BBC to launch own music streaming service
The BBC are in talks to develop its own music streaming service in order to make its archive more digitally accessible.
The Telegraph reports that the project is being dubbed as the ‘Playlister’ and is set to be a music equivalent of its iPlayer catch-up service.
The corporation’s director of Audio & Music, Tim Davie, is aiming to make the company’s large back-catalogue of sessions and recordings widely available online without any additional charge or fee needed.
It’s understood that the Beeb are in talks with existing popular music services – such as Spotify and Deezer – along with iTunes for advice on how to keep license acquiring costs to a minimum.
With the development of this new service, hopefully the BBC will open access to large parts of late radio DJ John Peel’s vast back catalogue, which is currently being archived online.
The project is aiming to launch by the end of the year/early 2013.
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