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Originally Posted by denphone
Do you think it will successful Ben.
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I'm not really sure what to make of this deal. It's great news for current Spotify customers with TiVo but will this really appeal to the masses?
Through Virgin I've already got access to 38 radio stations, 15 dedicated music TV channels and thousands of music on demand videos. I've got thousands of legal music tracks on my PC, Xbox and ipod plus can watch thousands more music videos on Youtube via my Wii and PC. I've got all the music I need, in fact probably more music than I could possibly want and I'm a real music fan.
I'd never pay between £4.99 to £9.99 to listen to songs via my TV. Music via my TV needs to include the music video or I'm simply not interested. Sure if you subscribe to Spotify there's plenty you can do with the music via your PC too however let's not forget that not every Virgin TiVo customer has the internet.
It's great to see Virgin thinking outside the box, but for me this is a little too niche. You need to have TiVo, be a real big fan of music and be prepared to shell out an additional monthly subscription charge for this to appeal to you. I suppose once the Digital Economy Act comes into force, and Virgin start monitoring illegal downloads, this service might just become more appealing to some of our friends who choose to download their music from illegal sources. I've got a feeling Virgin are going to get very tough on peer to peer, torrent and newsgroup users real soon.