It is a subscription-based music streaming service that combines lossless audio and high definition music videos with curated editorial.
Tidal (stylized as TIDAL, also known as TIDALHiFi) is a subscription-based music streaming service that combines lossless audio and high definition music videos with curated editorial. The service has over 35 million tracks and 85,000 music videos. Tidal was launched in 2014 by Norwegian / Swedish public company Aspiro. It has distribution agreements with all of the three major labels, in addition to many indies. TIDAL offers high-fidelity CD sound quality, high quality video, expertly curated content and editorial, and unique artists experiences.  In the first quarter of 2015, the parent company Aspiro was acquired by Project Panther Ltd., which is owned by Shawn Jay Z Carter. Following the acquisition of Aspiro by Jay Z in March 2015, a mass-marketing campaign was introduced to relaunch Tidal. Tidal was launched in 2014 by Norwegian / Swedish public company Aspiro. It has distribution agreements with all of the three major labels, in addition to many indies. Facing competition from Spotify, Google and other companies that will soon include Apple, Tidal will be fashioned as a home for high-fidelity audio and exclusive content. But perhaps the most notable part of Jay Z’s strategy is that a majority of the company will be owned by artists. Spotify has 60 million users around the world, 15 million of whom pay; Apple is expected to introduce a subscription streaming service this year. Last fall, Tidal’s parent company, the Swedish technology firm Aspiro, said it had 512,000 paying users. Yes, the launch event for the new artist-owned streaming service Tidal was over-the-top. But we shouldn’t fault Jay Z and other A-list artists for demanding a place at the table. Shop ▾. Jay Z’s famous adage that he’s “a business, man” has come to define his public image. In the minds of many, he’s Donald Trump with hit records. On Monday, hip-hop mogul Jay Z and a parade of superstars announced the official launch of the rebranded music streaming service Tidal in New York City.  Tidal power requires large tidal differences which, in the U.S., occur only in Maine and Alaska. Ocean thermal energy conversion is limited to tropical regions, such as Hawaii, and to a portion of the Atlantic coast. Wave energy has a more general application, with potential along the California coast. Generating technologies for deriving electrical power from the ocean include tidal power, wave power, ocean thermal energy conversion, ocean currents, ocean winds and salinity gradients. Of these, the three most well-developed technologies are tidal power, wave power and ocean thermal energy conversion. The following table contains a list of the tidal energy concepts known to EMEC. This list is alphabetical by company name and is not intended to infer any endorsement by EMEC of the concept or the companies concerned.  As a superstar artist and influential executive through his company Roc Nation, Jay Z has unusual power in the music industry. He is said to be courting new artists aggressively to join the service and offer Tidal special material and “windows,” or limited periods of exclusive availability. Spotify has 60 million users around the world, 15 million of whom pay; Apple is expected to introduce a subscription streaming service this year. Last fall, Tidal’s parent company, the Swedish technology firm Aspiro, said it had 512,000 paying users. Because the Earth's tides are caused by the tidal forces due to gravitational interaction with the Moon and Sun, and the Earth's rotation, tidal power is practically inexhaustible and classified as a renewable energy source. A tidal energy generator uses this phenomenon to generate energy. Tidal power, sometimes called tidal energy, is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into electricity or other useful forms of power. Tidal energy is a largely untapped, renewable energy source based largely on lunar gravitation. While the potential of tidal hydroelectricity has long been recognized, compared to river dams, tidal power projects are expensive because massive structures must be built in difficult saltwater environments. There are relatively few coastal locations in the world where the tidal range (i.e., the difference between high and low tides) is large enough to justify exploitation of the available tidal energy. There must be a sufficiently high tidal range (at least 5 m) for construction of an economically feasible plant.
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