Apple set to launch online radio next year
26 October 2012, 17:46
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
Apple have revealed they’re set to launch their own online radio service.
The company is currently in talks with various record labels about launching an ad-sponsored product similar to that of Pandora.
Bloomberg report that the service could be up and running as early as March 2013.
“Radio is a natural step for Apple,” analyst Rich Greenfield said. “This helps Apple dominate in cars, where people listen to an average of two hours of radio a day.”
Pandora, although immensely popular in the United States, has failed to expand to the UK and rest of the world due to licence disagreements.
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