Stingray beefs up SVoD offering with Qello Concerts acquisition

MONTREAL – Stingray has acquired the assets of Qello Concerts in a move that it says makes it the world’s leading distributor of SVoD concerts.Founded in 2010, New-York based Qello Concerts is an over-the-top streaming service that stocks full-length, on-demand concerts and music documentaries from the 1920s to today, spanning musical genres from classic rock, to blues, pop, country, metal, folk, jazz, and indie, among others. Available on Amazon Channels, Apple TV, Roku, Google TV, Samsung Smart TVs, mobile devices and on the web, the service reaches users in more than 160 countries.Stingray said Wednesday that the deal adds 2,000 concerts and...