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MTV's Online Music Service Gets Ready To Roll

malebolgia   on 14 December 2005 - 22:24 · 7 comments & 2370 views

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Is Sumner Redstone late to the digital music party, or is it just getting started? Redstone's Viacom will find out sometime next year, when his MTV unit will roll out its long-anticipated online music service. The company officially announced Tuesday the roll out of its Urge service in 2006, but said little else about the offering, which has been in the works for years.

In the meantime, plenty of competitors have opened shop on the Internet, to mixed results. To date, digital music sales seem to work best for companies that don't need to make money selling digital music. Apple Computer has used its store primarily as a way to push its iPods; Yahoo! has used its music-subscription service to help serve ads; and News Corp.'s MySpace simply uses lets users listen to music free of charge. Napster, the only pure-play music retailer, has yet to make a penny.

News source: Forbes.com




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(1 reply) #1 fergiej on 15 Dec 2005 - 02:31
MTV Music Service! The only online music store with no music on it whatsoever! They should have at least made it the VH1 Music store. At least they play SOME music...
#1.1 petrolxl on 15 Dec 2005 - 03:01
I was thinking the EXACT same thing, LOL.
#2 dannymp3 on 15 Dec 2005 - 06:03
MTV has music now?! Nooo waay!

I thought it was all just garbage rap music, teeny bopper pop, and reality shows.

Whoa!
#3 cork1958 on 15 Dec 2005 - 11:27
Have to go along with the shock and surprise of all the previous posts!!
#4 aristotle-dude on 15 Dec 2005 - 17:20
What kind of name is Urge?
I have a sudden urge to go to the washroom.


BTW. What is up with the edit function and the smilies? This board is really buggy.
#5 Sub on 15 Dec 2005 - 19:47
Welcome to MTV Music Store! Please choose from our wonderful songs below!

1. Real World Theme Music
2. Punk'd the Sound Track
3. TRL Music Clips
4. Pimp my ride theme Music - Produced by Xibit.
#6 IceDima on 17 Dec 2005 - 20:17
Not many people heard of MTVBase, MTV Hits, MTV2, MTV Dance then?

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