<s>
Deezer	B-Application
is	O
a	O
French	O
online	O
music	O
streaming	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
listen	O
to	O
music	O
content	O
from	O
record	O
labels	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
podcasts	B-Operating_System
on	O
various	O
devices	O
online	O
or	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
in	O
Paris	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
currently	O
has	O
90	O
million	O
licensed	O
tracks	O
in	O
its	O
library	O
,	O
with	O
over	O
30,000	O
radio	O
channels	O
,	O
100million	O
playlists	O
,	O
16million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
7	O
million	O
paid	O
subscribers	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Web	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Daniel	O
Marhely	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Deezer	B-Application
,	O
called	O
Blogmusik	O
,	O
in	O
Paris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
relaunched	O
as	O
Deezer	B-Application
in	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
having	O
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
SACEM	O
to	O
pay	O
copyright	O
holders	O
with	O
revenue	O
from	O
advertising	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
and	O
by	O
giving	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
download	O
songs	O
streamed	O
on	O
Deezer	B-Application
from	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
Deezer	B-Application
receiving	O
a	O
commission	O
from	O
each	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
launch	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
had	O
not	O
yet	O
negotiated	O
agreements	O
with	O
major	O
music	O
labels	O
and	O
therefore	O
offered	O
a	O
limited	O
catalogue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
month	O
of	O
operations	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
's	O
website	O
had	O
about	O
773,000	O
visitors	O
,	O
and	O
traffic	O
increased	O
rapidly	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
several	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
high	O
traffic	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
almost	O
immediately	O
ran	O
into	O
financial	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
began	O
running	O
ads	O
itself	O
through	O
advertising	O
agency	O
Deezer	B-Application
Media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2008	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
secured	O
$8.4	O
million	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
AGF	O
Private	O
Equity	O
and	O
CM-CIC	O
Capital	O
Prive	O
,	O
bringing	O
total	O
investment	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
$15.8	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
November	O
2009	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
new	O
three-tier	O
service	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
continuing	O
basic	O
free	O
web	O
streaming	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
also	O
introduced	O
two	O
subscription	O
services	O
:	O
users	O
paying	O
€4.99	O
monthly	O
received	O
higher	O
audio	O
quality	O
music	O
without	O
ads	O
,	O
and	O
users	O
paying	O
€9.99	O
monthly	O
gained	O
access	O
to	O
downloadable	O
applications	O
for	O
computers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
and	O
iOS	B-Application
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
CEO	O
and	O
co-founder	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
Benassaya	O
,	O
was	O
replaced	O
as	O
CEO	O
by	O
Axel	O
Dauchez	O
,	O
after	O
fewer	O
than	O
15,000	O
of	O
Deezer	B-Application
's	O
12	O
million	O
users	O
signed	O
up	O
for	O
its	O
subscription	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
mobile	O
operator	O
Orange	O
partnered	O
with	O
Deezer	B-Application
in	O
a	O
deal	O
to	O
include	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
Deezer	B-Application
Premium	O
,	O
the	O
highest	O
tier	O
of	O
Deezer	B-Application
's	O
streaming	O
packages	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
Orange	O
's	O
telecommunications	O
contracts	O
in	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
partnership	O
began	O
,	O
the	O
rate	O
of	O
users	O
signing	O
up	O
for	O
Deezer	B-Application
's	O
premium	O
services	O
went	O
from	O
6,000	O
a	O
month	O
to	O
100,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
500,000	O
people	O
were	O
subscribing	O
to	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
millionth	O
subscriber	O
mark	O
joined	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
half	O
a	O
year	O
ahead	O
of	O
Deezer	B-Application
's	O
expectation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
added	O
Facebook	O
integration	O
to	O
its	O
service	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
send	O
music	O
to	O
one	O
another	O
via	O
that	O
social	O
media	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deezer	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
France	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
market	O
leader	O
as	O
of	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
available	O
only	O
in	O
Belgium	O
,	O
France	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
expand	O
worldwide	O
during	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
2011	O
and	O
continuing	O
into	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
June	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
availability	O
in	O
35	O
Latin	O
American	O
countries	O
,	O
though	O
not	O
in	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Cuba	O
,	O
or	O
Venezuela	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
August	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
Indonesia	O
,	O
Malaysia	O
,	O
Pakistan	O
,	O
the	O
Philippines	O
,	O
Singapore	O
,	O
and	O
Thailand	O
within	O
several	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
received	O
$130million	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
Access	O
Industries	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
further	O
international	O
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
December	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
new	O
service	O
level	O
offering	O
two	O
hours	O
of	O
free	O
,	O
ad-supported	O
music	O
streaming	O
a	O
month	O
,	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
worldwide	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
free	O
music	O
streaming	O
service	O
outside	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CEO	O
Dauchez	O
said	O
that	O
Deezer	B-Application
was	O
also	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
partner	O
to	O
introduce	O
service	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
"	O
able	O
to	O
provide	O
us	O
with	O
a	O
significant	O
volume	O
of	O
subscribers	O
"	O
to	O
help	O
offset	O
what	O
he	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
unbelievably	O
high	O
"	O
costs	O
of	O
entering	O
the	O
US	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
had	O
about	O
two	O
million	O
users	O
paying	O
for	O
subscriptions	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
monthly	O
active	O
user	O
base	O
of	O
about	O
seven	O
million	O
,	O
with	O
20	O
million	O
songs	O
in	O
its	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
expansion	O
into	O
22	O
new	O
countries	O
across	O
Africa	O
,	O
Asia	O
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
bringing	O
its	O
total	O
to	O
182	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
added	O
the	O
U.S.	O
to	O
the	O
supported	O
country	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
listed	O
on	O
its	O
website	O
187	O
regions	O
where	O
the	O
service	O
was	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
expansion	O
,	O
in	O
2013	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
partnerships	O
with	O
LG	O
Electronics	O
,	O
Samsung	O
Electronics	O
and	O
Toshiba	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
Deezer	B-Application
apps	O
were	O
available	O
on	O
smart	O
TV	O
platforms	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
brand	O
identity	O
developed	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
the	O
illustrator	O
mcbess	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
has	O
made	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
announcements	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
Developer	O
Reward	O
Scheme	O
,	O
mobile	O
App	O
Studio	O
and	O
API	O
upgrades	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
,	O
exclusive	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
mobile	O
app	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
users	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
Deezer	B-Application
app	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2013	O
also	O
saw	O
Deezer	B-Application
update	O
its	O
iOS	B-Application
app	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
smart	O
caching	O
feature	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
identify	O
and	O
remember	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
most	O
played	O
tracks	O
,	O
even	O
in	O
areas	O
of	O
poor	O
network	O
coverage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
new	O
partnership	O
with	O
Samsung	O
giving	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S5	I-Application
users	O
in	O
Europe	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
six	O
months	O
Deezer	B-Application
Premium+	O
subscription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	O
and	O
Deezer	B-Application
extended	O
their	O
partnership	O
by	O
offering	O
a	O
six-month	O
,	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
subscription	O
to	O
Deezer	B-Application
Premium+	O
for	O
Samsung	O
's	O
Multiroom	O
Wireless	O
Audio	O
Products	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
M5	O
and	O
M7	O
line	O
of	O
Multiroom	O
wireless	O
audio	O
speakers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	O
UK	O
and	O
Deezer	B-Application
offered	O
this	O
promotion	O
again	O
from	O
2016-2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
and	O
Google	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Google	B-Device
Chromecast	I-Device
would	O
be	O
supporting	O
Deezer	B-Application
's	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iPhone	B-Device
apps	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
stream	O
music	O
from	O
their	O
phone	O
to	O
their	O
televisions	O
through	O
the	O
Chromecast	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromecast	B-Device
support	O
became	O
available	O
to	O
Deezer	B-Application
Premium+	O
users	O
from	O
25	O
June	O
2014	O
onwards	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
Belgium	O
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
Finland	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
Norway	O
,	O
Portugal	O
,	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
Deezer	B-Application
Elite	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
exclusive	O
service	O
made	O
for	O
and	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deezer	B-Application
Elite	O
provides	O
CD-quality	O
audio	O
to	O
U.S.	O
users	O
of	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
Hi-Fi	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
available	O
worldwide	O
to	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
users	O
of	O
Deezer	B-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deezer	B-Application
Elite	O
"	O
High-Resolution	O
Audio	O
"	O
is	O
lossless	O
CD	O
quality	O
(	O
16bit/44.1kHz	O
)	O
and	O
not	O
"	O
Hi-Res	O
"	O
or	O
high-resolution	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sonos	B-Algorithm
does	O
not	O
support	O
Hi-Res	O
(	O
24/96	O
,	O
24/192	O
or	O
similar	O
)	O
streaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
HiFi	O
offers	O
36	O
million	O
tracks	O
of	O
16-Bit/44.1kHz	O
of	O
FLAC	B-Application
quality	O
music	O
for	O
a	O
$19.95	O
monthly	O
subscription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
rolled	O
out	O
a	O
new	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
its	O
website	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Bose	O
SoundTouch	O
and	O
SoundLink	O
products	O
would	O
now	O
be	O
supported	O
for	O
Deezer	B-Application
Premium+	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Stitcher	B-Application
Radio	I-Application
would	O
be	O
merging	O
into	O
Deezer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2015	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
users	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
Stitcher	B-Application
Radio	I-Application
features	O
within	O
Deezer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
and	O
Pepsi	O
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
the	O
Midem	O
Artist	O
Accelerator	O
to	O
support	O
managers	O
and	O
labels	O
as	O
they	O
grow	O
the	O
profiles	O
of	O
their	O
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
sold	O
Stitcher	B-Application
to	O
E.W.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
integrated	O
Triton	O
Digital	O
to	O
monetize	O
the	O
free	O
users	O
with	O
programmatic	O
audio	O
ads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deezer	B-Application
also	O
pushes	O
banner	O
advertisements	O
for	O
WAZE	O
,	O
even	O
for	O
premium	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
November	O
2019	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
released	O
Spleeter	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
"	O
audio	O
source	O
separation	O
"	O
utility	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
that	O
uses	O
the	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
machine	O
learning	O
library	O
and	O
pretrained	O
models	O
for	O
audio	O
stem	O
extraction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
joined	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
tech	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
Coalition	O
for	O
App	O
Fairness	O
led	O
by	O
Epic	O
Games	O
to	O
demand	O
better	O
conditions	O
for	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
their	O
apps	O
in	O
the	O
app	O
stores	O
of	O
Apple	O
and	O
Google	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
held	O
a	O
2%	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
streaming	O
service	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
from	O
now	O
on	O
free	O
account	O
users	O
can	O
use	O
Google	O
Assistant	O
speakers	O
to	O
stream	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
means	O
with	O
a	O
Google	O
Home	O
or	O
Nest	O
Home	O
device	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
possible	O
to	O
stream	O
Deezer	B-Application
music	O
without	O
being	O
a	O
paid	O
subscriber	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
Free	O
(	O
ad-supported	O
version	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
discontinued	O
in	O
multiple	O
countries	O
worldwide	O
,	O
which	O
now	O
requires	O
a	O
paid	O
account	O
to	O
listen	O
to	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Deezer	B-Application
had	O
its	O
first	O
day	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
as	O
a	O
publicly	O
traded	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
Last.fm	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Deezer	B-Application
would	O
integrate	O
with	O
Last.fm,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
send	O
songs	O
from	O
Deezer	B-Application
to	O
their	O
Last.fm	B-Application
account	O
and	O
"	O
scrobble	O
"	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
third	O
party	O
services	O
like	O
Deemix	O
and	O
Freezer.life	O
was	O
known	O
to	O
exploit	O
Deezer	B-Application
's	O
API	O
in	O
fetching	O
songs	O
from	O
their	O
database	O
,	O
whereby	O
users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
stream	O
and	O
download	O
the	O
songs	O
in	O
high	O
quality	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2019	O
there	O
are	O
6	O
Deezer	B-Application
account	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
titles	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
FLAC	B-Application
for	O
pay	O
.	O
</s>
