Ohdio Co-Founder and CEO Yoga Nandiwardhana is Off to XL Axiata

Ohdio co-founder and CEO Yoga Nandiwardhana is stepping down from his role at the music streaming startup to return to the telco industry although he will be remaining on board as product advisor. Filling the spot will be co-founder Ario S. Tamat who will take over as interim chief executive effective immediately. Nandiwardhana informed DailySocial of the changes via email today.

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Ohdio FM Lets Listeners Create Playlists Based on Selected Artists

Indonesian online radio Ohdio.FM today announced an addition to its streaming channels in the form of artist selections. Ohdio now features a section called Radio Artis which allows listeners to automatically create playlists based on the band or the singer that they have selected. The new feature is being made available on the desktop first and will be making its way to the mobile interface in the coming weeks.

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Independent Artists Can Now Submit Their Songs Directly to Ohdio

Indonesian online radio Ohdio today has opened itself to independent Indonesian bands who wish to have their songs broadcast on its service. In a blog post, the company is calling for bands to submit their songs directly for consideration. While Ohdio already has a deal in place to feature many local artists and bands, the company wishes to feature as many acts as possible and provide the widest range of songs for its listeners.

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Ohdio’s New Approach Emphasizes on Radio-Like Experience

A few days ago Ohdio was relaunched with a brand new design and an entirely new approach to enjoying the service. I have been a fan of Ohdio from the beginning and still believe it has a good chance of becoming successful even though the service hadn’t really found its strength until recently. This new approach reinvigorates not just general interest in the service but also its possibility of success. Not only that, it helps introduce Indonesians to a modern way to enjoy music.

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Indonesian Music Streaming Service Ohdio Gets a Revamp and Mobile Access

Streaming music service Ohdio has gone through a significant makeover of its services. The changes include a move from ohd.io to ohdio.fm (which reminds us of last.fm) a simplified new logo, a new look which focuses on hundreds of pre-loaded playlists and a mobile web version that actually works. Despite the many changes, Yoga Nandiwardhana as CEO and co-founder Ohdio maintains that the service remains the easiest way to listen to Indonesian music on the Internet.

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Mengukur Peluang Keberhasilan Layanan Ohdio

Spotify saat ini sedang dalam proses pengembangan wilayah ke Asia, dan baru-baru ini mereka meluncurkan layanannya di Australia dan New Zealand. Ada pula Deezer yang berencana untuk hadir di Indonesia pada tahun ini, jadi bagaimana rencana Ohdio untuk menghadapi kompetitor multinasional yang jauh lebih besar ini?

Ohdio yang jelas akan diluncurkan di Indonesia sebelum para pemain besar ini hadir dan tim di belakang Ohdio telah memiliki pengalaman luas dalam bekerjasama dengan label musik dan artis di Indonesia. Selain itu, fokus Ohdio pada musik Indonesia seharusnya cukup untuk membedakan mereka layanan Spotify dan Deezer yang kemungkinan besar akan memiliki koleksi musik yang cenderung bersifat internasional.

Bagaimana bisa poin terakhir ini menjadi keuntungan bagi Ohdio? Mayoritas lagu yang dinikmati oleh orang Indonesia hadir dari artis lokal, ini adalah fakta yang telah berulang kali disebutkan di berbagai acara musik digital di Indonesia. Menurut kolumnis DailySocial dan Cheerleader Ohdio, Ario Tamat, proporsi musik lokal dibandingkan musik asing di Indonesia, dalam hal popularitas dan distribusi, adalah 80:20 dengan porsi yang lebih besar ada di artis lokal. Ketidakseimbangan inilah yang diandalkan oleh Ohdio karena menjadi yang pertama ada di pasar bukan berarti apa-apa. Harus ada nilai lebih yang dapat diandalkan jika ingin menjadi unggulan di pasar terbuka.

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Gauging Ohdio’s Chances

Everyone is well aware of Spotify’s expansion to the region, having recently launched in Australia and New Zealand. There is also word that Deezer plans to come to town some time this year, so how does Ohdio plan to face those larger multinational competitors?

To start with, Ohdio will launch in Indonesia before their much bigger competitors do and the team is already experienced in dealing with music labels and artists in Indonesia. On top of that, Ohdio’s focus on Indonesian music should differentiate them enough from Spotify and Deezer who are more likely to carry a library of international music.

How is this last point an advantage? The majority of songs enjoyed by Indonesians are from local artists, a fact that has always been repeated at many local digital music events. According to DailySocial columnist and Ohdio Cheerleader Ario Tamat, the proportion of local vs foreign music in Indonesia in terms of popularity and distribution is about 80:20 with the larger portion going to local artists. This imbalance is actually what Ohdio is counting on because being first in the market means almost nothing. It has to have enough of a value to be adopted ahead of the others.

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Layanan Streaming Musik Indonesia Ohdio Akan Diluncurkan Tanggal 14 Juni

Ohdio adalah sebuah startup yang bertujuan untuk menawarkan layanan streaming musik secara online untuk masyarakat Indonesia, yang didukung oleh koleksi musik Indonesia yang komprehensif. Kami pertama kali mendengar tentang Ohdio bulan Maret lalu ketika layanan mereka hanya berupa situs dengan logo serta formulir pendaftaran. Saat ini memang situs mereka masih berupa logo dan halaman pendaftaran, namun Ohdio telah berhasil bekerja sama dengan beberapa label musik lokal, mendapatkan investasi yang cukup signifikan dari East Ventures, dan mereka juga telah menetapkan 14 Juni sebagai tanggal peluncuran resmi, seperti yang dituliskan dalam rilisan pers yang diterbitkan Selasa kemarin.

Meskipun Ohdio mengumumkan secara publik bahwa mereka baru menerima pendaftaran pengguna pada minggu ini, sebenarnya pendaftaran mereka telah dibuka sejak bulan Maret. Dengan hanya satu minggu sebelum tanggal rilis resmi, Ohdio telah mendapatkan kerja sama dengan beberapa label musik antara lain Aquarius, Trinity dan Nagaswara.

CEO Ohdio, Yoga Nandiwardhana mengatakan, “Konsep web music streaming memang bukan sesuatu yang baru di Indonesia sekalipun, tapi kami ingin mengedepankan kemudahan untuk search dan share lagu, karena kami ingin memberdayakan satu sifat pendengar musik di Indonesia – bahwa mendengarkan musik adalah sebuah kegiatan sosial juga, bukan hanya kegiatan pribadi.“

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Indonesian Music Streaming Service Ohdio to Launch June 14

Ohdio is a startup that aims to offer a free online music streaming service for Indonesians, backed by a comprehensive library of Indonesian music. We spotted Ohdio back in March when it was just a website with a logo and a sign up form. It actually still is today, but since then it has picked up a number of deals with local music labels and a significant funding from East Ventures, with a launch date set for June 14 according to its press release which was published on Tuesday.

Although Ohdio only announced publicly that it has begun to accept registration this week, the company actually has had it open since March. With one week to launch date, the company has scored deals with major local labels including Aquarius, Trinity and Nagaswara.

Ohdio CEO Yoga Nandiwardhana said in a statement, “The web music streaming concept is definitely not new, even in Indonesia, but we want to put forward how easy it is to search and share music. We want to empower one of the main characteristics of the Indonesian music listener – that listening to music is as much of a social activity as it is personal.”

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Masa Depan Check-in Baru Saja Dimulai

Berkat ReadWriteWeb, perhatian kalangan teknologi sekali lagi diarahkan pada fenomena check-in, yang sebelumya telah banyak digunakan di web. Apakah kita sudah tiba di titik jenuh dari aktivitas check-in atau kita baru benar-benar mulai menemukan nilainya? Jika Anda memikirkan suatu kegiatan, maka kemungkinan besar Anda akan menemukan layanan web yang menawarkan cara untuk berbagi pengalaman dengan setiap orang lain.

Sebelum kita melanjutkan, mari kita lihat apa sebenarnya aktivitas check-in itu. Check-in adalah sebuah kegiatan yang melibatkan kehadiran Anda di lokasi atau aktivitas tertentu dan mengumumkan kepada dunia bahwa Anda sedang melakukannya, dan kadang-kadang beserta alasannya kenapa Anda melakukannya. Jadi sebenarnya, tidak benar-benar harus berhubungan dengan lokasi.

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