BBC Working on iPlayer for Music

Despite the fact that it's still not available in the United States, the popularity of BBC's iPlayer is undeniable. Launched on Launched on December 25 four years ago, the catch-up service has been hugely successful. Now it seems the BBC is looking to expand upon the success of iPlayer and enter the music streaming business.

Though the details are still be worked out, the BBC is said to be in talks with Spotify, Deezer and Apple’s iTunes in an effort to overcome the issue of rights deals with music companies. Tim Davie, the BBC’s director of Audio & Music, is said to be in charge of the project, which will apparently resemble Spotify and is scheduled for launch early next year.

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captainblacko

typo - Launched on Launched on December 25.

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Very nice indeed, extra value for Licence payers! This is moving forward with the times.
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JohnyMax

iPlayer is getting better day by day! For those who want to stream iPlayer from the states I highly recommend unotelly.
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back_by_demand

Despite the fact that it's still not available in the United States
Because the US networks are scared shitless about a service that is free pulling away anyone who would otherwise pay money. But it isn't really free, a TV license is £145.50 per year ($217 approx) but for that you get 11 TV stations, 10 radio stations and iPlayer.
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At £12 / $18 per month it sounds a lot but we get a lot and now we are getting more
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You lucky Americans however can get it a lot cheaper if you use a good proxy software, plenty of free ones out there but it seems all the ones that edit your IP to another country (such as the UK) all seem to cost around $80-ish, so until hell freezes over and Comcast stop lobbying to ban iPlayer this may be your only way. Put it this way, even if all you do is listen to the music it is still cheaper than Spotify Premium.
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