Milestones

Year

2023

Signed a share acquisition agreement with Taiwan Cool Era Co., Ltd. and initiated business collaboration with Taiwan Mobile Group.

Successfully raised Capital through pre-IPO round, attracting strategic Taiwanese investors.

BlendVision launched its next-generation integrated streaming technology service, BlendVision One.

2022

Established our group holding company, KKCompany Technologies Inc., consolidating three major businesses: Music Streaming, Multimedia Technologies, and Digital Business Solutions, focusing on streaming, cloud, and AI technology services.

Established our Digital Business Solutions business and launched our proprietary brand "Going Cloud," becoming an AWS business partner, expanding our Cloud, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence business lines.

KKBOX collaborated with Firstory to introduce "DAI Dynamic Ad Insertion" in Taiwan, supporting creators in content monetization.

KKCompany received the first OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 third-party international open-source certification in Taiwan.

2021

KKBOX introduced its "Hi-Res" music format that surpasses CD audio quality, and launched its three- and six-person Family Plans

KKBOX, in collaboration with Firstory, introduced its "Music Embedding" feature, enabling podcasts to access a library of 70 million songs.

BlendVision helped a well-known Japanese fitness company to launch an immersive home fitness streaming service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020

KKBOX Podcast service went live, and we invested in Taiwan's flagship podcast hosting service provider, Firstory.

BlendVision's exclusive technology "Perceptual Streaming Engine, PSE" was awarded Japanese and Taiwanese patents; "Per-Title Encoding, PTE" secured a patent in the US.

2019

We launched our audiovisual streaming technology brand BlendVision and embarked on becoming a leading provider of cloud-based audiovisual technology.

We helped the largest cable TV company in Japan in becoming the first provider of seamless integrated solutions for multi-channel audio and video programs, and helped increase its market share among Japan's premium segment.

2018

KKBOX was awarded "Most Popular Application of 2018" on Google Play.

2015

We built a million-user video streaming platform, Video Pass (now TELASA) for KDDI, and officially established our video streaming business in Japan.

KKBOX used big data to launch personalized recommendation services.

2014

GIC (the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation) invested in the company.

2013

KKBOX launched in Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia.

2011

HTC invested in the company.

KKBOX launched its signature social feature "Listen with" and partnered with Chunghwa Telecom to launch "Fun Play", becoming the world's first music service to offer licensed music for public performances.

2010

Japanese telecoms giant KDDI invested in the company.

2009

KKBOX launched in Hong Kong, marking our first overseas expansion.

2007

Chunghwa Telecom invested in the company, paving the way for business collaboration.

2006

Held our first digital music awards ceremony "KKBOX Music Awards".

2005

Launched KKBOX in Taiwan, the world's first legally authorized music streaming service.

1999

Established Skysoft Co., Ltd.(now KKBOX Taiwan Co., Ltd.) in Taiwan.