Wednesday, 15 May 2013 05:50
Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide
The steaming music service is big business. There are a ton of companies that are playing in this space and Spotify is one of the bigger players in this game. It looks like Google may want into this market as well - and they've got the bandwidth, servers and customer uploaded content to play around with. Google I/O 2013 could be pretty interesting.
Google Play isn't quite a robust rival to Apple's iTunes at this point, as the New York Times notes, but YouTube's heavy usage by record labels as a promotional tool may have helped Google in their licensing negotiations. Plus, Apple's attempts to start a Pandora-like streaming service have stalled, meaning that Google might get a bump simply by winning the race. According to the Times, the Google streaming service won't offer a free version. The subscription cost will be comparable to their competitors, at around $10 a month.
Source: The Atlantic Wire