Qobuz joins forces with QUB Musique in
Quebec
PARIS and MONTRÉAL, Feb. 17,
2023 /CNW/ - Qobuz, the pioneering French high-res
online music platform that is a touchstone for audiophiles
worldwide, will be coming to Canada in May
2023. And to add to the excitement, from the day of its
Canadian launch, the Qobuz offering will incorporate the entire
rich catalogue of Québec streaming platform QUB Musique.
A natural development and
exceptional showcase
The integration of QUB Musique with Qobuz will give Québec
artists a whole new technology showcase for their works while
delighting QUB Musique subscribers with an enhanced, transformative
music-listening experience. As an integral part of Qobuz, QUB
Musique will maintain its distinctive brand—for example, by
providing customized playlists for Québec music lovers along with
high-quality local editorial content (album reviews, feature
articles and interviews).
As Qobuz Deputy CEO Georges
Fornay describes it, "After an initial, highly successful
collaboration with Quebecor, Qobuz is very pleased to be taking
this partnership one step further and thus strengthening our
presence in the Canadian market. Qobuz and QUB Musique share the
same values and convictions about music distribution, offering a
differentiated approach that fosters the promotion of artistic
creation and international, French-language and local musical
culture. We are delighted to welcome Canadians and Quebecers into
the big Qobuz community and offer them a unique, complete
experience for enjoying and rediscovering all forms of music."
Says Quebecor Vice-President for Digital Content Mathieu Turbide, "Quebecor is delighted that the
QUB Musique brand will continue to grow and evolve as part of
Qobuz, a world-class, high-performance platform that has an
extensive track record and is recognized by audiophile and music
lovers throughout the world. As a Qobuz shareholder since 2019,
Quebecor believes in the future of this platform, whose many
attributes will let us continue pursuing our core mission of
featuring talent from Québec."
Rediscovering music with
Qobuz
Since its founding in 2007, Qobuz has continued to grow its
community of passionate fans of all kinds of music. With its
catalogue of more than 100 million titles, Qobuz offers a diverse
environment where everyone can discover, learn, collect and share
their music. For demanding audiophiles and music lovers, Qobuz—the
platform that pioneered high-resolution sound—guarantees unequalled
sound quality approximating that of the artists' original studio
recordings (24-bit/up to 192 kHz).
An authentic cultural medium, Qobuz also stands out for its rich
editorial content, including album reviews, panoramas, liner notes,
interviews, biographies and testing grounds, and close to half a
million articles to let music fans enrich their musical culture.
Qobuz also offers a customized approach to music: recommendations
made by a team of experts, to seek out tomorrow's talents and
enable local and international artists to emerge. In this regard,
Qobuz will now be hosting the 4000 playlists carefully curated by
QUB Musique to showcase creators from Québec.
Current QUB Musique subscribers will be entitled to a preferred
monthly rate when they transfer their subscriptions to Qobuz.
Starting in May 2023, Qobuz will be
accessible on iOS and Android devices, as well as on Macs and
PCs.
About Quebecor
Quebecor, a Canadian leader in telecommunications,
entertainment, news media and culture, is one of the
best-performing integrated communications companies in the
industry. Driven by their determination to deliver the best
possible customer experience, all of Quebecor's subsidiaries and
brands are differentiated by their high-quality, multiplatform,
convergent products and services.
Québec-based Quebecor (TSX: QBR.A, QBR.B) employs nearly 10,000
people in Canada.
A family business founded in 1950, Quebecor is strongly
committed to the community. Every year, it actively supports more
than 400 organizations in the vital fields of culture, health,
education, the environment and entrepreneurship.
About Qobuz
Founded in 2007 and a pioneer in high-quality sound, Qobuz is
the French music streaming and downloading platform for everyone
who wants to fully experience and share their passion for music.
Available in 25 countries around the world, in Europe, the United
States, Australia,
New Zealand, Latin America and Japan (high-res downloading service only),
Qobuz offers exclusive editorial content written by a team of
experts. With its vast catalogue of over 100 million titles, Qobuz
also offers the richest choice of high-resolution recordings on the
market. Qobuz has a Hi–Res AUDIO licence from the Japan Audio
Society. To learn more, go to qobuz.com.
SOURCE Québecor Média inc.