
The Egyptian artist «Abu» that the beginning was with «YouTube», pointing out that it began in 2015 with the song «Ahwak», and the second was «three beats», which reached 500 million views in one year, the highest number achieved by a song in the region . He stressed that the current era is the era of (Online), and anyone who wants to present themselves through these platforms should not be frustrated by the first work, if not supported enough, it must continue to provide business and judge success after a year and a half. Abu's audience is distributed among many countries, especially Egypt.
singing
The meeting ended with the guest stars playing songs, and Rahma started playing three songs, including Wa'ed, which she recently released. The artist «Abu» introduced the song «Ahwak», which saw a flaw in the music, as the songs were performed with playback technology, separated microphone, and the music was absent. Zaytoun performed three songs, including his first and new Gulf song, Farrakouni.
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