
MONTREAL — Music service provider and broadcaster Stingray announced today a partnership with TikTok to launch TikTok Radio on Stingray Music on TV, web and mobile platforms, starting today in the United States and tomorrow in Canada.
“Listeners will enjoy hearing music the TikTok community loves, including viral hits, throwbacks, and songs from the next generation of rising stars. To truly reflect the TikTok experience, the channel will also feature trending sounds and introductions from some of TikTok’s popular artists and creators,” reads a Stingray press release.
The curated TikTok Radio channel “will be refreshed several times a week with songs from a variety of TikTok charts like ‘Top of the Week’, ‘Top of the Year’, and ‘Top New Songs’,” the release says.
In addition, a TikTok Radio playlist will be available worldwide in the Air Canada in-flight entertainment system, the release adds.
Furthermore, starting next month, “viewers who have access to Stingray Music Videos On Demand through the TV app, can also tune in to the TikTok Radio playlist featuring music videos from songs that are currently trending on TikTok.”
Stingray’s radio listeners in Canada will be able to hear “The TikTok Trend” on The Stingray Hit List Countdown and “Katie & Ed’s TikTok Pick” on The Night Show with Katie & Ed, “two radio shows that will feature tracks that are making waves on TikTok on a weekly basis,” the release explains.
“TikTok is undeniably influencing music trends and pop culture,” said Mathieu Péloquin, senior vice-president of marketing and communications at Stingray, in the release. “We are thrilled to be working with TikTok to bring their groundbreaking content to our growing audiences. This partnership shows our commitment to deliver new and innovative content to our users.”
“TikTok Radio has been such a huge success, and we are excited to be partnering with one of the leading music distributors in the world to bring some of the top music, artists, creators and trends to millions of households across Canada and the United States,” said Dan Page, head of global business development, new screens, at TikTok.
“TikTok is redefining the way that fans discover and rediscover music, and this collaboration with Stingray will allow more people to tap into the culture and trends that start on our platform,” Page said. (TikTok Radio launched on SiriusXM in August 2021).
Music fans can tune in to TikTok Radio on the Stingray Music app available for iOS and Android, Stingray Music web player, linear TV channels and TV apps distributed across Canada and the United States through TV providers such as Optimum and Suddenlink by Altice, AT&T U-verse TV, Bell, Cogeco, Rogers, Shaw and Videotron.
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