First For Music News

NME News

BSkyB teams up with Universal Music to take on iTunes

New online music subscription service launched

The UK's biggest pay-for-TV company BSkyB, who operate Sky Digital, is launching an online music subscription service.

The company has signed up Universal, the world's largest music group, as its first partner.

The service, that will offer downloads and streaming for a monthly subscription fee, could challenge Apple and its iTunes option.

According to Reuters.com the songs will be available in mp3 format, and BSkyB are in discussion with other major music companies - with further details to be released soon.

Comments (1)

Add a comment

jeffn 

Jul 23, 2008

BSkyB will have no passion for music - let's save the web from these people. Smart people get their music kicks from the grass roots, new bands on myspace.com, and free music from upcoming artists on cherryecho.com, and sellaband etc

Add your comment

 
 
Please sign in

Forgot your password?

Register with MyNME

Every Tuesday and Friday

  • Up-to-the-minute news stories
  • The best new music and free downloads
  • Video interviews, photo galleries, competitions and more
  • Album and track reviews for the week ahead
  • Essential gigs in your area