Norway
Frank Østevold
ESNS: 2023
oiid / Music Tech Norway
Frank Ostevold is the Founder/CCO of oiid, a Norwegian music tech firm. oiid’s products include a premium music platform which allows fans to step inside their favorite tracks; oiid increases listening time, engagement, and puts the music at the front and center of the digital experience. Frank has built an exceptional network across the global music industry with artists and creatives, label, marketing and publishing executives; focused on digital content partnerships and strategy. As an Artist Manager, Frank worked with each client to develop their career to the next level, resulting in chart-topping albums, gold/platinum sales successes, and Norwegian Grammy and Spotify “Innovator of the Year” awards. He is the founding chair of Music Tech Norway, and currently a member of the MusEDLab Advisory Board at the Steinhardt School, New York University. oiid has been incubated during a period of disruption. As perceptions of digital value have shifted, Frank has been at the forefront of developing innovative artist/label approaches to digital consumption. A whole new B2B ecosystem of licensing and value capture has been negotiated across the last years of relative stability, and oiid’s unusual role of participating in the disruption, and the now growing new ecosystem has given Frank unique pathfinder know-how and networks.