UBC Media Group, one of the UK’s largest independent radio production companies, is testing a download service that allows music downloads via the DAB digital radio network, onto the phones…it has raised 3 million pounds to invest in this technology.
UBC’s system, which is being offered next month on a trial basis by the Heart radio station, allows digital radio listeners to buy the track they’re currently listening to and have it transferred to a DAB-compatible music player.
NMA: The service would work on a pay-as-you-go basis whereby users would stock up on credit and buy songs as and when they hear them. Each track is expected to cost
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