French music streaming service Deezer is set to launch in over 100 countries by the end of the year thanks to its partnership with Facebook, Deezer CEO Axel Dauchez told Reuters. It will then try to replicate its successful model with Orange France, by integrating its music service into local operators' subscription plans. Deezer has already done so in the UK and other countries will follow. The company's international expansion will not include the US, the world's biggest and most competive music market. After slightly more than a year, the Orange partnership has yielded nearly 1.3 million paying subscribers with a strong integration between the two companies' teams. Deezer is due to break even and report EUR 50 million of revenue this year.
