(sub. req.): Virgin Group is getting into the online music space, with launches scheduled in US and UK by late summer, with other countries to follow…
Virgin Digital, a business created to offer on-demand music and music video, plans to use its sister Virgin Megastores as a springboard to its two online services. One will allow consumers to purchase music on a per-song or per-album basis. The second will allow consumers to subscribe to a membership service and listen to all the streamed music they like while they are members.
MusicNet will provide the music to Virgin. The service will use the Windows Media Audio format to compress the music.
Expect this to be launched in conjunction with its mobile music offering as well. Another venue for its promotion: Virgin Mobile MVNO service in US as well as UK…
Reuters: Ultimately, Virgin Digital will work on mobile phones, handheld devices and other consumer electronics gear, said Zack Zalon, president of Virgin Digital. The product will include a jukebox, the ability to burn, rip and encode songs onto CDs, access to Virgin’s digital music club and its Radio Free Virgin Internet radio stations…
Related: Virgin Mobile Plans to Launch Music Service on Mobiles
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