TiVo Press Release: TiVo to Feature Rhapsody Music Service
More on this later when I actually have time to blog….
The new feature announced Tuesday means TiVo subscribers with broadband-connected set-top boxes will be able to listen to music streamed over the Internet from Rhapsody’s service. The service, now part of Rhapsody America, a new joint venture between RealNetworks Inc. and Viacom Inc.’s MTV Networks, has a catalog of more than 4 million songs.
Tivo and Rhapsody view their partnership as a way to cross-market to boost their subscriber bases.
The deal also marks the latest in a string of features TiVo has added to promote itself as a premium service. TiVo has teamed with Amazon.com for movie downloads and with Yahoo Inc. for photo-sharing. It also offers direct access to some online content and lets users share home movies with other TiVo users.
Whether users access it through TiVo, a PC or portable gadgets, the Rhapsody service will cost $12.99 per month on top of the $12.95 or more TiVo regularly charges.
Rhapsody is considered one of the leading providers — along with Napster Inc. — of subscription music, where users can listen to as much as they want as long as they continue to pay the monthly fee. It’s not as popular as a la carte download services such as Apple Inc.’s iTunes Store. Rhapsody also offers songs for 99 cents per download, but not through TiVo.
TiVo says it will roll out the Rhapsody feature in stages with priority for current customers who sign up. They can try Rhapsody for 30 days free.
October 9th, 2007 at 6:46 am |
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October 9th, 2007 at 6:59 am |
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October 9th, 2007 at 7:58 am |
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October 9th, 2007 at 8:17 am |
Rhapsody is all well and good, but why not something like Pandora that’s free and more personalized?
And why on earth does TiVo’s own press release say “teamed … with Yahoo Inc. for photo-sharing.” Their Yahoo photo sharing app is shut down (since Yahoo photos shut down) and says they’re changing to Photobucket. Why not Flickr?
October 9th, 2007 at 11:44 am |
If pandora has an API (I don’t know if they do or not) you could always create one yourself using TiVo HME.