For $12.99 a month subscribers will get access to Rhapsody’s library of four million songs from the comfort of their sofa.
TiVo Inc. has recently announced that they will begin offering consumers digital music in the home by delivering instant access to Rhapsody, the music subscription service, through any broadband-connected TiVo box. The partnership puts millions of songs and thousands of Internet radio stations at consumers’ fingertips from the comfort of their living room in a bid to strengthen TiVo’s presence in the home entertainment delivery service.
For $12.99 a month subscribers will be able to search for music directly from their TiVo box and instantly play anything from Rhapsody’s music catalog of over 4 million songs.
"By adding music to our portfolio of broadband offerings, TiVo is the only universal entertainment provider in the living room," said Tom Rogers, CEO and President of TiVo. "Since the beginning, TiVo has been focused on the principle of choice and control, giving our users the ability to experience TV on their terms. Together, TiVo and Rhapsody have extended the personal viewing experience on TiVo into music, providing consumers with an incredibly easy way to access their favorite artists from their television set. Our customers can not only navigate through hundreds of TV channels and thousands of movie downloads, they now have access to millions of songs all on their television set."
Among other capabilities, consumers will be able to search for music directly from their TV, browse charts of Rhapsody’s most popular artists, albums and songs, check out weekly lists of new releases, or listen to thousands of radio stations.
Current Rhapsody subscribers who have broadband connected TiVo DVRs can access their existing Rhapsody music libraries (including artists, albums, playlists and channels) via their television at no extra charge.
"We’re thrilled to bring Rhapsody into the heart of the living room with TiVo," said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO, RealNetworks, which in partnership with MTV Networks, owns and operates Rhapsody. "By partnering with TiVo, we can now give consumers easy and unlimited access to Rhapsody’s library of four million songs from the comfort of their sofa. This is another important step as we fulfill our mission of bringing Rhapsody to consumers whenever and wherever they want it."
I’ve never been sold on the idea of subscribing to music, for the fact that you dish out a couple of hundred bucks a year and never actually own anything seems pretty silly to me. A better bet is to just use that amount to buy music each month or pay for a broadband connection that you can use to grab what you want for free on P2P and file-sharing networks.
Either way, it’s nice to see that Rhapsdoy is thinking outside the box, or in this case in it, and trying to come up with new ways to offer people music content on-demand.
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I’ve never been sold on the idea of subscribing to music for the fact that you dish out a couple of hundred bucks a year and never actually own anything seems pretty silly to me. A better bet is to just use that amount to buy music each month or pay for a broadband connection that you can use to grab what you want for free on P2P and file-sharing networks.
Hmm. The way i see it is that this is a great alternative to P2P. Doesn’t it qualify for a internet radio? and is it not LEGAL to
download internet radio and always be sure that it is the right song in good quality. I am sure that you can get a program that can rip you favourite songs and then you will never get sued by the RIAA.
Correct me if I am wrong
i can deliver music to my living room for FREE by plugging my computer or ipod into my stereo!